Stožec

Stožec
Municipality
Chapel of the Virgin Mary
Flag Coat of arms
Stožec Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°51′34″N 13°49′17″E / 48.85944°N 13.82139°E / 48.85944; 13.82139
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	Prachatice
First mentioned	1769
Area
• Total	104.72 km^2 (40.43 sq mi)
Elevation	780 m (2,560 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)[1]
• Total	220
• Density	2.1/km^2 (5.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	384 44
Website	www.stozec.eu

Stožec (German: Tusset) is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Stožec lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) south-west of Prachatice, 50 km (31 mi) west of České Budějovice, and 143 km (89 mi) south of Prague.

Administrative division

Stožec consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

• Stožec (115)
• České Žleby (60)
• Dobrá (19)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,609	—
1880	2,920	+11.9%
1890	2,847	−2.5%
1900	2,733	−4.0%
1910	2,721	−0.4%
1921	2,731	+0.4%
1930	2,811	+2.9%
1950	599	−78.7%
1961	378	−36.9%
1970	254	−32.8%
1980	213	−16.1%
1991	168	−21.1%
2001	219	+30.4%
2011	196	−10.5%
2021	194	−1.0%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Notable people

• Adolf Pascher (1881–1945), botanist

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
2. "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

External links

• Official website