Radnice

Radnice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

• Radnice (1,720)
• Svatá Barbora (28)

The word radnice means 'town hall' in modern Czech, however, this is just a coincidence. The name is derived from the personal name Raden, meaning "the village of Raden's people".{{cite book |last=Profous|first=Antonín|title=Místní jména v Čechách III: M–Ř|url=https://mjc.ujc.cas.cz/search.php|page=522|year=1951|language=cs}}

Radnice is located about {{convert|13|km|0}} north of Rokycany and {{convert|19|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Rovnička at {{convert|502|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The stream Radnický potok flows through the town. The fishpond Městský rybník is located inside the built-up area.

The first written mention of Radnice is from 1336, when King John of Bohemia sold it to the Rosenberg family. In 1478, Radnice was acquired by the Sternberg family. From 1541 to 1620, it was owned by the Czernin family. In 1570, Radnice was promoted to a town by Emperor Maximilian II.{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.mestoradnice.cz/mesto/nase-mesto/historie/|publisher=Město Radnice|language=cs|access-date=2022-09-27}}

After the Battle of White Mountain, properties of the Czernin family were confiscated, and Radnice changed owners several times. During the Thirty Years' War, the town was looted several times. From 1758 until the abolition of manorialsm, Radnice was again property of the Rosenbergs.

In the 19th century, coal mining developed in vicinity of Radnice igniting industrial development. In 1893, the railway was built. Radnice coal basin was depleted in 1986.

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|3034

|1880|3021

|1890|2739

|1900|2739

|1910|2558

|1921|2513

|1930|2478

|1950|2021

|1961|2220

|1970|2064

|1980|1864

|1991|1729

|2001|1699

|2011|1733

|2021|1748

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

The railway line from Plzeň terminates in the town.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Radnice|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/radnice/5474155|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2023-08-15}}

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The main landmark of the town centre is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It was originally a medieval church, first mentioned in 1385. It was completely rebuilt in the Baroque style around 1720, probably according to the design by Jakub Auguston.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Václava|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-vaclava-15409486|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-08-15}}

On the hill above the town there is the Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, designed by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. It was built in the Baroque style around 1735. The way to the chapel is lined with Stations of the Cross.{{cite web |title=Kaple na Kalvárii s křížovou cestou|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kaple-na-kalvarii-s-krizovou-cestou-18510336|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-08-15}}

The former synagogue is a well preserved late Baroque building from the end of the 18th century.{{cite web |title=Synagoga|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/synagoga-15400648|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-08-15}}

The most important Jewish monument is the cemetery with 210 preserved tombstones. The cemetery includes many artistically valuable tombstones, the oldest of which dates from 1734. The cemetery was used until 1935.{{cite web |title=Židovský hřbitov|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/zidovsky-hrbitov-19121590|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-08-15}}

The town museum is located in a valuable house from the first third of the 18th century. The museum bears the name of its founder, teacher Josef Hylák, and focuses on the ethnography, history and nature of Radnice and its surroundings.{{cite web |title=Muzeum Josefa Hyláka|url=https://www.muzeumradnice.cz/cs/muzeum/|publisher=Josef Hylák Museum|language=cs|access-date=2023-08-15}}

• Isaac Mayer Wise (1819–1900), American Reform rabbi; worked here in 1843–1846
• Joseph Lewi (1820–1897), American physician
• Václav Kotva (1922–2004), actor

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Category:Populated places in Rokycany District

Category:Jewish communities in the Czech Republic