Location in the Czech Republic
|• Total||7.69 km2 (2.97 sq mi)|
|Elevation||306 m (1,004 ft)|
|• Density||340/km2 (890/sq mi)|
|Time zone||UTC+1 (CET)|
|• Summer (DST)||UTC+2 (CEST)|
Průhonice is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants. It is known for the Průhonice Park, which has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The village of Rozkoš is an administrative part of Průhonice.
The first written mention of Průhonice is from 1187, when the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was consecrated.
Průhonice Castle Park is one of the most significant castle parks in the Czech Republic. Since 2010 it has a status of a national cultural monument. Later in 2010 it also has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites (as a part of Historic Centre of Prague). It is described as "original masterpiece of garden landscape architecture of worldwide importance". It has area of 250 hectares (620 acres), out of which 211.42 hectares (522.4 acres) is UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was founded in 1885 by Count Arnošt Emanuel Silva Tarouca.
The Romanesque Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is located in the park. It is the oldest preserved building in the municipality.
The Dendrological Garden was founded in the 1970s. It has an area of 73 hectares (180 acres). There are about 5,000 taxa of woody plants and perennials, which makes it one of the largest collections of ornamental plants in the country.