Zalužany is a village and municipality in Příbram District

Príbram District

Příbram District is a district within the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic...

 in the Central Bohemian Region

Central Bohemian Region

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 of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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. It is situated on the border between the Central Bohemian Region and the South Bohemian Region

South Bohemian Region

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, some 20 kilometres from the District town of Příbram

Príbram

Příbram is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic with a population of 35,147. The city is located on the Litavka river and the foothills of Brdy, 60 kilometers south-west of Prague, the country's capital...

, not far from the Orlík Dam

Orlík Dam

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. Along the side of the willage runs the I/4 road that connects the Czech capital Prague

Prague

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 with the cities of Písek

Písek

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 and Strakonice

Strakonice

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 and with Germany

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The willage has an oblong commons with a preserved historical center with vernacular architecture

Vernacular architecture

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 buildings. The municipality covers an area of 9.55 km² and as of 2006 it had a population of 345 people.

History

There had been a Slavic

Slavic peoples

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 settlement around Zalužany as soon as in the 8th century.

In 13th century Zalužany belonged under the administration of the royal castle of Kamýk nad Vltavou

Kamýk nad Vltavou

Kamýk nad Vltavou is a village and municipality in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the Vltava River.-Notes:* This article was initially translated from the Czech Wikipedia....

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The first written document about the village dates from the year 1291 when king Wenceslas II donated it to the Ostrov monastery near Davle

Davle

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In 14th century the village had been divided in two parts. The smaller one belonging under the administration of the royal castle of Orlík

Orlík nad Vltavou

Orlík nad Vltavou is a village in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The village was formerly called Staré Sedlo, named after the chateau. "nad Vltavou" means in Czech language "upon the river Vltava" and situated on the left river bank, upon Orlík Dam. Near the village there stand...

 and the larger one was consecutively owned by a line of noble families. It continues like this during the following centuries.

Zalužany acquired its full autonomy in 1848.