Vlastiboř (Tábor District)

49°15′29″N 14°38′12″E / 49.25806°N 14.63667°E / 49.25806; 14.63667Country Czech RepublicRegionSouth BohemianDistrictTáborFirst mentioned1354Area • Total17.23 km² (6.65 sq mi)Elevation432 m (1,417 ft)Population • Total339 • Density20/km² (51/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeWebsitewww.obecvlastibor.cz

Vlastiboř is a municipality and village in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

The villages of Svinky and Záluží are administrative parts of Vlastiboř.

The name is derived from the personal name Vlastibor, meaning "Vlastibor's (court, property)".^[2]

Vlastiboř is located about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Tábor and 32 km (20 mi) north of České Budějovice. It lies mostly in the Třeboň Basin, but it also extends to the Tábor Uplands in the north and east. The stream Bechyňský potok flows through the municipality. There is a set of fishponds fed by the stream, situated in the northern part of the municipal territory.

The first written mention of Vlastiboř is from 1354.^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 619 —     1880 701 +13.2% 1890 677 −3.4% 1900 653 −3.5% 1910 653 +0.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 663 +1.5% 1930 595 −10.3% 1950 486 −18.3% 1961 453 −6.8% 1970 374 −17.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 359 −4.0% 1991 339 −5.6% 2001 309 −8.8% 2011 306 −1.0% 2021 309 +1.0%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

All the three villages in the municipality have well preserved buildings in the Folk Baroque style and are protected by law as two village monument reservations (Vlastiboř and Záluží) and one village monument zone (Svinky).

• František Kotlaba (1927–2020), botanist and mycologist