The villages of Mokré and Šindlovy Dvory are administrative parts of Litvínovice.
Geography
Litvínovice is located about 1 kilometre (1 mi) west of České Budějovice. It lies in the České Budějovice Basin. The highest point is at 458 m (1,503 ft) above sea level. In the centre of the village is a system of fishponds, supplied by a local brook.
On 11 February 1929, the lowest temperature ever in the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia of -42.2 °C was recorded in Litvínovice.[2]
History
The first written mention of Litvínovice is in a deed of Vok I of Rosenberg from 1259.[3]
The I/3 road (part of the European route E55), specifically the section from České Budějovice to the Czech-Austrian border in Dolní Dvořiště, runs through the municipality.
Sights
There are two protected cultural monuments: a stone niche chapel from 1834 and a water tank from 1875.[6]