Radnice (ˈradɲɪtsɛ) is a town in the Plzeň Region

Plzen Region

Plzeň Region is an administrative unit in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň .- Communes :...

 of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. It lies some to the northeast from the region capital of Plzeň.

Radnice is also the seat of the Municipality with Commissioned Local Authority within the Plzeň Municipality with Extended Competence.

In 19th century coal mining developed in vicinity of Radnice igniting industrial development, especially in the territory of Břasy

Brasy

Břasy, , village in western Bohemia, Rokycany District, Plzeň Region of the Czech republic. It is located 10 km north of Rokycany and 3 km southwest of Radnice, 458 m. above sea-level. Břasy lies at largely deforested plateau, which falls sharply towards the valley of Berounka River in the west...

. Radnice coal basin

Radnice coal basin

Radnice coal basin was a relatively small area around Radnice and Břasy in the Rokycany District of the Czech republic where coal depots existed and coal mining developed in the 19th century. During 20th century the coal reserves were largely depleted and mining stopped in this region...

 was depleted in 20th century and the region has partially reverted to the rural economy.

Famous People from Radnice

• Kaspar Maria von Sternberg
  Kaspar Maria von Sternberg
  Kaspar Maria von Sternberg , 1761, Prague – 1838, Březina Castle, was a Bohemian theologian, mineralogist, geognost, entomologist and botanist. He is known as the Father of Paleobotany....
  
  , (1761-1838), Bohemian scientist, founder of the National Museum in Prague
  National Museum (Prague)
  The National museum is a Czech museum institution intended to systematically establish, prepare and publicly exhibit natural scientific and historical collections. It was founded 1818 in Prague by Kašpar Maria Šternberg...
  
  
• Antonín Jaroslav Puchmajer (1769-1820), Czech poet and linguist, served as a Catholic priest in Radnice
• Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise
  Isaac Mayer Wise
  Isaac Mayer Wise , was an American Reform rabbi, editor, and author.-Early life:...
  
   (1819-1900), founder of American Hebrew Union College
  Hebrew Union College
  The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the oldest extant Jewish seminary in the Americas and the main seminary for training rabbis, cantors, educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism.HUC-JIR has campuses in Cincinnati, New York, Los Angeles and Jerusalem.The Jerusalem...
  
  , served as a rabbi in Radnice
• Joseph Lewi
  Joseph Lewi
  Joseph Lewi was an American physician of Czech Jewish extraction.He was educated at the universities of Prague and Vienna. After graduating from the latter university he was appointed assistant at the Vienna Lying-in Hospital...
  
   (1820 - 1897), Jewish physician
• Božena Kamenická, (1898-1996), alternative medicine practitioner, also known as "Bába Radnická", since 1938 lived in Radnice
• Václav Kotva
  Václav Kotva
  Václav Kotva was a Czech actor.- Teaching career :After graduation in the 1950s Kotva became a teacher...
  
  , (1922-2004), Czech actor, born in Radnice
• Chotek family
  Chotek family
  The Chotek family was an aristocratic family from Bohemia. When this and other Bohemian noble families' surnames and/or territorial suffixes are translated from the Czech language, particules and conjunctions are usually translated into German, rather than into English..The family is first...
  
   who originated from Chockov, nearby this city
• Radnitz, Radnitzer Jewish pedigree