{{Infobox settlement | name = Valdice | other_name = | settlement_type = Municipality <!-- images --> | image_skyline = Valdice od jihu.jpg | image_caption = View from the south | image_flag = Valdice vlajka.jpg | image_shield = Valdice znak.gif <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CZE}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Hradec Králové | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Jičín <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Czech Republic | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic | coordinates = {{coord|50|27|18|N|15|23|6|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- government type, leaders --> | leader_title = | leader_name = <!-- established --> | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1627 <!-- area --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 0.92 <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 308 <!-- population --> | population_as_of = 2025-01-01 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2025-05-16}}</ref> | population_total = 1281 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 507 11 | area_code_type = | area_code = <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.valdice.cz/}} | footnotes = }} '''Valdice''' (until 1950 '''Kartouzy-Valdice'''; German: ''Karthaus Walditz'') is a municipality and village in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. It is known for a former monastery, which is today a high-security prison.
==Etymology== Valdice was named after the nearby deer park (from German ''Wald'', meaning "forest"). It was also called Kartouzy after the local monastery.<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.valdice.cz/historie|publisher=Obec Valdice|language=cs|access-date=2022-11-04}}</ref>
==Geography== Valdice is located about {{convert|2|km|0}} northeast of Jičín and {{convert|41|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Jičín Uplands.
==History== The village of Valdice was founded together with a Carthusian monastery by Albrecht von Wallenstein in 1627. About 20 houses were built for craftsmen working for the monks in the monastery. In 1782, the monastery was abolished by Emperor Joseph II. The prison in the premises of the former monastery was established in 1857 by Austrian Empire.<ref name=history/>
==Demographics== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |1869|1142 |1880|1339 |1890|1348 |1900|981 |1910|1077 |1921|1244 |1930|1018 |1950|554 |1961|689 |1970|780 |1980|1346 |1991|1582 |2001|1522 |2011|2412 |2021|2373 |source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}
==Economy== The Valdice Prison is the main employer in Valdice. It is classified as a high-security prison with a capacity of 1,023 prisoners. The prison employs more than 400 people.<ref name=prison>{{cite web |title=Věznice Valdice: Základní informace|url=https://www.vscr.cz/organizacni-jednotky/veznice-valdice/sekce/zakladni-informace|publisher=Prison Service of the Czech Republic|language=cs|access-date=2022-11-04}}</ref>
==Transport== The railway line Hradec Králové–Turnov passes through the municipality, but there is no train station. The municipality is served by the ''Jičín zastávka'' station in neighbouring Jičín.<ref>{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Jičín zast.|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/jicin-zast-/5455430|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2024-03-07}}</ref>
==Sights== thumb|170px|Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary The prison is located in the former Carthusian monastery, which was built in the Baroque style. Its premises are inaccessible. In the monastery complex there is also the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.<ref name=history/>
A cultural monument is the Baroque statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from 1696.<ref name=history/>
==Notable people== *Jiří Stříbrný (1880–1955), politician; died here
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Valdice}} *{{official|https://www.valdice.cz/}}
{{Jičín District}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Villages in Jičín District