Ševětín

Ševětín is a market town in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.

Geography
Ševětín is located about 15 km northeast of České Budějovice. It lies on the border between the Tábor Uplands and Třeboň Basin. The highest point is at 513 m above sea level. There are several fishponds in the municipal territory.

History
The first written mention of Ševětín is from 1356, when it was part of the Lomnice estate. In 1382, the estate was acquired by King Wenceslaus IV. During the Hussite Wars, Ševětín was conquered by the Hussites and managed by Jan Roháč of Dubá. In 1435, the Lomnice estate was acquired by Oldřich II of Rosenberg. He joined Ševětín to the Třeboň estate, which remained so until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848.

The main period of development and prosperity occurred during the reign of last Rosenbergs in the second half of the 16th century and at the beginning of the 17th century. During the Thirty Years' War, Ševětín was badly damaged. From 1660, the Třeboň estate with Ševětín was owned by the Schwarzenberg family.

In 2008, the municipality was promoted to a market town. It is a rare case that a municipality that has never held the title in the past has received the title.

Economy
Ševětín Solar Park, the third-largest photovoltaic power plant in the Czech Republic, is located in Ševětín.

Ševětín is known for a stone quarry.

Transport
The D3 motorway (part of the European route E55) from České Budějovice to Tábor runs next to the market town.

Ševětín is located on the railway line České Budějovice–Veselí nad Lužnicí, which further continues to Tábor or to Jindřichův Hradec.

Sights
The main landmark of Ševětín is the Church of Saint Lawrence. Originally an early Gothic building from the 13th century, it was rebuilt several times. Several valuable construction elements of the original medieval church have been preserved to this day.