Planá (České Budějovice District)

Planá (Plan) is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Etymology
The word planá meant 'barren', but it also denoted a wide, open landscape.

Geography
Planá is located about 4 km southwest of České Budějovice. It lies in the České Budějovice Basin. The Vltava river forms the southern and eastern municipal borders.

History
The first written mention of Planá is from 1259. Between 1961 and 1990, it was an administrative part of Homole. Since 24 November 1990, it has been a separate municipality.

Transport
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.

A part of České Budějovice Airport is located in the municipal territory.

Sights
Planá is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a homestead from 1881. In the centre of Planá is the Chapel of the Holy Trinity.

Notable people

 * Anton Ortmann (1801–1861), Austrian pharmacist and botanist
 * Ferdinand Kowarz (1838–1914), Austrian entomologist