The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints, part of the former Sedlec Abbey in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have, in many cases, been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel. The ossuary is among the most visited tourist attractions of the Czech Republic, attracting over 200,000 visitors annually.
Kutná Hora is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of about 21,000.
Žebrák is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 2,100 inhabitants. Village Sedlec is administrative part of Žebrák.
Temelín is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
František Rint was a 19th-century Czech woodcarver and carpenter. He was employed by the House of Schwarzenberg to organize the human bones interred at the Sedlec Ossuary, a small Christian chapel in Sedlec, in 1870. He used the bones at Sedlec Ossuary to create elaborate, macabre sculptures, including four chandeliers and a copy of the Schwarzenberg coat of arms. According to the signature he left at the Ossuary, Rint was from Ceska Skalice, a small city on the Czech-Polish border.
Sedlec may refer to the following locations in the Czech Republic:
Sedlec is a village in the Prague-East District, Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. As of July 3, 2006 it had 202 inhabitants. First written notice about village is from year 1273. It is a member of Mikroregion Povodí Mratínského potoka.
Břeclav District is one of seven districts (okres) within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Břeclav.
Plzeň-North District is a district (okres) within Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is Plzeň. The most populated municipality of the district is Nýřany.
Sedlec-Prčice is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The town lies sixty kilometers south of Prague. Both centres of the town are historically significant and are protected by law as Urban monument zone.
Seidlitz powders is the generic name under which a commonly known laxative and digestion regulator was marketed and sold by numerous manufacturers under names such as "Rexall Seidlitz Powders", particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist is a Gothic and Baroque Gothic church north-east of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic and is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List together with the Church of St. Barbara and other monuments in Kutná Hora. It is one of the most important Czech Gothic buildings built in the time of the last Přemyslids and also a very important and one of the oldest examples of the Baroque Gothic style.
Sedlec is a village and municipality in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
Sedlec is a village and municipality (obec) in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.
Sedlec is a village and municipality (obec) in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
Sedlec is a village and municipality (obec) in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.
Sedlec is a village and municipality (obec) in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.
Sedlec is a village and municipality (obec) in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.
Sedlec Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Sedlec, part of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1142, it was the first Cistercian foundation in Bohemia. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
Michal Ondo, nicknamed Máchal, is a Czech darts player and a member of the team Barbaři Sedlec.
