Holašovice ([ˈɦolaʃovɪtsɛ] ⓘ, German: Hollschowitz or Holschowitz) is a small historic village located in the south of the Czech Republic, 16 kilometres west of České Budějovice.
The village was deserted after the Second World War, allowing its medieval plan and vernacular buildings in the South Bohemian Folk or Rural Baroque style to remain intact.
It was restored and repopulated from 1990, and it was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998 because of its exceptional preservation of a traditional Baroque-era village.
[2] After the displacement of German residents at the end of the Second World War, many farms in the village were deserted and fell into disrepair.
[1] The farms were constructed in the South Bohemian Folk Baroque style, in "U" shapes with farmyard in the middle and with their stucco gable ends facing a central broad village green.