Kolinec (German: Kolinetz) is a market town in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.

Kolinec consists of 18 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The initial Latin name Staetlino was derived from old German stetelin, i.e. 'little town', 'little place'.

Since there was already one larger town with this name in the country (Kolín), the name began to be used in diminutive form (Colonia minor in Latin, Kolinec in Czech).

In 1506, Kolinec became property of Zdeněk Lev of Rožmitál, during whose reign great development occurred.

[8] The Church of Saint John the Baptist is Mlázovy is an early Gothic building from the first half of the 14th century.