Lhenice (German: Elhenitz) is a market town in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Lhenice consists of nine municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] The original name of the village was Lhynice and was derived from the personal name Lhyně, meaning "the village of Lhyně's people".

The first written mention of Lhenice is from 1283, when the village was owned by the monastery in Zlatá Koruna.

The next owners were the families of Schwamberg (1611–1622), Eggenberg (1622–1719) and Schwarzenberg (from 1719 until the establishment of an independent municipality).

The main landmark of Lhenice is the Church of Saint James the Great.