Prácheňsko

Prácheňsko (German: Prachens; Latin: Provincia Prachinensis) is a historical and cultural region in the Czech Republic, covering roughly the Otava River basin, mostly in the northwest part of South Bohemia.

[1] Its boundaries extended through the Bohemian Forest in the south, towards České Budějovice to the north, close to the town of Příbram, and southwest to Železná Ruda.

The local dialect of the western part is still extant as is the use of the bagpipe in the music of the region.

Principal towns of the former Prácheňsko were Písek (or Pisek in German), Strakonice (Strakonitz), Sušice (Schüttenhofen), Rožmitál (Rosenthal), Vimperk (Winterberg), Horní Planá (Ober Plan), Železná Ruda (Markt Eisenstein), Kasejovice (Kassejowitz), Protivín (Protiwin) and Horažďovice (Horaschdowitz).

A unique dialect of the Czech language with a large number of German loan words is spoken in the western part of the region.