Pyšely is a town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Pyšely consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] In old Czech, the word pyšel denoted a person with shortness of breath, a person who wheezes.

The greatest development of Pyšely occurred during the rule of the Halleweil family, which owned it from the 17th century until 1734.

The train station named Pyšely, which serves the town, is located in Čerčany-Vysoká Lhota.

[8][9] The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross has a Romanesque origin and probably dates from the 12th century.