ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA	CZECH REPUBLIC
Jihočeský kraj	South Bohemia (České Budějovice) region
Okres: Tábor

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Jistebnice is situated at an elevation of 578 m south of the Jistebnická vrchovina nature park, about 13 km northwest of the district town, Tábor, about 58 km north of the regional capital, Ceské Budejovice, and 67 km south of Prague. North of Jistebnice is the Jistebnická vrchovina nature park, which also includes Javorová skála, the highest point 723 m) in the Tábor region. The municipality has a population of about 2,000 (2021).

The first mention of Stybnitz is found in historical sources from 1262. Jistebnice became a town for the first time before 1654. It lost this status after 1945 but became a town again in 2011.

The church of the Archangel Michael [background centre] was built in Gothic style in the 14th century in place of an earlier, Romanesque, church.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jistebnice, https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jistebnice]