| Rosice | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pardubice |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chrudim |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.9222°N 15.9514°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1318 |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.10 |
| Elevation M: | 257 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1377 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 538 34 |
Rosice is a municipality and village in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.
The villages of Bor u Chroustovic, Brčekoly and Synčany are administrative parts of Rosice.
The name is derived from the personal name Rosa, meaning "the village of Rosa's people".[2]
Chroustovice is located about 11km (07miles) east of Chrudim and 17km (11miles) southeast of Pardubice. It lies in an undulating agricultural landscape if the Svitavy Uplands. The Žejbro Stream flows through the market town.
There were originally two separate villages in the area of today's Rosice, called Rosice and Seslávky. The first written mention of Seslávky is from after 1131, the first written mention of Rosice is from 1318.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmark of Rosice is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It was built in the Baroque style in the 18th century.[4]