Observatory Č. Budějovice

Observatory and planetarium České Budějovice is situated approximately 300 metres from the Premysl Otakar II. square in the park at the confluence of the river Vltava and Malse. The observatory in České Budějovice was opened in 1937 as the second oldest public observatory in Bohemia thanks to the South-bohemian Astronomical Society. The extension of planetarium and cinema hall was finished in 1971. Observatory and planetarium České Budějovice pursues in the field of astronomy and allied natural sciences. The Kleť Observatory is a research institution belonging to few natural science centers of Southern Bohemia in the Czech Republic, supported by the South Bohemian Region. Our research projects are also supported by grants. The observatory is situated south of the top of Klet mountain (at altitude of 1070 m), southwest from the town of České Budějovice, where the seat of the directorship and observatory archive are located. Kleť Observatory was founded in 1957.