Týniště is a small municipality (56 inhabitants in 2006, compares to 175 inhabitants in 1880)is located in the Pilsen Region (Plzeňský kraj) 36 kilometres to the south of the city of Pilsen (Plzeň) 530 metres above the sea level on the regional route 230 (Czech: krajská silnice 230)[1]. Until 1990 a part of the Horšice municipality.
The village was firstly mentioned in 1379, in the 16 century known as Pustá (empty or deserted). Luh (pron: /lυx/) – a part of the municipality is located 2 kilometres to the west of Týniště, 446 metres above the sea level with a saw-mill on the Zlatý potok stream (Golden Stream) and a hunting lodge.