Čelákovice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Praha-východ | ||||
| Area : | 1587 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 10 ' N , 14 ° 45' E | ||||
| Height: | 184 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 12,260 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 250 88 | ||||
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| Street: | Český Brod - Brandýs nad Labem | ||||
| Railway connection: |
Prague - Lysá nad Labem Čelákovice - Neratovice Čelákovice - Mochov |
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 4th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Bohumil Klicpera (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | náměstí 5. května 1 250 88 Čelákovice |
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| Municipality number: | 538132 | ||||
| Website : | www.celakovice.cz | ||||
| Location of Čelákovice in the Praha-východ district | |||||
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Čelákovice (German Czelakowitz , also Tschelakowitz , older also Schelakowitz ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located 25 kilometers northeast of the city center of Prague and belongs to the Okres Praha-východ .
geography
Čelákovice is located on the left bank of the Elbe at the confluence of the Čelákovický potok. The Výmola flows into the Elbe at the Sedlčánky district . The route of the D 11 motorway runs south of the Záluží district , the next exit of which is in Bříství . Čelákovice is a railway junction.
Neighboring towns are Byšičky in the northeast, Sedlčánky and Císařská Kuchyně in the east, Mochov in the southeast, Záluží and Nehvizdy in the south, Mstětice in the southwest, Zápy in the west and Lázně Toušeň and Káraný in the northwest.
history
The settlement of Čelákovice, which was first mentioned in 1290 as a royal town, was built around a wooden fortress built in the 12th century. Around 1300 a stone fortress was built in place of the old complex. Until the 19th century, Čelákovice was a fishing and farming town. The basket-making trade gained importance from 1850.
After the construction of the railroad, industrialization began in 1900. In 1903 Václav Červinka founded an agricultural machinery factory, from which later the company Červinka and Čihák emerged. Three years later, the Stabenov battery factory followed, which today operates under the name of Kovohutě. In 1910, the Josef Volman machine tool factory , later TOS, was established, and is now succeeded by the Emco Group . As a result, Čelákovice experienced an increase in population, business mansions and single-family housing estates were built on the outskirts. The Grádo river bath was established on the Elbe island in 1922.
In 1937 the course of the river Elbe was straightened, during which the Elbe island was thrown off and the bath went out. Between 1945 and 1989, prefabricated housing estates were built. At Čelákovice there is a barrage of the Elbe.
The most important companies are the companies that emerged from TOS Čelákovice. In addition, CDC as Czechoslovakia is a manufacturer of CD-ROMs.
City structure
The town of Čelákovice consists of the districts Čelákovice ( Czelakowitz ), Císařská Kuchyně ( Kaiserkuchel ), Sedlčánky ( Seldschanek ) and Záluží ( Salusch ).
Attractions
- Festivities Na Hrádku, seat of the town museum
- Volman Villa, the functionalist building was built in 1939 according to plans by Jiří Štursa and Karel Janů by the local builder Karel Bibr
- Marä Himmelfahrt church, the former Romanesque building received its current baroque design during the renovation between 1708 and 1712
- Dean's house, built in 1782+
- Town hall, built in 1911 by the local builder Sax instead of the previous building from 1553
- Čeněk Janda's birth house with an exhibition about Janda and basketry
- Statue of St. John of Nepomuk , erected in 1732
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Matěj Červenka (1521–1569), Bishop of the Bohemian Brethren
- Jan Zach (1699–1773), composer
- Josef Vojtěch Sedláček (1785–1836), philosopher
- Josef Jiří Stankovský (1844–1879) writer
- Evžen Štern (1889–1942), lawyer and politician
- Čeněk Janda (1908–1970), painter
- Alois Vašátko (1908–1942), fighter pilot
- Vladimír Kovařík (1913–1982), literary historian and publicist
- Jindřich Hilčr (1921–2003), poet
- Jaroslav Šajn (* 1926), sculptor
They lived and worked in the city
- Eduard Petiška (1924–1987), writer
- Jiří Hanžlík (* 1932), painter and graphic artist
