Český Brod
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Kolín | ||||
| Area : | 1971 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 4 ' N , 14 ° 51' E | ||||
| Height: | 216 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 7,046 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 282 01 | ||||
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| Railway connection: | Prague - Kolín | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 3 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Bc. Jakub Nekolný ( ODS ) (as of 2010) | ||||
| Address: | Husovo nám. 70 282 01 Český Brod |
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| Municipality number: | 533271 | ||||
| Website : | www.cesbrod.cz | ||||
Český Brod ( German Bohemian Brod ) is a town with around 6,600 inhabitants in the Czech Republic . It is located in Central Bohemia , about 30 km east of Prague on the Šembera and belongs to the Okres Kolín .
history
On May 30, 1434, a battle of the Hussite Wars took place here, in which the Taborites were defeated by a coalition of moderate Utraquists and Catholics of the early Church. The monument to the Battle of Lipan , in which Andreas Prokop was killed , was erected in 1881 near the village of Lipany .
Böhmisch Brod ( Brod translated means ford ) was the capital of the district, and in 1860 there were 71 villages in the district. It was the seat of the district administration and a district court. In 1880 there were 3,841 inhabitants in the city. There were two sugar factories, an alcohol distillery and a steam mill. In the 1870s , boreholes were made in coal seams to a depth of 1,000 m.
Community structure
The towns of Liblice (Liblitz) and Štolmíř (Stolmirsch) belong to the town of Český Brod .
Town twinning
sons and daughters of the town
- Antonín Balšánek (1865–1921), Czech architect
- Oskar Benda (1845–1915), Austrian theater actor, director and artistic director
- František Jakubec (1956–2016), football player
