Slaný

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Slaný
Slaný coat of arms
Slaný (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Středočeský kraj
District : Kladno
Area : 3513 ha
Geographic location : 50 ° 14 '  N , 14 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 13 '50 "  N , 14 ° 4' 53"  E
Height: 234  m nm
Residents : 15,834 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 250 11-274 01
License plate : S.
traffic
Railway connection: Prague – Most
structure
Status: city
Districts: 10
administration
Mayor : Martin Hrabánek (as of 2014)
Address: Velvarská 136/1
274 01 Slaný 1
Municipality number: 532819
Website : www.meuslany.cz
Location of Slaný in the Kladno district
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Listen to Slaný ? / i , formerly also Slané , German Schlan , is a city and former royal city in Bohemia . It is located in the Schlaner Plateau, the northwestern part of the Prague Plateau, about 25 km northwest of Prague . Audio file / audio sample

history

The area around Prague has been populated since the Neolithic Age. The emergence of the town of Slaný goes back to a salt spring , at which a settlement can be proven around the year 750 AD. At the beginning of the 13th century a prosperous town developed near this salt spring and was named royal town by Wenceslas II in 1305 . The rulers from the House of the Přemyslids gave the city numerous privileges, as did Emperor Charles IV later . During the Hussite Wars , Slaný was a center of the political-religious movement of the Hussites in Bohemia. The city remained economically prosperous for the next two centuries. After the Battle of White Mountain with the victory of the Catholic League over the Protestant landlords in Bohemia, the assets and property were confiscated by the Austrian emperor's property management. She sold the town in 1620 to Jaroslav Borsita Count von Martinic on Smečno . Schlan had been the seat of the district office of the Rakonitz district since 1788. In 1848 Schlan received its own city administration and developed into an industrial city in the second half of the 19th century. In 2003 Slaný had 15,754 inhabitants.

coat of arms

Originally, the city arms Slanýs corresponded to the Royal Bohemian coat of arms, including crest . To distinguish it, an unclothed boy kneeling on the left of the helmet cover from the perspective of the beholder , who - looking to the right - holds the helmet with both hands. In the newer form he is dressed in blue and the left side of the crest has been removed.

Attractions

Modletický house (1587) with the town hall tower in the background
  • town hall
  • Holy Trinity Church - originally Protestant, built in 1581–1602. Today the seat of the Carmelite Order.
  • St. Gotthard Church
  • Piarist residence, founded in 1658, today the seat of the city library and the regional history museum.
  • Gates of the city fortifications - Pražská, Lounská, Velvarská and Fortna - only Velvarská remains today.
  • Schlaner Berg: dominant volcanic mountain, with salt mines.
  • Jewish Cemetery
  • synagogue
  • District house Slaný
  • Wiehl house

Districts

Dolín, Želevčice, Lotouš (German: Sanddörfel ), Blahotice, Netovice, Kvíc, Trpoměchy, Otruby

Twin cities

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Slaný  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Slan in the Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  2. ^ Milan boys : Heraldry. Albatros, Prague 1987.
  3. ↑ http://mapy.mzk.cz/mzk03/001/037/049/2619267395/