Veltrusy
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Mělník | ||||
| Area : | 801 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 16 ′ N , 14 ° 20 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 172 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 2,131 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 277 46 | ||||
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D 8 Prague - Lovosice Kralupy nad Vltavou - Neratovice |
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Filip Volák (as of 2015) | ||||
| Address: | Palackého 9 277 46 Veltrusy |
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| Municipality number: | 535273 | ||||
| Website : | www.veltrusy.cz | ||||
Veltrusy (German Weltrus ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located about 25 kilometers north of Prague and belongs to the Okres Mělník .
geography
The city is located to the right of the Vltava River on Všestudský potok. In the north, across the stream, lies Veltrusy Castle . To the east of the city, the route of the D8 / European route 55 leads past, the next exit of which is at Úžice . In Veltrusy, the state road 101 between Kralupy nad Vltavou and Neratovice crosses with the 608 between Terezín and Prague . To the south is the industrial area of the city of Kralupy nad Vltavou.
Neighboring towns are Všestudy in the northeast, Zlosyň in the east, Úžice in the southeast, Lobeček and Kralupy nad Vltavou in the south, Nelahozeves and Hleďsebe 1.díl in the west, and Hleďsebe 2.díl and Podhořany in the north-west.
history
The first mention of Veltrusy comes from the year 1052. The place is documented by a privilege Ottokar I. Přemysl from 1226 for the monastery Doksany , to which Veltrusy belonged until 1410.
In the period that followed, Veltrusy was owned by various noble families. Zdeňko von Šternberk sold the place in 1497 to Jindřich Firšic from Nabdín, who joined him to the Beškovice rule . In 1716, Václav Antonín Chotek had a baroque castle built north of the city opposite the old Všestudský potok arm, which remained the seat of the Counts Chotek until 1945. The first trade exhibition in 1754 was also attended by Maria Theresa .
Veltrusy was raised to a market town in 1899 and received city rights in 1926, which the place lost again. Since 1994 Veltrusy has been a city again.
Attractions
- Veltrusy Castle , built from 1716 by Franz Maximilian Kaňka
sons and daughters of the town
- Carl von Holzinger (1849–1935), Austrian classical philologist
- Ladislav Čepelák (1924–2000), Czech painter
