Neratovice

The city Neratovice (German Neratowitz ) located in the Czech Republic in the Central Bohemian Labe region about 20 kilometers north of Prague in Okres Melnik. It lies opposite the mouth of the creek Košátecký into the Elbe at an altitude of 170 meters above sea level. NN and currently has about 16,500 inhabitants.

History

Neratovice

Since the Chalcolithic period, the area was inhabited continuously. A first written mention dates back to 1227th At that time Neratowitz belonged to the place Lobkowitz ( Lobkovice ).

Neratovice is grown mainly by the railway connection. 1865 rail traffic between Kralup on the Vltava ( Kralupy nad Vltavou ) to Turnau ( Turnov ) was added. Following the on September 10, 1872 opening of the Neratowitzer train, direct, belonging to Turnau - Kralup - Prague railway junction line Neratowitz - Prague, an important railway junction was built here in historically short time, pulled the establishment of industries by themselves. In 1898 a factory for the manufacture of soaps, candles and oils was founded, 1905, a chemical plant. The Czech chemical company Aussiger club ( Spolek ) founded in the 1930s in the chemical plant Spolana Neratovice.

During and after the Second World War further chemical plants were built. 1957 Neratovice became a town.

In the Elbe flood 2002, the chemical plant Spolana was flooded. The contaminated sites located there (mercury and dioxins ) are one of the biggest environmental problems in the Czech Republic dar.

Lobkovice

Lobkovice ( German Lobkowitz ) is located southeast of the edge of the city with preserved village center. At the beginning of the 14th century it was a small place that Nicholas the arms of Újezd ​​( Mikuláš z Chudý Újezda ) bought. He united with Libisch ( Libiš ) and Obříství. They became his first basic rule, which he later called Hassenstein Lobkowicz ( Lobkowitz Hasištejnský z ). He was the founder of one of the most important aristocratic families in Bohemia. The Lobkowicz family had a significant position in the history of Bohemia and Austria -Hungary.

In the village a castle was built in 1679. Configured it was by Antonio della Porta. The castle was sold in 1829, 1897 but bought back again for reasons of prestige.

Attractions

• Baroque chapel of St. Adalbert from the second half of the 17th century
• Castle Lobkovice in Lobkovice
• In the district Libiše a Gothic cemetery church is with wall paintings and seven-part Faltaltar. Created by Petr was this lutka 1391st
• Nature Reserve Černínovsko at Libiše

Personalities

• Ljuba Hermannová (1913-1996), actress
• Olga Fikotová ( born 1932 ), athlete
• František Palacký (1798-1876), historian, wrote in Lobkovice in the years 1852-1860 "History of the Bohemian and Moravian people."
• January Palacký (1830-1908), Geographer. Both are buried in the cemetery of the Baroque church from the 17th century.
• Václav Štech (1859-1947), a writer, had in Libiše his summer residence.
• VV Štech (1885-1974), historian, spent much of his youth in Libiše.

Districts

• Byškovice ( Bisch Schukowitzgasse )
• Horňátky ( Horniatek )
• Lobkovice ( Lobkowitz )
• Mlékojedy ( Mlikojed )
• Neratovice ( Neratowitz )
• Korycany ( Koritzan )