Sány
Sány is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Geography Sány is located about southeast of Nymburk and east of Prague. It lies in a flat and mostly agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Cidlina River. History The first written mention of Sány is from 1352, when it was listed as property of the monastery in Mnichovo Hradiště. Demographics Transport The D11 motorway (part of the European route E67) from Prague to Hradec Králové leads across the municipality. The railway line Kolín–Trutnov passes through the municipal territory, but the station named ''Sány'' is located in neighbouring Opolánky. Sights There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality. The main landmark of Sány is the Church of Saint Andrew. It is a modern Empire church built in 1827, after the old local Gothic church was demolis ...
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Jan Čapek Of Sány
Jan Čapek of Sány ( cs, Jan Čapek ze Sán; c. 1390, Sány – c. 1452, probably in Hukvaldy) was a Czech Hussite noble, general of Władysław III of Poland. Biography Čapek was first mentioned in Hungarian sources as a leader of Władysław’s Hungarian-Polish army, which around 15 June 1440 occupied Győr, a territory belonged to Elizabeth of Luxemburg and her son, Ladislaus the Posthumous. He might be the leader of the army when Władysław crossed the borders of Hungary for the crowning ceremony, as he was the elected king of Hungary at this time. He took part at the war against Ottomans in 1443, but he was not mentioned as a participant of the Battle of Varna, where the king died. He returned to Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The m ..., where he owned ...
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