Žďár is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the

Central Bohemian Region The Central Bohemian Region ( cz, Středočeský kraj, german: Mittelböhmische Region) is an administrative unit ( cz, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in ...

of the

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. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Břehy, Doubrava, Příhrazy, Skokovy and Žehrov are administrative parts of Žďár.

Geography

Žďár is located about northeast of

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; german: Jungbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 42,000 inhabitants. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region and a major centre of the Czech automotive ind ...

and south of

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. It lies in the

Jičín Uplands Jičín (; german: Jitschin or ''Gitschin'') is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Th ...

. The highest point is a contour line at above sea level. Most of the municipal territory lies in the Bohemian Paradise Protected Landscape Area.

History

The first written mention of Žďár is from 1403. Until 1547, the village was owned by the Wartenberg family as part of the Rohozec estate.

Sights

The main landmark of Žďár is the Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. It was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1903–1904. A valuable house is the former smithery, which is a timbered building with a brick ground floor from the first half of the 18th century. In the woods near Žehrov is a hunting lodge from 1820 called Belvín or Bellevue. It is inaccessible to the public.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zdar (Mlada Boleslav District) Villages in Mladá Boleslav District