Bílé Podolí is a market town in

Kutná Hora District Kutná Hora District ( cs, okres Kutná Hora) is a district ('' okres'') within Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Kutná Hora. Complete list of municipalities Adamov - Bernardov - '' Bílé Podolí'' - B ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Lovčice and Zaříčany are administrative parts of Bílé Podolí. Lovčice forms an

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of the municipal territory.

Geography

Bílé Podolí is located about east of

Kutná Hora Kutná Hora (; medieval Czech: ''Hory Kutné''; german: Kuttenberg) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. The centre of Kutná Hora, including the Sedlec Abbey and its ossuary, was designa ...

and west of

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. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the

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. In the northeast, the slopes of the

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begin and include the highest point of Bílé Podolí, a contour line at above sea level. The Doubrava River flows along the western municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Bílé Podolí is from 1307. The village was promoted to a

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in 1687 by Emperor Leopold I.

Sights

The landmark of Bílé Podolí is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It was built in the late Gothic style probably at the end of the 14th century. The early Baroque reconstruction took place in the 1670s, further modifications were made after the fire in 1713. In 1821, the church was rebuilt into its curent form with a Neoclassical façade.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bile Podoli Populated places in Kutná Hora District Market towns in the Czech Republic