Horní Počaply is a municipality and village in

Mělník District Mělník District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Mělník. Administrative division Mělník District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities wit ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Horní Počaply consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Horní Počaply (1,058) *Křivenice (121)

Geography

Horní Počaply is located about northwest of

Mělník Mělník (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zon ...

and north of

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

. It lies in a flat landscape of the

Lower Ohře Table The Lower Ohře Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Ústí nad Labem and Central Bohemian regions. Geomorphology The Lower Ohře Table is a mesoregion of the Central Bohemian Tab ...

. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the

Elbe The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Ge ...

River.

History

The first written mention of Horní Počaply is in a deed of King

Wenceslaus II Wenceslaus II Přemyslid (; ; 27 SeptemberK. Charvátová, ''Václav II. Král český a polský'', Prague 2007, p. 18. 1271 – 21 June 1305) was King of Bohemia (1278–1305), Duke of Cracow (1291–1305), and King of Poland (1296–1305 ...

from 1288. The village was divided into two parts and one was part of the

Dolní Beřkovice Dolní Beřkovice () is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. Administrative division Dolní Beřkovice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets ...

estate from 1465, the other belonged to the

Horní Beřkovice Horní Beřkovice () is a municipality and village in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Horní Beřkovice lies approximately south-east of Litoměřice, south-east of Úst ...

estate. This lasted until 1850, when an independent municipality was established.

Demographics

Transport

Horní Počaply is located on the railway line Prague–

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction. ...

Sights

The main landmark of Horní Počaply is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is originally a Gothic church from the 13th or 14th century, rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style in 1869–1871.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horni Pocaply Villages in Mělník District