Horní Počaply is a municipality and village in

Mělník District Mělník District ( cs, okres Mělník) is a district ('' okres'') within Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Mělník. Complete list of municipalities Býkev - Byšice - Chlumín - Chorušice - Chvatěrub ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Křivenice is an administrative part of Horní Počaply.

Geography

Horní Počaply is located about northwest of Mělník and north of

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. It lies in a flat landscape of the

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. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the

Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) 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 Repu ...

River.

History

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

Wenceslaus II Wenceslaus II Přemyslid ( cs, Václav II.; pl, Wacław II Czeski; 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 (1291–1 ...

from 1288. The village was divided into two parts and one was part of the Dolní Beřkovice estate from 1465, the other belonged to the

Horní Beřkovice Horní Beřkovice (german: Ober Berschkowitz) 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 Litomě ...

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

Transport

Horní Počaply is located on the railway line from Prague to

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Sights

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

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