Jizerní Vtelno 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

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name Vtelno is derived from ''vetla'', an old Slavic word for

willow Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist s ...

Geography

Jizerní Vtelno is located about southwest 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 northeast 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 the Jizera Table. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Jizera River, which forms the eastern municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Jizerní Vtelno is from 1229. It belonged to the Stránov estate that was controlled from the castle adjacent to the village. Among the most notable owners of the estate were the

Berka of Dubá Berka of Dubá ( cs, Berka z Dubé) was a cadet branch of a Bohemian noble family of Lords of Dubá established by Hynek Berka of Dubá (1249–1306). It held estates in what is today the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany throughout the Middl ...

family, the Bieberstein family, and the Slavata of Chlum family, who had the local castle rebuilt in the first half of the 17th century.

Demographics

Transport

The I/16 road, which connects the D10 motorway with Mělník, passes through the municipality.

Sights

Jizerní Vtelno is known for the

Stránov Stránov is castle in Jizerní Vtelno in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The original Middle Ages castle was reconstructed by Joseph Schulz to the neo-Renaissance look it has today. History In place of the present castle origi ...

castle. A wooden fortress is Jizerní Vtelno was first documented in 1429. In 1463–1468, it was replaced by a Gothic castle, which was later rebuilt into a Renaissance residence. In 1890–1894, it was rebuilt into its current neo-Renaissance form. Today the castle is privately owned and open to the public. The Church of Saint Wenceslaus was built in the late Baroque style near the castle in 1767. In the 20th century, it fell into disrepair, but the ruin was completely reconstructed in 2003.

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