Velké Přílepy is a municipality and village in
Prague-West District
Prague-West District ( cs, okres Praha-západ) is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Prague. The most populated town of the district is Jesenice.
Administrative division
Prague-West District is formed ...
in the
Central Bohemian Region
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of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 3,600 inhabitants.
Geography
Velké Přílepy is located about north of
Prague
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. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the
Prague Plateau
The Prague Plateau ( cs, Pražská plošina) is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the area of Prague and in the Central Bohemian Region.
Geomorphology
The Prague Plateau is a mesoregion of the ...
. The highest point is at above sea level.
History
The first written mention of Velké Přílepy is from 1228. The village was divided into two parts, one was owned by the
Metropolitan Chapter at Saint Vitus in Prague and one by the
St. George's Convent in Prague. In 1436, during the
Hussite Wars
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, both parts were acquired by the royal chamber and King
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gave them to the nobility. However, both parts were bought by the Metropolitan Chapter at Saint Vitus in the first half of the 16th century. The chapter owned the village until 1848 with a short break in 1620–1623.
Sights
Velké Přílepy is poor in monuments. Almost no original vernacular architecture has been preserved. The only valuable building is a Baroque granary.
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Twin towns – sister cities
Velké Přílepy is twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
References
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Villages in Prague-West District