Všetaty is a market town 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 2,500 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Všetaty consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Všetaty (1,567) *Přívory (775)

Geography

Všetaty is located about 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 the

Central Elbe Table The Central Elbe Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region, but due to its size, it also extends to other regions. The axis of the plateau is the Elbe River, ...

. The highest point is the flat hill Cecemín at above sea level. The stream

Košátecký potok The Košátecký potok is a stream in the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Central Bohemian Region. It is long, but the upper course of the stream is dry for most of the year. Etymology The name means 'Ko� ...

flows through the market town.

History

The first written mention of Všetaty is from 1255. Přívory was first mentioned in 1321. The railway was built in 1864, but the station was not opened until 1873.

Demographics

Transport

Všetaty is an important railway hub. Two main railway lines

–

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and

Kolín Kolín (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monume ...

–

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cross here.

Sights

The landmark of Všetaty is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It was built in the Baroque style in 1780 and rebuilt in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1885.

Notable people

Jan Palach Jan Palach (; 11 August 1948 – 19 January 1969) was a Czech student of history and political economics at Charles University in Prague. His self-immolation in 1969 at age 20 was a political protest against the end of the Prague Spring resul ...

(1948–1969), student who self-immolated himself in a protest against the

Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia On 20–21 August 1968, the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by four fellow Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, and the Hungarian People's Republic. The ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vsetaty (Melnik District) Market towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Mělník District