Dolní Bělá () is a municipality and village in

Plzeň-North District Plzeň-North District () is a Okres, district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Plzeň. The most populated town of the district is Nýřany. Administrative division Plzeň-North District is divided into two Dis ...

in the

Plzeň Region Plzeň Region or Plzeňský Region (also known as Pilsen Region; ) is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the western part of the historical land of Bohemia and named after the capital, Plz ...

of the

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

. It has about 500 inhabitants. Dolní Bělá is located approximately north of

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

Demographics

Sights

The main landmark of Dolní Bělá is the Church of Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It was built in the

Empire style The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 duri ...

in 1822. The ruins of

Bělá Castle Bělá Castle () is a castle located in Dolní Bělá municipality in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. The first mention of the castle comes from somewhere between 1315 and 1318. History The castle of Bělá was built between 1313 and ...

are located on a hill above the village. The castle was built before 1315. Parts of the castle walls are all that has survived to the present day, and the dry moats and ramparts are still visible in some places.

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* Villages in Plzeň-North District {{Plzeň-geo-stub