Dolní Krupá is a municipality and village in
Mladá Boleslav District
Mladá Boleslav District () is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Mladá Boleslav.
Administrative division
Mladá Boleslav District is divided into two administrative districts of municipal ...
in the
Central Bohemian Region
The Central Bohemian Region ( ; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in the Czech capital Prague, which lies in the centre of the regio ...
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 200 inhabitants.
Geography
Dolní Krupá is located about north of
Mladá Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River.
Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...
and northeast 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
Jizera Table
The Jizera Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region, northeast of Prague.
Geomorphology
The Jizera Table is a mesoregion of the Central Bohemian Table wit ...
. The highest point is the hill Radechov at above sea level, whose peak is protected as a nature monument.
History
The first written mention of Krupá is from 1229. In 1766 Krupá was divided into two villages, Horní Krupá (today part of
Ralsko) and Dolní Krupá. Until the 19th century, the local population made a living from agriculture and forestry, then crafts developed.
Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The main landmark of Dolní Krupá is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It is a Baroque church from the second half of the 18th century.
The Baroque rectory next to the church is also a cultural monument. Today it houses a branch of the Museum of the Mladá Boleslav Region.
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Villages in Mladá Boleslav District