Krakovany is a municipality and village in

Kolín District Kolín District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Kolín. Administrative division Kolín District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extend ...

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

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. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Krakovany consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Krakovany (772) *Božec (106)

Etymology

The meaning of the name is "the village of people who came from Krakov".

Geography

Krakovany is located about east of

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 ...

and west of

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

. It lies in the

East Elbe Table The East Elbe Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Hradec Králové, Pardubice and Central Bohemian region. The Elbe River flows through the territory, after which the plateau is nam ...

. The highest point is at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Krakovany is from 1244. Until 1510, when the village was bought by

Vilém II of Pernštejn Vilém II of Pernštejn ( or ''Wilhelm II. von Bernstein'', or ''Vilém z Pernštejna a na Helfštejně''; 1438 – 8 April 1521) was a Czech nobleman. He held the office of High Treasurer of Moravia from 1474 to 1487. He was High Marshall of B ...

, Krkaovany was owned by various lower nobles. Božec was first mentioned in 1371. In 1961, the municipalities of Krakovany and Božec were merged.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The most valuable building is the Evangelical prayer house. The original wooden prayer house was built in 1784 as one of the first Evangelical prayer houses built after the

Patent of Toleration The Patent of Toleration (, ) was an edict of toleration issued on 13 October 1781 by the Habsburg emperor Joseph II. Part of the Josephinist reforms, the Patent extended religious freedom to non-Catholic Christians living in the crown lands ...

was issued. The brick prayer house replaced the wooden one in 1804. In 1840, it was rebuilt to its present form.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krakovany Villages in Kolín District