Předboj is a municipality and village in

Prague-East District Prague-East District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Prague. The most populated town of the district is Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav. Administrative division Prague-East District i ...

in the

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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 1,400 inhabitants.

Etymology

The initial name of the village was Přeboj. The Old Czech word ''přeboj'' meant 'robbery'. To make the name less unflattering and more understandable, it was changed to Předboj.

Geography

Předboj 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 an agricultural landscape 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 at above sea level. The brook Kojetický potok flows through the municipality and supplies a system of several fishponds there.

History

The first written mention of Předboj is from 1253, when King Wenceslaus I donated the village to the

Knights of the Cross with the Red Star The Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (, , , postnominal initials: O.Cr., O.Crucig.), also known as the Military Order of the Crusaders of the Red Star is a Catholic religious order present in the Czech Republic and Austria. It is the only re ...

. It was founded on a trade route from Prague to the north. Předboj often changed owners and was mostly the property of various less important noble families. In 1671, when Předboj was owned by the

St. George's Convent St. George's Convent () was a community of Benedictines, Benedictine nuns located in Prague Castle in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) between 973 and 1782. Founded in 973, the abbey was next to the seat of ecclesiastical and state power in Bohe ...

in Prague, the village was annexed to the

Panenské Břežany Panenské Břežany () is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. Etymology The name Břežany is derived from the word ('bank' in Czech, but in old Cz ...

estate.

Demographics

Transport

The I/9 road (which connects the D8 motorway with

Česká Lípa Česká Lípa (; ) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 37,000 inhabitants, making it the most populated Czech town without city status. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monume ...

and the Czech-German border) runs along the eastern municipal border.

Sights

The only protected

cultural monument A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage registe ...

in the municipality are terrain remains of a medieval fortress that stood here in the 13th–15th century, now an archaeological site. However, these terrain remains were damaged and are now located in the garden of a family house.

References

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