Želízy

Želízy is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Želízy consists of three municipal parts :

The name is derived from the Czech word železo, i.e. 'iron'.

Želízy is located about north of Mělník and north of Prague. It lies in the Ralsko Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Liběchovka Stream flows through the municipality. Most of the municipal territory lies in the Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj Protected Landscape Area.

The first written mention of Želízy is from 1360.
In the 19th century, Želízy became a summer resort. In the interwar period it was a popular resort destination visited by hundreds of guests, especially by German-speaking Jews of Prague, including Franz Kafka.

The I/9 road passes through the municipality.

Želízy is known for the Čertovy hlavy, sculptures from the first half of the 19th century carved in the sandstone above the village of Želízy.
Most of the village of Sitné is protected as a village monument zone for its set of folk architecture wooden houses from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.