Dolany nad Vltavou


Dolany nad Vltavou is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
WWW dolany.cz

Administrative division

Dolany nad Vltavou consists of two municipal parts :
  • Dolany nad Vltavou
  • Debrno

Geography

Dolany nad Vltavou is located about southeast of Mělník and north of Prague. It lies in the Prague Plateau. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Vltava River in the place, where the rocky valley of the Vltava ends and begins a plain typical for the confluence of the rivers Vltava and Elbe. The highest point of the municipality has an elevation of.

History

The first written mention of Dolany is from 1318. Debrno was first mentioned in 1437.
In 2016, the municipality changed its name to Dolany nad Vltavou.

Transport

Dolany nad Vltavou is located on the railway line Prague–Ústí nad Labem.

Sights

The historic centre of the village of Debrno is well preserved and protected as a village monument zone. There are homesteads from the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, with modifications from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Notable people