Mladá Boleslav
town in Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
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Mladá Boleslav is a town located in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is historically significant as an important industrial and cultural center in the Czech lands.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mladá Boleslav
- Region
- Central Bohemia
- Country
- Česko
- Population
- 43,684
Travel guide
Understand
thumb|Mladá Boleslav Castle The castle, founded in the second half of the 10th century by Prince Boleslav the Pious, formed the core of the city's development. In the 16th century, Mladá Boleslav became a center for the Bohemian Brothers, who founded a bishopric here, but re-Catholicization took place as early as the 17th century. With industrialization, automobile manufacturing also developed (today Škoda Auto as, now part of the VW Group). The city has around 44,500 inhabitants (2019).
See
— 10 km north, with the associated Capuchin convent, owned by the Waldstein family until 1945. Mid-16th century town hall and the council chamber on the 1st floor with a vault resting on a column. The Jewish cemetery is also interesting
Do
Football: FK Mladá Boleslav play soccer in Fortuna or First League, the top tier. Their Lokotrans Arena (capacity 5000) is 1 km north of town centre.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
Mladá Boleslav ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈmladaː ˈbolɛslaf]; German: Jungbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 48,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera River.
Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. It is a major centre of the Czech automotive industry thanks to the Škoda Auto company and therefore the centre of Czech industry as a whole. The city is also a centre of technical education, represented by Škoda Auto University and Secondary Industrial School.