Zálezlice
Zálezlice
Municipality in Central Bohemian, Czech Republic
Zálezlice is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Zálezlice | |
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Centre of Zálezlice | |
| Coordinates: 50°18′28″N 14°26′15″E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Mělník |
| First mentioned | 1300 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.60 km2 (2.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 163 m (535 ft) |
| Population (2023-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 436 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 277 45 |
| Website | www |
The villages of Kozárovice and Zátvor are administrative parts of Zálezlice.
Zálezlice is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Mělník and 22 km (14 mi) north of Prague. It lies in a flat landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Vltava River.
The first written mention of Zálezlice is from the beginning of the 13th century.[2]
The municipality was badly damaged during the 2002 European floods and has been protected by a flood wall since then.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmark of Zálezlice is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It is a late Baroque building from the second half of the 18th century. The church includes a Baroque mortuary.[6]
- Vítězslav Hálek (1835–1874), poet, writer and journalist; lived here in 1841–1842
- "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Zálezlice. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- "Povodně 2002 v Zálezlicích: Vypadalo to děsivě, jako po válce, vzpomíná starosta" (in Czech). Deník.cz. 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Mělník" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 13–14.
- "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- "Kostel sv. Mikuláše" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
