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Town in central Bohemia, Czech Republic, 43,399 inhabitants (2002).Founded after 940 by king Boleslav as royal castle. Later, town privilege was established and Mlada Boleslav became important place on road from Prague
to northern Bohemia, Lusatia and Brandenburg. In 16th century town was leading centre of Brethren Church ( Unitas fratrum , Moravians) with Brethren bishop, renaissance cathedral and Brethren printing house. After recatholisation in 17th century, number of inhabitants decline. In 19th new prosperity came, town became important centre of its region and new schools, theatre, museum and especially Laurin a Klement (today Skoda) car factory was founded. After communist revolution in 1948, town declined horribly.
Visitors sights:
Templ Municipal History Museum - new holographic exhibition in gothic town-palace;
Skoda Museum - Car museum;
Brethren renaissance cathedral - public open gallery;
Regional Museum - Historical, cultural and social history collections
Important personalities:
Ctibor Tovacovsky z Cimburka (b. 1437, d. 1494), important law theorist;
Lucas of Prague (b 1460 d. 1528), Brethren bishop, theologist and writer;
Jiri Kezelius-Bydzovsky (b. 1576, d. 1655), historian;
Jan Norbert z Neuberka (b. 1796, d. 1859), polititian, co-founder of Bohemian National Museum , historian;
Vincenc Zahradnika (b. 1790, d. 1836), writer;
Alois Vojtecha Smilovsky (b. 1837, d. 1883), writer;
Siegfried Kapper (b. 1821, d. 1879), writer;
Frantisek Gellner (b. 1881 d.? after 1914), important poet
External links
Mlada Boleslav Town Council http://www.mb-net.cz/mesto/index.phtml
