Slany
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 The centre of Slaný with the St. Gotthard Church from the SE
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Central Bohemian | ||
| District | Kladno | ||
| Commune | Slaný | ||
| Elevation | 234 m (768 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 50°13′50″N 14°4′53″E / 50.23056°N 14.08139°ECoordinates: 50°13′50″N 14°4′53″E / 50.23056°N 14.08139°E | ||
| Area | 35.11 km2 (13.56 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 15,502 (2015-01-01) | ||
| Density | 442/km2 (1,145/sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1239 | ||
| Mayor | Martin Hrabánek | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 250 11 - 274 01 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.meuslany.cz | |||
The Royal town of Slaný (Czech pronunciation: [ˈslaniː]; German: Schlan) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located about 25 km northwest of Prague. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area.
The town is situated in the Slaný Plain (the northwestern part of a geomorphologic whole called the Prague Plain). A creek called Červený potok (Red creek) flows through it from the southwest to the northeast. Its dominant feature is Slaný Hill.
The Bohemian Chronicle of Václav Hájek records Slaný as having been founded in 750, at the site of a salt spring below Slaný Hill. (slaný is Czech for "salty".) The Benedictines established a hospital and church in 1136. Wenceslas II chartered the settlement as a town either in 1295 or 1305. The town was captured by the Taborites in 1425, during the Hussite Wars, and remained in their hands until 1434. It also participated in the Bohemia revolt that opened the Thirty Years' War, and suffered greatly after the nearby battle of White Mountain.
Since the middle of the 19th century, Czech has been the dominant language there. Industrial development was delayed until around 1860. An important engineering factory was built in 1872 and more followed. A factory producing batteries was founded in 1918. The infrastructure and amenities of a modern city have been gradually added since the second half of the 19th century.
The villages of Dolín, Želevčice, Lotouš, Blahotice, Netovice, Kvíc, Kvíček, Trpoměchy and Otruby are all administrative parts of Slaný.
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