Čelákovice

Čelákovice is a town in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The villages of Císařská Kuchyně, Sedlčánky and Záluží are administrative parts of Čelákovice.

Geography
Čelákovice is located about 15 km east of Prague. It lies in the Central Elbe Table, in the Polabí lowlands. The town is situated on the left bank of the Elbe River.

History
The site of the town has been inhabited since the Stone Age. During the 9th century, an early Slavic settlement was established. The first written mention of Čelákovice is from 1290. The inhabitants subsisted on fishing and agriculture, and from the mid-19th century also on the production of baskets.

Economy
The engineering factory known as TOS (Továrna obráběcích strojů) was founded in 1910. It remains the largest industrial plant in the town.

Transport
Čelákovice is located on the railway lines Prague–Kolín and Neratovice–Čelákovice.

Sights
Around 1300, a stone fortress was built here. The fortress, reconstructed in 1973–1982 in the Gothic–Renaissance style, serves today as the town museum.

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was originally a Romanesque structure, rebuilt in the Renaissance style in the 16th century and in the Baroque style in 1708–1712.

The landmark of the town square is the town hall. It was built in the neo-Baroque style in 1911.

Notable people

 * Alois Vašátko (1908–1942), World War II wing commander
 * František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech-Yugoslav film director and screenwriter
 * Eduard Petiška (1924–1987), writer of children books
 * Pavel Tykač (born 1964), entrepreneur

International relations
Čelákovice has no twin towns. The town has cooperation agreement with Chengdu, China.