Bořanovice

Bořanovice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The village of Pakoměřice is an administrative part of Bořanovice.

Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Bořan (an abbreviated form of Bořivoj), meaning "the village of Bořan's people".

Geography
Bořanovice is located about 6 km north of Prague. It lies mostly in an agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table, but the western part of the municipal territory extends into the Prague Plateau.

History
The first written mention of Bořanovice is from 1227. Pakoměřice was first documented in 1352, when the church was mentioned.

Transport
The I/9 road (which connects the D8 motorway with Česká Lípa and the Czech-German border) passes through the municipality.

Sights
In Pakoměřice is the complex of a rural castle with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The church was originally a Gothic building, rebuilt in the Baroque style. The castle was originally a medieval fortress which underwent Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical modifications.