Liblice

Liblice is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Etymology
The village was originally called Ľubice. The name was derived from the personal name Ľuba, meaning "the village of Ľuba's people". The name then gradually changed to its current form.

Geography
Liblice is located 8 km southeast of Mělník and 23 km north of Prague. It lies mostly in the Jizera Table, only the southern part of the municipality extends into the Central Elbe Table.

History
The first written mention of Liblice is from 1254.

Transport
The I/16 road, which connects the D10 motorway with Mělník, passes through the municipality.

Sights
The main sight of Liblice is a Baroque castle built in 1699–1706, designed by Giovanni Battista Alliprandi for Count Arnošt Josef Pachta of Rájov. The castle serves since 1952 as a conference and recreational facility of Czech Academy of Sciences and was not accessible to the public until 2007. An extensive reconstruction of the castle was completed in 2007, changing the premises into a conference and culturally-educational centre, a castle hotel with restaurants and a relaxing wellness centre.

The Church of Saint Wenceslaus was originally a Gothic medieval church. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style around 1710.

Notable people

 * Emil Pollert (1877–1935), opera singer