Zeleneč, Czech Republic

Zeleneč is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The village of Mstětice is an administrative part of Zeleneč.

Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Zelenec or Zelenka.

Geography
Zeleneč is located about 10 km east of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table, in the Polabí lowlands.

History
The first written mention of Zeleneč is in a document created in 1372–1378. The record of Kašpar of Zeleneč from 1316, which is sometimes cited as the first mention, actually dates from 1416.

Transport
There is no major road running through the municipal territory, but Zeleneč is located in close proximity to the D10 motorway, which runs north of it, and the D11 motorway to the south.

Zeleneč is located on the railway line Prague–Lysá nad Labem, further continuing to Kolín or to Milovice.

Sights
There are no significant monuments in the municipality. The only protected cultural monuments are a niche chapel with a statue of St. John of Nepomuk, which dates from 1863, and a stone cross from 1820.