Benátky nad Jizerou

	Benátky nad Jizerou
	Town
	Jan Hus Square
Flag	Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Mladá Boleslav
Commune	Mladá Boleslav
Municipality	Benátky nad Jizerou
River	Jizera
Elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Coordinates	50°17′22″N 14°49′52″E / 50.28944°N 14.83111°ECoordinates: 50°17′22″N 14°49′52″E / 50.28944°N 14.83111°E
Area	35.46 km2 (13.69 sq mi)
Population	7,042 (2006-10-02)
Density	199/km2 (515/sq mi)
First mentioned	1259
Mayor	Jaroslav Král
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	293 01 - 294 71
	Location in the Czech Republic
	Wikimedia Commons: Benátky nad Jizerou
	Statistics: statnisprava.cz
	Website: www.benatky.cz

Benátky nad Jizerou (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbɛnaːtkɪ ˈnad jɪzɛrou]; German: Benatek) is a town on the Jizera river which is also known as Kbelačka in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, between the cities Stará Boleslav and Mladá Boleslav.

The city was the site of a castle and observatory built by astronomer Tycho Brahe. Johann von Klenau, the Habsburg general, was born at the castle in 1758. His old Bohemian family owned the castle at the time.^[1] Later it was owned by the counts Thun und Hohenstein.

The brothers František, Jiří Antonín, Josef and Jan Jiří Benda were born here. They were to later find fame as composers and performers in Germany where many of their descendants also became successful musicians.

Benátky Castle

References

↑ (in German) Friedrich Bernau. Studien und Materialien zur Specialgeschichte und Heimatskunde des deutschen Sprachgebiets in Böhmen und Mähren. Prague: J.G. Calve, 1903, pp. 7–8, 151–165, 601. Other sources date the Klenau family to the early twelfth century. See (in German) Norbert (or Enoch) Heermann, Johann Matthäus Klimesch, and Václav Březan. Norbert Heermann's Rosenberg'sche chronik. Prag, Köngl. Böhmische gesellschaft der wissenschaften, 1897, p. 102.

External links

Media related to Benátky nad Jizerou at Wikimedia Commons
Municipal website (in Czech)
Town castle (in German)
Benátky nad Jizerou - virtual show

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[1] (in German) Friedrich Bernau. Studien und Materialien zur Specialgeschichte und Heimatskunde des deutschen Sprachgebiets in Böhmen und Mähren. Prague: J.G. Calve, 1903, pp. 7–8, 151–165, 601. Other sources date the Klenau family to the early twelfth century. See (in German) Norbert (or Enoch) Heermann, Johann Matthäus Klimesch, and Václav Březan. Norbert Heermann's Rosenberg'sche chronik. Prag, Köngl. Böhmische gesellschaft der wissenschaften, 1897, p. 102.