Hořín

Hořín consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

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• Hořín (431)
• Brozánky (311)
• Vrbno (126)
• Zelčín (21)

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Hořín is located about {{convert|1|km|0|abbr=on}} west of Mělník and {{convert|25|km|abbr=on}} north of Prague. It lies in a flat landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The municipality is situated at the confluence of the Elbe and Vltava rivers, on the left bank of the Elbe. The Vraňany–Hořín Shipping Channel also flows through the territory.

The first written mention of Hořín is from 1319. There used to be a fortress, which was destroyed during the Hussite Wars. From the 16th century, Hořín served as an important economic background for the Mělník estate.{{cite web |title=Program rozvoje obce Hořín na období od 2016 do 2021|url=https://www.obcepro.cz/program-rozvoje-obce-734.modal|publisher=Obec Hořín|language=cs|date=2016-07-20|access-date=2023-02-05}}

The village of Hořín was badly damaged during the 2002 European floods and has been protected by a flood wall since then.{{cite web |title=Nová hráz vydržela. Přesto je Hořín opět pod vodou|url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/regiony/1093807-nova-hraz-vydrzela-presto-je-horin-opet-pod-vodou|work=ČT24|publisher=Czech Television|language=cs|date=2013-06-06|access-date=2023-02-05}}

{{historical populations

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|1869|1187

|1880|1318

|1890|1303

|1900|1194

|1910|1327

|1921|1258

|1930|1239

|1950|1057

|1961|975

|1970|1051

|1980|933

|1991|762

|2001|744

|2011|734

|2021|889

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

The I/16 road, which connects the D8 motorway with Mělník, passes through the municipality.

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The main landmarks of Hořín are the church and the castle. The Church of Saint Nicholas was built in the late Baroque style in second half of the 18th century. It includes a valuable Baroque mortuary.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Mikuláše|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-mikulase-2150906|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-02-05}}

The Baroque castle in Hořín dates was built for the Czernin family around 1696, then it was rebuilt by František Maxmilián Kaňka in 1713–1720. Another modifications took place in 1736–1746. The interior contains valuable Rococo decoration. Today the castle is owned by the Lobkowicz family, and is abandoned and unused. Next to the castle in an extensive park. On the local cemetery is the burial vault of the Lobkowicz family.{{cite web |title=Zámek|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/zamek-15284185|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-02-05}}{{cite web |title=Lobkowiczké sídlo chátrá a ohrožuje místní, majitel nekomunikuje|url=https://www.idnes.cz/praha/zpravy/stredocesky-kraj-lobkowicz-zamek-sidlo-nemovitost-zamek-horin-melnik.A170926_354108_praha-zpravy_turc|publisher=iDnes|language=cs|date=2017-09-28|access-date=2023-02-05}}

On the Vraňany–Hořín Shipping Channel is a lock from 1905, which is protected as a technical monument.{{cite web |title=Obec Hořín|url=https://www.obechorin.cz/|publisher=Obec Hořín|language=cs|access-date=2023-02-05}}

The historic centre of the village of Vrbno is protected as a village monument zone. There is a set of well-preserved agricultural homesteads. The main landmark of the village is the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, buitl in the Romanesque style.{{cite web |title=Vrbno|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/vrbno-7665866|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-02-05}}

In Zelčín is a zoopark which claims that it is "the largest contact zoo in Bohemia."{{cite web |title=Zoopark Zelčín|url=https://www.zooparkzelcin.cz/|publisher=Zoopark Zelčín|language=cs|access-date=2023-02-05}}

• Jan August Vitásek (1770–1839), composer

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