Lysá nad Labem

Lysá nad Labem 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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• Lysá nad Labem (7,962)
• Byšičky (125)
• Dvorce (176)
• Litol (1,596)

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Lysá nad Labem is located about {{convert|14|km|0}} west of Nymburk and {{convert|20|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Prague. It lies mostly in the Central Elbe Table lowland within the Polabí region, only the northern part of the municipal territory extends into the Jizera Table. The highest point is the hill Šibák at {{convert|228|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The town is situated on the right bank of the Elbe River.

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Lysá nad Labem was firstly mentioned in Chronica Boemorum, with its existence mentioned in 1034. In the 13th century, a castle was built here and until the reign of the Luxembourgs, the town was property of the Czech queens. Since 1291, there has been evidence of Lysá being a town. In that year, Queen Judith of Habsburg issued a charter to unite the settlements of the Lysá estate into one economic unit.{{cite web |title=Pozoruhodné objekty městské památkové zóny|url=https://www.mestolysa.cz/cz/mesto/mestska-pamatkova-zona|publisher=Město Lysá nad Labem|language=cs|access-date=2021-07-07}}

During the Hussite Wars the town suffered a lot. At the turn of the 15th and 16th century, the Smiřický family of Smiřice rebuilt the dilapidated castle into a late Gothic castle. In 1548, Emperor Ferdinand I added Lysá to the intimate dominion as a hunting centre. After a large fire, he had the castle rebuilt in the Renaissance style.{{cite web |title=Zámek Lysá nad Labem|url=http://www.stredoceske-zamky.cz/zameklysanadlabem.html|website=stredoceske-zamky.cz|language=cs|access-date=2021-07-07}}

The sustainable development of the town was stopped by the Thirty Years' War. In 1647, Lysá was acquired by the empire general Johann von Sporck and then the town began to flourish. After the general's death, his son Franz Anton von Sporck began to reign. He made the most important changes in 1696 when the Augustinian monastery was restored and the new parish church and the Chapel of Three Kings were built.

In 1950, the municipality of Litol was merged with the town.{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/20537734/13008415abc.pdf/f10f868d-ba44-4595-90af-e68862927794?version=1.1|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|page=299|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}

{{historical populations

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|1869|4177

|1880|4749

|1890|4663

|1900|4943

|1910|5376

|1921|5977

|1930|7863

|1950|7907

|1961|8902

|1970|9811

|1980|9113

|1991|8450

|2001|8208

|2011|8803

|2021|9859

|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}}}}

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Lysá nad Labem is an important hub in the railroad network. It is located at the intersection of the routes to and from Kolín – Prague/Ústí nad Labem. In addition, a local single-track railway to Milovice also branches out from the station.

Lysá nad Labem is known for the horse racing course and its exhibition grounds, where many thematic exhibitions are held during the whole year.{{cite web |title=Výstaviště Lysá nad Labem|url=https://www.vll.cz/|publisher=Výstaviště Lysá nad Labem|language=cs|access-date=2019-05-07}}

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The notable buildings of the town are the Augustinian monastery, neighbouring with the Baroque castle with a valuable castle park, and the Baroque Church of Saint John the Baptist. Baroque monuments are here thanks to the reign of count Franz Anton von Sporck, who invited many Baroque artists to the town. The most famous of them was the sculptor Matthias Braun. Braun with his pupils sculpted many statues for the town, many of which decorate the castle park. Nowadays, the castle serves as a retirement house, but the {{convert|21|ha|adj=on}} large castle park is open to the public.{{cite web |title=Zámecký park s barokními sochami v Lysé nad Labem|url=https://www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/zamecky-park-s-baroknimi-sochami-v-lyse-nad-labem|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|access-date=2021-08-24}}{{cite web |title=Lysá nad Labem|url=https://www.kudyznudy.cz/kam-pojedete/stredni-cechy/stredni-cechy-polabi/lysa-nad-labem|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|access-date=2021-08-24}}

Bedřich Hrozný Museum is an exposition in a newly reconstructed Baroque building, which is a cultural monument. The exhibition focuses on regional history, and on the area of the ancient Near East and scientific activity of Bedřich Hrozný, who was a leading Orientalist and decipherer of the Hittite language.{{cite web |title=Muzeum Bedřicha Hrozného Lysá nad Labem|url=https://www.polabskemuzeum.cz/mista/muzeum-bedricha-hrozneho|publisher=Polabské muzeum|language=cs|access-date=2021-07-07}}

• Franz Anton von Sporck (1662–1738), literatus and patron of the arts
• Bedřich Hrozný (1879–1952), Orientalist and linguist
• František Janouch (1931–2024), nuclear physicist

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}

Lysá nad Labem is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Strategický plán rozvoje města Lysá nad Labem – Profil města|url=https://www.mestolysa.cz/filemanager/files/2329881.pdf|publisher=Město Lysá nad Labem|page=67|language=cs|access-date=2023-01-15}}

• {{flagicon|CZE}} Břeclav, Czech Republic
• {{flagicon|POL}} Głogów Małopolski, Poland
• {{flagicon|UKR}} Kukeziv, Ukraine

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• [http://www.vejnar.com/lysa/ Lysá nad Labem photo gallery]

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