Železnice
Železnice (Eisenstadtel) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
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Key facts
• Name — Železnice • Settlement Type — Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Hradec Králové • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Jičín • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Dana Kracíková • Established Title — First mentioned • Established Date — 1318 • Area Total Km2 — 13.09 • Elevation M — 321 • Population As Of — 2026-01-01 • Population Total — 1435 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Timezone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 507 13 • Website — https: www.zeleznice.net/
Administrative division
Administrative division
Železnice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): • Železnice (1,109) • Březka (10) • Cidlina (72) • Doubravice (24) • Pekloves (10) • Těšín (42) • Zámezí (37)
Etymology
Etymology
The name Železnice is derived from the Czech adjective železná, meaning 'iron'. The word železnice also means 'railway' in modern Czech.
Geography
Geography
Železnice is located about 4 km north of Jičín and 42 km northwest of Hradec Králové. It lies mostly in the Jičín Uplands. The northern part of the municipal territory belongs to the Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge and includes the highest point of Železnice, the hill Hůra at 519 m above sea level. The Cidlina River flows through the rural part of the territory. There are several small fishponds around the town.
History
History
The first written mention of Železnice is from 1318. In 1514, it was referred to as a market town, and probably in 1599, it was promoted to a town. In 1788 and 1826, the town was badly damaged by large fires. In 1903, the railway through Železnice was built.
Transport
Transport
Železnice is located on the railway line Hradec Králové–Turnov.
Sights
Sights
• Illustration — Church of Saint Giles After the fire in 1826, the town buildings in the historic centre were restored in a unified Neoclassical style. This buildings has mostly been preserved to this day and forms a unique urban complex. The town hall was built in 1826. The Church of Saint Giles was built on the site of an old Romanesque church from the 13th century after it was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, and rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1727–1739.
Notable people
Notable people
• Tavík František Šimon (1877–1942), painter, etcher and woodcutter
Twin towns – sister cities
Twin towns – sister cities
Železnice is twinned with: • Revò, Italy
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Czech Statistical Office. Population in municipalities as at 1. 1. DataStat. 2026-05-18.
- 2.Czech Statistical Office. Public Census 2021 – basic data. Public Database. 2022.
- 3.Profous, Antonín. Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž. 827–828. 1957.
- 4.Město Železnice. Historie města.
- 5.Czech Statistical Office. Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011. 2015-12-21.
- 6.Czech Statistical Office. Population Census 2021: Population by sex. Public Database. 2021-03-27.
- 7.České dráhy. Station details Železnice.
- 8.Město Železnice. Památky.
- 9.Město Železnice. Partnerské město.
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