Salty Spring, Slaný, Czech Republic
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N 50° 13.961 E 014° 05.521
33U E 435242 N 5564897
Salty Spring in the Royal town Slaný (Slaný[Cz] = Salty[En])
Waymark Code: WMDDQP
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/30/2011
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The Royal town of Slaný is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located about 25 km northwest of Prague. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area.
The town is situated in the Slaný Plain (the northwestern part of a geomorphologic whole called the Prague Plain). A creek called Cervený potok (Red creek) flows through it from the southwest to the northeast. Its dominant feature is Slaný Hill.
The town derived its name from the salt spring which has its source below Slánská hora. While in the reign of Charles IV Slaný obtained a host of privileges, the Renaissance period has contributed several stately residences to the town, including the Modletický Mansion and Ungelt. Deprived of its royal town status under the Habsburg monarchs, Slaný became a tributary town. The construction of the Piarist College (one of the first secondary schools to be established in the Czech Lands, now home to the Museum of National History and Geography) marked the beginning of the Baroque reconstruction of the town.
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