Mladá Boleslav
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| region = Středočeský kraj (Central Bohemia)[[Central Bohemian Region|Central Bohemian]] | region_type = [[Regions of the Czech Republic|Region]]
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| landmark = Mladá Boleslav Castle
| river = Jizera
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| location = 50 km NE of Prague
| elevation = 235
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| population = 119,106 | population_as_of = [[As of [31 Dec. 2006][http://www.czso.cz/xs/edicniplan.nsf/kapitola/13-2101-07-2007-03]]]
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| mayor = MUDr. Raduan Nwelati
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'''Mladá Boleslav''' ({{IPA2|ˈmladaː ˈbolɛslaf}}, [[German language|German]]: ''Jungbunzlau'', [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Latin]]: ''Bumsla'') is a city in the [[Central Bohemian Region]] of the [[Czech Republic]], on the left bank of the [[Jizera River|Jizera]] river about 50 km northeast of [[Prague]].
Founded in the second half of the 10th century by King [[Boleslav II of Bohemia|Boleslav II]] as a royal [[castle]]. Because there already was a castle known as Boleslav near Prague, this new castle was named ''Mladá'' (''young'') to distinguish it from the older Boleslav, which became known in the 15th century as [[Stará Boleslav]] (''Old Boleslav''). The town received partial city rights in 1334 and 1436, becoming an important site on the road from Prague to northern [[Bohemia]], [[Lusatia]], and [[Brandenburg]]. In the 16th century the town was a leading centre of the [[Unitas Fratrum / Unity of the Brethren / Moravian Church]] church, hosting the Brethren's [[bishop]], [[Renaissance]] church, and printing house. After being re-Catholicized in the 17th century, the town's population declined.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Mladá Boleslav was an important [[Jewish]] center. In this period, about one half of the town's population was Jewish. In the 19th century (in fact, the period of decline of the Jewish community), Mladá Boleslav was dubbed "Jerusalem on Jizera". In 1634, Jacob Bashevi von Treuenberg (born 1580 in Verona, Italy), the first ennobled Jew in the Hapsburg monarchy, was buried on the Jewish cemetery in Mladá Boleslav.
In the 19th century new prosperity came: the town became an important regional centre as new schools, theatres, museums, and the [[Laurin & Klement]] (today [[Skoda Auto|Škoda]]) [[automobile]] factory were founded. After the [[communist]] [[revolution]] in 1948, the town suffered a mass decline, however it has been improving since the 1990s as the factory is making it one of the richest Czech towns.
The local football team [[FK Mladá Boleslav]] qualified for the 2006/7 [[Uefa Cup]] via the [[Uefa Champions League]] and surprisingly beat [[Olympique de Marseille]] 4-3 on aggregate in the first round.
==Visitors sights==
*''Templ Municipal History Museum'' - new holographic exhibition in gothic town-palace;
*''Škoda Museum'' - Car museum;
*''Brethren renaissance cathedral'' - public open gallery;
*''Regional Museum'' - Historical, cultural and social history collections
==Important personalities==
*[[Ctibor Tovačovský z Cimburka]] (1437 - 1494), important law theorist
*[[Lucas of Prague]] (1460 - 1528), Brethren bishop, theologian and writer
*[[Jiří Kezelius-Bydžovský]] (1576 - 1655), historian
*[[Jan Norbert z Neuberka]] (1796 - 1859), politician, co-founder of [[Bohemian National Museum]], historian
*[[Vincenc Zahradník]] (1790 - 1836), writer
*[[Alois Vojtěch Šmilovský]] (1837 - 1883), writer
*[[Siegfried Kapper]] (1821 - 1879), writer
*[[František Gellner]] (1881 - after 1914), important poet
* [[Alfréd Meissner]] (1871 - 1950), law theorist, leader of the [[Czech Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]], justice minister and minister of social welfare in the 1st Czechoslovak republic, deputy Jewish Elder in the [[Terezín]] ghetto in 1944 to 1945
*[[Adina Mandlová]] (1910 - 1991), actress, was born there.
*[[Mila Rechcigl]] (1930-), scientist and long-term president of the [[Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU)]] was born here.
*[[Jan Železný]] (1966-), three-time [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medalist and three-time [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|world champion]] in the [[javelin throw|javelin]]
*[[Martin Havlát]] (1981-), NHL player for the [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
*[[Radim Vrbata]] (1981-), NHL player for the [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
*[[Marek Schwarz]] (1986-), NHL goalie for the [[St. Louis Blues (hockey)|St. Louis Blues]]
== Sister cities ==
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Dieburg]], [[Germany]]
* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[King's Lynn]], [[Great Britain]]
* {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Pezinok]], [[Slovakia]]
* {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Vantaa]], [[Finland]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.czech.cz/en/culture/most-beautiful-sights-and-places-of-interest/towns/other-remarkable-czech-towns/mlada-boleslav/ Mladá Boleslav at the official website of the Czech Republic www.czech.cz]
*[http://guide.travel.cz/81 Article at guide.travel.cz]
*[http://www.muzeum-mb.cz/mutace/frameset.htm Regional Museum]
*[http://www.mb-net.cz/mesto/index.phtml Information about the town] at the town council's website (in Czech)
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