Kralupy nad Vltavou

Kralupy nad Vltavou (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkralupɪ ˈnad vl̩tavou̯]; German: Kralup an der Moldau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. The city lies on the Vltava River some 25 km (16 mi) north of Prague, the capital of both the Czech Republic and the Central Bohemian Region. The city is part of the Prague metropolitan area. It consists of the following neighbourhoods: Kralupy, Lobeč, Lobeček, Minice, Mikovice, Zeměchy. These neighbourhoods were separate villages before the creation of the city at the beginning of the 20th century. The area of the actual city has been inhabited for millennia, but a significant growth of its population did not begin until the 19th century. It...