Boseň is a municipality and village in
Mladá Boleslav District in the
Central Bohemian Region
The Central Bohemian Region ( cz, Středočeský kraj, german: Mittelböhmische Region) is an administrative unit ( cz, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in ...
of the
Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages and hamlets of Mužský, Zápudov and Zásadka are administrative parts of Boseň.
Geography
Boseň is located about northeast of
Mladá Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav (; german: Jungbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 42,000 inhabitants.
Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region and a major centre of the Czech automotive ind ...
and south of
Liberec
Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...
. It lies in the
Jičín Uplands
Jičín (; german: Jitschin or ''Gitschin'') is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.
T ...
. The highest point is the hill Mužský, which is with an elevation of the highest peak of the Mladá Boleslav District. Most of the municipal territory lies in the
Bohemian Paradise
Bohemian Paradise ( cs, Český ráj) is a Protected Landscape Area and a region in Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It was declared in 1955, as the first nature reserve in the country. At first, it was 95 square kilometres in area; today it is a ...
Protected Landscape Area.
History
The first written mention of Boseň is from 1057, when the village was donated to the newly established
Litoměřice
Litoměřice (; german: Leitmeritz) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.
The town is the seat ...
Chapter. History of the village is connected with the Valečov Castle, which was first mentioned in a document from 1316–1318. The castle was burned down in 1434, but it was reconstructed by Vaněk of Valečov. The castle was then damaged in the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an es ...
and in 1652, it was described as a ruin. For two centuries until 1892, the rock spaces of the ruins became the home of the poor.
Sights
Boseň is known for the Valečov Castle. The ruin was first repaired in 1914. Since 1994, it is owned by the municipality of Boseň, which made further reconstructions and opened the castle to the public.
[
The landmark of the centre of Boseň is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. The Baroque church was built in 1729 and replaced the original Gothic church from the 14th century.][
The village of Mužský is well preserved and is protected as a village monument reservation. It is formed by a set of folk architecture ground-floor wooden houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.]Austro-Prussian War
The Austro-Prussian War, also by many variant names such as Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), (; "German war of brothers") and by a variety of other names, was fought in 186 ...
in 1866 is located on the top of Mužský hill.[
]
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bosen
Villages in Mladá Boleslav District