Slaný : Czech Republic
Slaný : Czech Republic
Slaný (pop. 15,754) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located about 25 km northwest of Prague.
The Chronicle of Václav Hájek records Slaný as having been founded in 750, at the site of a salt spring below Slaný Hill. (Slaný is Czech for “salty�.) The Benedictines established a hospital and church in 1136. Wenceslas II chartered the settlement as a town either 1295 or 1305. The town was captured by the Taborites in 1425, during the Hussite Wars, and remained in their hands until 1434. It also participated in the Bohemia revolt that opened the Thirty Years’ War, and suffered greatly after the nearby battle of White Mountain.
During periods of German domination the town was known as Schlan.