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Lány is a municipality and village in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants. Lány is known for the Lány Castle.

Lány
Municipality
Lány Castle
Lány
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°7′23″N 13°57′2″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian
DistrictKladno
First mention1392
Government
  MayorKarel Sklenička
Area
  Total33.97 km2 (13.12 sq mi)
Elevation
421 m (1,381 ft)
Population
 (2022-01-01)[1]
  Total2,252
  Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
270 61
Websitewww.obec-lany.cz

Administrative parts


The village of Vašírov is an administrative part of Lány.


Etymology


The word lány means in Czech "fields" or "tracts (of land)".


Geography


Lány lies about 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Kladno and 35 km (22 mi) west of Prague. Most of the municipality is located in the Křivoklát Highlands and in the Křivoklátsko Protected Landscape Area.


History


The first written mention of Lány is from 1392.[2]

Until 1918, the municipality was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the Schlan (Slaný) district, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften (district office) in Bohemia.[3]

The second oldest horse-drawn iron wagonway in continental Europe operated between Prague and Lány (originally planned to reach Plzeň) from 1830 until 1869. Its final station was in present-day forester's lodge of Píně.


Transport


Lány is served by the railway station in Stochov, close to the municipal border.


Sights


The major landmark of Lány is Lány Castle, serving as a summer residence of Czechoslovak and later Czech presidents. There is also a sports car museum and Museum of T. G. Masaryk, the first President of Czechoslovakia.


Lány Castle


In the 16th century, a Renaissance fortress was built in Lány. In 1592, the fortress was rebuilt into a hunting castle. It changed owners many times and underwent a major reconstruction in 1902–1903. In 1921, it was purchased by the Czechoslovak state and designated as an official summer presidential residence. Slovene architect Jože Plečnik was commissioned to make improvements both to the castle and the adjacent park. T. G. Masaryk liked the castle and was allowed to stay there after his abdication in 1935 until his death in 1937. From 1921 served as his favourable summer residence.[4] During World War II, the castle was a residence of Emil Hácha, an increasingly ill and incapacitated President of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

The castle was used only rarely during the Communist era. Many valuable artefacts, especially those designed by Jože Plečnik, were discarded during the tenure of Gustáv Husák. Only after the Velvet Revolution did the new President Václav Havel start to come to the castle regularly. Since then, it has been a place of many official sessions between the president and other top politicians.

The castle itself is closed to the public. The castle park is partially accessible.


Notable people





References


  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2022". Czech Statistical Office. 2022-04-29.
  2. "Obec Lány" (in Czech). Obec Lány. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  3. Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
  4. Vratislav Preclík: MDH uctilo památku Prezidenta Osvoboditele, in Čas: časopis Masarykova demokratického hnutí, July–September 2015, year XXIII. No. 111. ISSN 1210-1648, pp. 16–17



На других языках


[de] Lány u Rakovníka

Lány (deutsch Lana, früher Lahn) ist eine Gemeinde in Tschechien. Sie liegt etwa 40 km westlich von Prag, fünf Kilometer südöstlich von Nové Strašecí und gehört zum Okres Kladno.
- [en] Lány (Kladno District)



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