Mladá Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav | |
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Aerial view of the historic centre | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′45″N 14°54′16″E / 50.41250°N 14.90444°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Mladá Boleslav |
| First mentioned | 1130 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jiří Bouška |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.90 km2 (11.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 235 m (771 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01) | |
• Total | 47,346 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 293 01 |
| Website | www |
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Mladá Boleslav (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmladaː ˈbolɛslaf]; German: Jungbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera River.
Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. It is a major centre of the Czech automotive industry thanks to the Škoda Auto company and therefore the centre of Czech industry as a whole.
The city was named after Duke Boleslaus II, who founded a gord here. The historic city centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.