| Želízy | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mělník |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.4239°N 14.4647°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1360 |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.07 |
| Elevation M: | 180 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 520 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 277 21 |
Želízy (German: Schelesen) is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The villages of Nové Tupadly and Sitné are administrative parts of Želízy.
The name is derived from the Czech word železo, i.e. 'iron'.[2]
Želízy is located about 7km (04miles) north of Mělník and 34km (21miles) north of Prague. It lies in the Ralsko Uplands. The highest point is at 328m (1,076feet) above sea level. The Liběchovka Stream flows through the municipality. Most of the municipal territory lies in the Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj Protected Landscape Area.
The first written mention of Želízy is from 1360.[3]
In the 19th century, Želízy became a summer resort. In the interwar period it was a popular resort destination visited by hundreds of guests, especially by German-speaking Jews of Prague, including Franz Kafka.[3]
The I/9 road (the section from Mělník to Česká Lípa) passes through the municipality.
Želízy is known for the Čertovy hlavy, sculptures from the first half of the 19th century carved in the sandstone above the village of Želízy.
Most of the village of Sitné is protected by law as a village monument zone for its set of folk architecture wooden houses from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.[4]