| Čelákovice | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Prague-East |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.1606°N 14.75°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Josef Pátek |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1290 |
| Area Total Km2: | 15.88 |
| Elevation M: | 184 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 12463 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 250 88 |
Čelákovice (in Czech pronounced as /ˈtʃɛlaːkovɪtsɛ/) is a town in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants.
The villages of Císařská Kuchyně, Sedlčánky and Záluží are administrative parts of Čelákovice.
Čelákovice is located about 15km (09miles) east of Prague. It lies in the Central Elbe Table, in the Polabí lowlands. The town is situated on the left bank of the Elbe River.
The site of the town has been inhabited since the Stone Age. During the 9th century, an early Slavic settlement was established. The first written mention of Čelákovice is from 1290. The inhabitants subsisted on fishing and agriculture, and from the mid-19th century also on the production of baskets.[2]
The engineering factory known as TOS (Továrna obráběcích strojů) was founded in 1910. It remains the largest industrial plant in the town.
Čelákovice is located on the railway lines Prague–Kolín and Neratovice–Čelákovice.[3]
Around 1300, a stone fortress was built here. The fortress, reconstructed in 1973–1982 in the Gothic–Renaissance style, serves today as the town museum.[2]
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was originally a Romanesque structure, rebuilt in the Renaissance style in the 16th century and in the Baroque style in 1708–1712.[2]
The landmark of the town square is the town hall. It was built in the neo-Baroque style in 1911.[4]
Čelákovice has no twin towns. The town has cooperation agreement with Chengdu, China.[5]