| Krakovany | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kolín |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.0661°N 15.3689°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1244 |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.55 |
| Elevation M: | 226 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 936 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 281 27 |
Krakovany is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
The village of Božec is an administrative part of Krakovany.
The meaning of the name is "the village of people who came from Krakov".[2]
Krakovany is located about 13km (08miles) east of Kolín and 28km (17miles) west of Pardubice. It lies in the East Elbe Table. The highest point is at 250m (820feet) above sea level.
The first written mention of Krakovany is from 1244. Until 1510, when the village was bought by Vilém II of Pernštejn, Krkaovany was owned by various lower nobles. Božec was first mentioned in 1371. In 1961, the municipalities of Krakovany and Božec were merged.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The most valuable building is the Evangelical prayer house. The original wooden prayer house was built in 1784 as one of the first Evangelical prayer houses built after the Patent of Toleration was issued. The brick prayer house replaced the wooden one in 1804. In 1840, it was rebuilt to its present form.[4]