| Liblice | |
| 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: | 50.3133°N 14.5906°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1254 |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.92 |
| Elevation M: | 197 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 499 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 277 32 |
Liblice is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The village was originally called Ľubice. The name was derived from the personal name Ľuba, meaning "the village of Ľuba's people". The name then gradually changed to its current form.[2]
Liblice is located 8km (05miles) southeast of Mělník and 23km (14miles) north of Prague. It lies mostly in the Jizera Table, only the southern part of the municipality extends into the Central Elbe Table.
The first written mention of Liblice is from 1254.[3]
The I/16 road, which connects the D10 motorway with Mělník, passes through the municipality.
The main sight of Liblice is a Baroque castle built in 1699–1706, designed by Giovanni Battista Alliprandi for Count Arnošt Josef Pachta of Rájov. The castle serves since 1952 as a conference and recreational facility of Czech Academy of Sciences and was not accessible to the public until 2007. An extensive reconstruction of the castle was completed in 2007, changing the premises into a conference and culturally-educational centre, a castle hotel with restaurants and a relaxing wellness centre.[4] [5]
The Church of Saint Wenceslaus was originally a Gothic medieval church. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style around 1710.[6]