Vrbno nad Lesy | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Ústí nad Labem |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Louny |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 50.3225°N 13.9069°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1143 |
Area Total Km2: | 4.73 |
Elevation M: | 338 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 203 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 439 06 |
Vrbno nad Lesy (German: Weiden übern Walde) is a municipality and village in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Vrbno nad Lesy is located about 8km (05miles) southeast of Louny and 42km (26miles) northwest of Prague. It lies in an agricultural landscape in the Lower Ohře Table.
The first written mention of Vrbno nad Lesy is from 1143, when it was donated to the Strahov Monastery by Duke Vladislaus II.[2]
Vrbno nad Lesy is located on the railway line Kralupy nad Vltavou–Louny.[3]
The main landmark of Vrbno nad Lesy is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was built in the early Gothic style in 1250–1290. In 1665, it was rebuilt in the Baroque style.[4]