| Zeleneč | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| 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: | 50.1336°N 14.6608°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1378 |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.75 |
| Elevation M: | 255 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 3203 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 250 91 |
Zeleneč is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,200 inhabitants.
The village of Mstětice is an administrative part of Zeleneč.
The name is derived from the personal name Zelenec or Zelenka.[2]
Zeleneč is located about 10km (10miles) east of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table, in the Polabí lowlands.
The first written mention of Zeleneč is in a document created in 1372–1378. The record of Kašpar of Zeleneč from 1316, which is sometimes cited as the first mention, actually dates from 1416.[3]
There is no major road running through the municipal territory, but Zeleneč is located in close proximity to the D10 motorway, which runs north of it, and the D11 motorway to the south.
Zeleneč is located on the railway line Prague–Lysá nad Labem, further continuing to Kolín or to Milovice.[4]
There are no significant monuments in the municipality. The only protected cultural monuments are a niche chapel with a statue of St. John of Nepomuk, which dates from 1863, and a stone cross from 1820.[5]