Zápy is a market town in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Zápy | |
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 Centre of Zápy | |
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  Zápy Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°9′54″N 14°40′48″E / 50.16500°N 14.68000°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Prague-East |
| First mentioned | 1052 |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.76 km2 (3.38 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 201 m (659 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 924 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 250 01 |
| Website | www |
Etymology
editThe name Zápy has a pre-Slavic origin and its meaning is unclear. It may be derived from the Illyrian word sapua ('suddenly'), associated with the Old Russian words zapa, zaapa ('expectation', 'hope'), associated with the grass species Phlomoides tuberosa (sápa hlíznatá in modern Czech) or associated with the expression that is used in Slavic languages for 'to shout loudly' (zípati in old Czech).[2]
Geography
editZápy is located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) northeast of Prague. It lies in the Central Elbe Table, in a flat agricultural landscape of the Polabí region. The Elbe River briefly forms the northern municipal border.
History
editThe first written mention of Zápy is from 1052. It was first referred to as a market town in 1543. From 1964 to 1990, it was an administrative part of Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav. Since 1990, it has been a separate municipality.[3]
Demographics
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Transport
editThe D10 motorway from Prague to Turnov runs through the municipal territory.
Sport
editZápy is home to a football club SK Zápy, which plays in the Bohemian Football League (third tier of the Czech football system). Zápy is the least populated Czech municipality with a football club on such as level.
Sights
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The main landmark of Zápy is the Church of Saint James the Great. It was built in the Baroque style in the 18th century, probably according to the design by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. Next to the church is a separate Renaissance bell tower.[6]
A cultural monument is the ruin of the former Gothic fortress. Only the cellars, the torso of the palace and a fragment of the tower have survived to this day.[7]
Notable people
edit- Záviš of Zápy (c. 1350 – c. 1422), theologian and composer
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in Czech). pp. 730–731.
- ^ "Z historie" (in Czech). Městys Zápy. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Kostel sv. Jakuba Většího" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "Tvrz, zřícenina a archeologické stopy" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
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