Place:Kolín, Kolín, Čechy, Czechoslovakia

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NameKolín
Alt namesKolinsource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 347
Kolínsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity or town
Coordinates50.033°N 15.183°E
Located inKolín, Čechy, Czechoslovakia
Also located inStředočeský, Czech Republic    
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Kolín is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.

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Ptolemy's world map mentions Budorgis in the Kolín's area in the 2nd century.

Kolín was founded by King Ottokar II of Bohemia in the 13th century by relocation, when Starý Kolín ("Old Kolín") was threatened by floods and the king decided to move the settlement. The first written mention of Kolín is from 1261, when it was mentioned that Přelouč obtain town privileges, same as Kolín and Kouřim have. It lied on a trade route Prague–Český Brod–Čáslav–Moravia.

In 1437–1438, a castle was founded in Kolín. It was built on ruins of burned down monastery. During the Thirty Years' War, it was damaged, and in the 17th century, it was rebuilt to a brewery. In 1911, the castle burn down and its Renaissance look disappeared.

The 1757 Battle of Kolín was fought during the Seven Years' War, and in 1944 a refinery in Kolín was bombed during the Oil Campaign of World War II. Zyklon B for Nazi concentration camps was produced there.

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