Velenka is a village in Nymburk District

Nymburk District

Nymburk District is a district within Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic...

 near the Labe

Labe

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 River with the population of 247 innhabitants living in 123 houses and the area of 498 ha

Hectare

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The name of Velenka was first recorded in 1352 and belonged to the property of the town of Poděbrady

Podebrady

Poděbrady is a historical spa town in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It lies on the river Labe 50 km east of Prague on the D11 highway. A historic milestone in the life of the town was the year 1905, when it was visited by the German estate owner Prince von Bülow...

. The architecture of the village is based on long farmer's houses but now used for the recreational purpose. The central building is the Baroque

Baroque

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 Saint Peter ad Vincula Church designed by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer in 1733.

Czechoslovak politician Josef Smrkovský

Josef Smrkovský

Josef Smrkovský was a Czechoslovak politician and a member of the Communist Party reform wing during the 1968 Prague Spring.- Early life :...

was born in Velenka in 1911.