Veliny is a village in the Pardubice Region

Pardubice Region

Pardubice Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It is named after its capital Pardubice. "There are a total of 452 municipalities in the region...

 of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, 2 km east from town Holice

Holice

Holice can refer to* Holice, a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic* Holice, Dunajská Streda, a village in the Trnava Region of Slovakia)...

. It has cca 360 inhabitants.

History

The place is first mentioned in written document from 1366.

Wooden church of Saint Nicholas existed already in 14th century, its current baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 style is from year 1752 (repaired in 1903). The building is now historical ladmark, protected by the state. Lying on edge of two religions the village had both Catholic and Protestant graveyards.

Most famous person born here is Ivo Zvára http://www.iupac.org/organ/members/z/zvara.html, nuclear physicist at Czech Academy of Sciences, who participated on discovery of new superheavy element

Chemical element

A chemical element is a pure chemical substance consisting of one type of atom distinguished by its atomic number, which is the number of protons in its nucleus. Familiar examples of elements include carbon, oxygen, aluminum, iron, copper, gold, mercury, and lead.As of November 2011, 118 elements...

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External links

• Village website (cs)
• Church building details, photo (cs)