Předměřice nad Labem is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.
Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Předmír, meaning "the village of Předmír's people".
Geography Předměřice nad Labem is located about north of Hradec Králové. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the East Elbe Table. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Elbe River. A part of Správčický písník (a lake created by flooding a quarry) is located in the territory of Předměřice nad Labem.
History The first written mention of Předměřice nad Labem is from 1397.
Demographics
Transport The D11 motorway (the section from Hradec Králové to Jaroměř) runs through the municipality.
Předměřice nad Labem is located on the railway line heading from Pardubice and Hradec Králové to Jaroměř.
Sights The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is a late Gothic column shrine from the year 1562. It is unique due to its age and state of preservation, free from later alterations.
Notable people Katharina Marschall (1740 – ), female soldier Jindřich Uher (1911–1985), politician
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