Zálezlice is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative division Zálezlice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Zálezlice (304) Kozárovice (89) Zátvor (42)
Etymology The name Zálezlice is derived either from the personal names Zalezl or Zalezlý, meaning "the village of Zalezl's/Zalezlý's people", or from the Czech adjective zalezlý ('holed up'), meaning "the village of holed up people".
Geography Zálezlice is located about southwest of Mělník and north of Prague. It lies in a flat landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Vltava River.
History The first written mention of Zálezlice is from the beginning of the 13th century.
The municipality was badly damaged during the 2002 European floods and has been protected by a flood wall since then.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The main landmark of Zálezlice is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It is a late Baroque building from the second half of the 18th century. The church includes a Baroque mortuary.
Notable people Vítězslav Hálek (1835–1874), poet, writer and journalist; lived here in 1841–1842
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