Benátky nad Jizerou (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbɛnaːtkɪ ˈnad jɪzɛrou]; German: Benatek) is a town on the Jizera River in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, between Stará Boleslav and Mladá Boleslav. It has about 7,500 inhabitants.
The town was the site of a castle and observatory built by astronomer Tycho Brahe. Johann von Klenau, the Habsburg general, was born at the castle in 1758. His old Bohemian family owned the castle at the time. Later it was owned by the counts Thun und Hohenstein.
Statistics for this Xoptio
Did not know about it 50
%
50
% I do not care much for it
Beautiful 50
%
50
% Mundane
My favorite 50
%
50
% Not the best but top 10
See statistics
