Blšany

Blšany
Blšany
Town
	Church of Saint Michael
	Coat of arms
	Blšany Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°13′20″N 13°28′35″E / 50.22222°N 13.47639°ECoordinates: 50°13′20″N 13°28′35″E / 50.22222°N 13.47639°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Ústí nad Labem
District	Louny
First mentioned	1238
Area
• Total	36.34 km2 (14.03 sq mi)
Elevation	199 m (653 ft)
Population (2021-01-01)
• Total	998
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	438 01, 439 88
Website	www.blsany.cz

Blšany (German: Flöhau bei Podersam) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts[]

Villages of Liběšovice, Malá Černoc, Siřem, Soběchleby and Stachov are administrative parts of Blšany.

History[]

The first written mention of Blšany is from 1238, when the village was a property of the Waldsassen Abbey. Between 1238 and 1252, a small town was founded on the place of the village.^[2]

From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland.

Sport[]

Blšany is known nationwide for its football club FK Chmel Blšany which played in the Czech First League between 1998–2006.

Notable people[]

Franz Kafka spent several months in convalescence in the village of Siřem after tuberculosis was diagnosed.^[3]

References[]

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
^ "Historie města" (in Czech). Město Blšany. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
^ "Siřem: vesnice, kterou proslavil Franz Kafka" (in Czech). Novinky.cz. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2020-08-17.

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.

[2] "Historie města" (in Czech). Město Blšany. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

[3] "Siřem: vesnice, kterou proslavil Franz Kafka" (in Czech). Novinky.cz. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2020-08-17.

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