History of the Town of Slaný

     The town of Slaný certainly has rich and unsettled history. We offer you information from several sources in this section :

  •  A brief description of the historical development of the town - materials for this page have been borrowed from the promotional printed matters published by the municipality of the town of Slaný.
  • Detailed description (CZ) of of the particular periods in the history of the town has been borrowed from the historical atlas of the towns of the Czech Republic, volume No.6.

  • Treasures of our region - that is how the compilation of the most beautiful legends from the region of Slaný written by Mrs. Anna Zubrová is called.

  • The town of Slaný on the pages of Ott´s encyclopedia (CZ) of the general knowlidge (written in the year 1893).

  • The Guide through the history of the town of Slaný (CZ) - from the book ´Čechy společnou prací spisovatelů a umělců Českých´ - volume XI. The region of Rakovník, Slaný and central Bohemian interfluve, written by Dr. E.Fait, J.Felcmann, Jan Lier, F.Klapálek,Václav Štech and Dr. Z.Winter under the supervision of Alois Jirásek, the work was published in 1903, the text is used word-for-word in the original ancient Czech language.

      We wish you many pleasant moments during the study of the history of our beautiful town and hope you will find answers to all your questions in the materials on our pages.