Melník

Mělník is a town in the Czech Republic, Central Bohemian Region. It lies at the confluence of the Labe and Vltava rivers, approx. 35 km north of Prague. The Region belongs to the most important agricultural areas of the Czech Republic. The main agricultural plants are fruits, vegetables, potatoes, corn, sugar beet and wine.

In the 5th and 6th century many Slavonic tribes lived here and the tribe of Pšovans created in Mělník its settlement. Princess Ludmila, who maried the Bohemian prince Bořivoj, belonged to this tribe. Denar coins of the princesss Emma are the first demonstration of the existence of Mělník. In November 1274 gained Mělník a town - statute from the king Přemysl Otakar II. and later was Mělník a royal-town, which belonged to Bohemians queens.

The princess Ludmila began with wine-growing in Mělník and later the Roman emperor and Czech king Charles IV. continued in this activity. He brought here the wine from Burgundland. Now the wine-growing is a big tradition in Mělník and every autumn a wine-celebration takes place here.

In Mělník is the biggest river port in Czech republic and container place of transshipment.

Near Mělník there is a high power medium wave transmitter which uses a free-standing lattice tower as antenna, the RKS Mělník-Chloumek.