sentences:  From that time till the beginning of the 14th century, the town's name was "Biskupský Brod (Broda Episcopalis)".In 1437, the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund designated Český Brod a free royal town.Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (in the Austrian part of the empire after the compromise of 1867), head of the "BÖHMISCH BROD - ČESKÝ BROD" district, one of the 94 "Bezirkshauptmannschaften" in Bohemia.