title: Veltruby
text: # Veltruby
  
  Veltruby is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.
  
  ## Administrative parts
  
  The village of Hradišťko I is an administrative part of Veltruby.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Veltruby is located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Kolín and 46 km (29 mi) east of Prague. It lies in a flat landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Elbe River. There are two artificial lakes, created by flooding sandstone quarries.
  
  ## History
  
  The first written mention of Veltruby is from 1388. Hradišťko I was first mentioned in 1290.
  
  ## Sights
  
  The main landmark of Veltruby is the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. It was built in the late Neoclassical style in 1843–1846, but it has a medieval core.
  
  The Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Hradišťko I was built in 1909–1910.
  
  