Boseň

{{Infobox settlement | name = Boseň | other_name = | settlement_type = Municipality  | image_skyline = Boseň_na_podzim_2.jpg | image_caption = View from Valečov Castle | image_flag = Boseň vlajka.jpg | image_shield = Boseň znak.jpg  | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CZE}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Central Bohemian | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Mladá Boleslav  | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Czech Republic | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic | coordinates = {{coord|50|30|15|N|15|1|22|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes =  | leader_title = | leader_name =  | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1057  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 9.93  | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 277  | population_as_of = 2026-01-01 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Population in municipalities as at 1. 1.|url=https://data.csu.gov.cz/datastat/data/VYBER/OBY02AT02|work=DataStat|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2026-05-18}}</ref> | population_total = 540 | population_density_km2 = auto  | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2  | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 295 01 | area_code_type = | area_code =  | website = {{URL|https://bosen-obec.cz/}} | footnotes = }} '''Boseň''' is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

==Administrative division== thumb|The village of Mužský Boseň consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=12em}} *Boseň (382) *Mužský (39) *Zápudov (12) *Zásadka (92) {{div col end}}

==Etymology== The name is derived from the personal name Bosen, meaning "Bosen's (court)".<ref>{{cite book |last=Profous|first=Antonín|title=Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H|url=https://mjc.ujc.cas.cz/search.php|page=144|year=1947|language=cs}}</ref>

==Geography== Boseň is located about {{convert|12|km|0}} northeast of Mladá Boleslav and {{convert|27|km|abbr=on}} south of Liberec. It lies in the Jičín Uplands. The highest point is the hill Mužský, which is the highest peak of the entire Mladá Boleslav District with an elevation of {{convert|463|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Most of the municipal territory lies within the Bohemian Paradise Protected Landscape Area.

==History== The first written mention of Boseň is from 1057, when the village was donated to the newly established Litoměřice Chapter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boseň (Středočeský kraj)|url=https://www.mvcr.cz/clanek/bosen-stredocesky-kraj.aspx|publisher=Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic|language=cs|access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref> History of the village is connected with the Valečov Castle, which was first mentioned in a document from 1316–1318. The castle was burned down in 1434, but it was reconstructed by Vaněk of Valečov. The castle was then damaged in the Thirty Years' War and in 1652, it was described as a ruin. For two centuries until 1892, the rock spaces of the ruins became the home of the poor.<ref name=prob>{{cite web |title=Program rozvoje obce Boseň|url=https://bosen-obec.cz/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/program-rozvoje-obce-bosen.pdf|publisher=Obec Boseň|language=cs|page=4|date=2015|access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref><ref name=castle>{{cite web |title=Hrad Valečov – Český ráj|url=https://hradvalecov.cz/|work=Valečov Castle|language=cs|access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |1869|950 |1880|962 |1890|967 |1900|864 |1910|828 |1921|853 |1930|798 |1950|612 |1961|595 |1970|526 |1980|443 |1991|358 |2001|368 |2011|445 |2021|525 |source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}

==Transport== There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

==Sights== thumb|Valečov Castle Boseň is known for the Valečov Castle. The ruin was first repaired in 1914. Since 1994, it is owned by the municipality of Boseň, which made further reconstructions and opened the castle to the public.<ref name=prob/><ref name=castle/>

The landmark of the centre of Boseň is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. The Baroque church was built in 1729 and replaced the original Gothic church from the 14th century.<ref name=prob/><ref>{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Václava|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-vaclava-2155248|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref>

The village of Mužský is well preserved and is protected as a village monument reservation. It is formed by a set of folk architecture ground-floor wooden houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mužský|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/muzsky-7663718|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-01-25}}</ref>

A monument to the victims of the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 is located on the top of Mužský hill.<ref name=prob/>

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==External links== {{commons category|Boseň}} *{{official|https://bosen-obec.cz/}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bosen}} Category:Villages in Mladá Boleslav District

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