{{Infobox settlement | name = Zlonice | other_name = | settlement_type = Market town <!-- images --> | image_skyline = Zlonice.jpg | image_caption = Aerial view of Zlonice | image_flag = Zlonice vlajka.jpg | image_shield = Zlonice znak.jpg <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CZE}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Central Bohemian | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Kladno <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Czech Republic | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic | coordinates = {{coord|50|17|15|N|14|5|32|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- government type, leaders --> | leader_title = | leader_name = <!-- established --> | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1318 <!-- area --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 16.07 <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 223 <!-- population --> | population_as_of = 2025-01-01 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2025-05-16}}</ref> | population_total = 2294 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 273 71 | area_code_type = | area_code = <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.zlonice.cz/}} | footnotes = }} '''Zlonice''' is a market town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.
==Administrative division== Zlonice consists of five 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}} *Zlonice (1,677) *Břešťany (175) *Lisovice (67) *Tmáň (137) *Vyšínek (125) {{div col end}}
==Etymology== The name is derived from the personal name Zloňa, meaning "the village of Zloňa's people". The personal name itself was derived from the Czech word ''zlý'', i.e. 'evil'.<ref>{{cite book |last=Profous|first=Antonín|title=Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž|url=https://mjc.ujc.cas.cz/search.php|pages=783–784|year=1957|language=cs}}</ref>
==Geography== Zlonice is located about {{convert|16|km|0}} north of Kladno and {{convert|29|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Lower Ohře Table.
==History== The first written mention of Zlonice is from 1318. It was a settlement on a trade route. The first written mention of the fortress in Zlonice is from 1576. In the 17th century, the fortress was rebuilt into a Renaissance castle.<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Historie a současnost|url=https://www.zlonice.cz/historie-a-soucasnost|publisher=Městys Zlonice|language=cs|access-date=2021-06-24}}</ref>
The village of Vyšínek is first mentioned in 1263, Břešťany in 1282, Tmáň in 1382, and Lisovice at the beginning of the 14th century.<ref name=history/>
==Demographics== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |1869|2010 |1880|2376 |1890|2614 |1900|3051 |1910|3157 |1921|3240 |1930|3263 |1950|2541 |1961|2605 |1970|2370 |1980|2243 |1991|1964 |2001|2193 |2011|2149 |2021|2181 |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== Zlonice is located on the railway line Louny–Kralupy nad Vltavou.<ref>{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Zlonice|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/zlonice/5453756|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2024-04-03}}</ref>
==Sights== thumb|Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary; the castle in the left thumb|Zlonice Castle The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is the landmark of the town square. There was originally a Gothic church, but it was replaced by the current Baroque church, which was built in 1727–1744 according to the design by František Maxmilián Kaňka.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-nanebevzeti-panny-marie-2145898|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-02-23}}</ref>
Zlonice Castle is originally a Renaissance castle, which was completely rebuilt in the mid-19th century. It has a Neoclassical façade. Today it houses apartments and offices.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zámek|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/zamek-2314469|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-02-23}}</ref>
The former Baroque hospital building houses the Memorial of Antonín Dvořák, who lived in Zlonice in 1853–1856. It is a museum that focuses on the life of Dvořák, on the market town's musical tradition and on regional history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Památník Antonína Dvořáka|url=https://padzlonice.wixsite.com/website|publisher=Memorial of Antonín Dvořák|language=cs|access-date=2023-02-23}}</ref>
In Lisovice is a small railway museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Železniční muzeum Zlonice|url=https://zmzlonice.draha.net/|publisher=Železniční muzeum Zlonice|language=cs|access-date=2023-02-23}}</ref>
==Notable people== *Wenzel Krumpholz (1750–1817), mandolin and violin player *Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), composer; lived here in 1853–1856 and nicknamed his Symphony No. 1 ''The Bells of Zlonice'' *Eduard Ingriš (1905–1991), Czech-American composer and photographer
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==External links== {{commons category|Zlonice}} *{{official|https://www.zlonice.cz/}}
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