Poděbrady

Poděbrady, called Podiebrad in German, is a spa town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of Czechia, with about 15,000 inhabitants. The town stands on the Elbe River in the Central Elbe Table and is known for its mineral spring, Poděbradka. It achieved its greatest prosperity in the fifteenth century under the Poděbrady family and is regarded as the probable birthplace of King George of Poděbrady, whose descendants promoted the settlement to a town in 1472. The historic town centre is well preserved and protected as an urban monument zone. Its main landmark is Poděbrady Castle, and the monuments protected as national cultural monuments include the Monument of King George and the local hydroelectric power plant.