Modlany is a village approximately 4 kilometres east of the Czech

Czech Republic

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 town of Teplice

Teplice

Teplice , Teplice-Šanov until 1948 is a town in the Czech Republic, the capital of the Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is the state's second largest spa town ....

. It is a village of about 900 people that includes a football complex and a World War II

World War II

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 memorial. The village lacks many important buildings like an elementary school

Elementary school

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 or a hospital

Hospital

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, but ČSAD buses travel regularly between Modlany and Teplice, although city buses do not.

Geography

Modlany is situated between the two cities of Teplice and Ústí nad Labem

Ústí nad Labem

Ústí nad Labem is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The city is the 7th-most populous in the country.Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and the Elbe Rivers, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction...

 in the Teplice District

Teplice District

The Teplice District is a district in the Czech Republic and is part of the Ústí nad Labem Region along with the districts of Most, Louny, Chomutov, Litoměřice, Děčín and Ústí nad Labem...

. It has an average elevation of 188m and an area of 10.1km². Many other villages in the area such as Drahkov, Kvítkov, Suché and Věšťany are now a part of Modlany.

History

The village was first mentioned on paper in 1328. Before it belonged to the perimeter of the castle Kyšperk. The church was established in 1352 and the first school was built in 1899.