coinage 294Distance 23 kmThe town Čáslav
The town of Čáslav (population 10 000) is situated in the middle of wide foothills of the mountains along the Elbe River, bordered by Železné hory (mountains) and the Sázava hill country, 70 kilometres east of Prague. Přemysl Otakar II., Bohemian king, founded Čáslav as a royal town in the mid-13th century.