the Secondary Industrial School. It was designed by Jiří Kroha in the Functionalist and Constructivist styles, and built in 1923–1927. It is an exceptionally large building, still serving its original purpose. The sculptural decoration of the interiors is also valuable. Religious monuments The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is located next to the Old City Hall and is the main parish church of the city. It has a Gothic core from the mid-15th century. Baroque modifications were made in 1701–1702 and in 1761. The Church of Saint John of Nepomuk is located on the eastern edge of the historic city centre and form the dominant feature of Míru Square. It was originally a Gothic church from the 14th century, built outside the city gates. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1727. The Church of Saint Gall is located on a former cemetery, currently converted into a park. It is a Baroque church with a Gothic-Renaissance core. The tower dates from 1735. The former Church of Saint Bonaventure served as a Benedictine monastery in the mid-14th century, but it is probably much older. A school of Moravian Church was established in the monastery in the 15th–17th centuries. After the Battle of White Mountain, the monastery complex was acquired by the Catholic Church, which rebuilt it in the Baroque style. In 1784–1785, the Piarists established a gymnasium and college here. The church was completely devastated in the 20th century and was only repaired in 2007. Today it is used for social and cultural purposes. Notable people Mikuláš Klaudyán (died 1521/1522), scholar Elijah Landsofer (died 1702), rabbi Siegfried Kapper (1821–1879), writer Alfréd Meissner (1871–1950), politician František Gellner (1881 – c.1914), poet Frantisek Schubert (1894–1942), chess master Adina Mandlová (1910–1991), actress Mila Rechcigl (born 1930), scientist, long-term president of the SVU Zdenek Sekanina (born 1936), Czech-American astronomer Přemysl Sobotka (born 1944), politician Jan Železný (born 1966), javelin thrower, three-time Olympic winner Jiri Vlcek (born 1978), Italian rower Radim Vrbata (born 1981), ice hockey player Martin Havlát (born 1981), ice hockey player Marek Schwarz (born 1986), ice hockey player Filip Salač (born 2001), motorcycle rider Twin towns – sister cities Mladá Boleslav is twinned with: Dieburg, Germany Fano, Italy Pezinok, Slovakia Vantaa, Finland References External links Regional Museum Youtube-channel about the history of Mladá Boleslav Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Mladá Boleslav District