Church of Saint Bartholomew from the 13th century, rebuilt in 1360 by the architect Peter Parler. In Kolín there is the original Jewish ghetto with a synagogue from 1696. It is the second oldest and most valuable synagogue in Bohemia. The Jewish cemetery is one of the oldest and largest Jewish cemeteries in Bohemia. It was established in the first half of the 15th century. Notable people Jakub Krčín (1535–1604), pond and dam constructer Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1796–1846), Czech–French actor and mime František Kmoch (1848–1912), composer and conductor; worked and died here Julius Petschek (1856–1932), industrialist Josef Svatopluk Machar (1864–1942), poet Václav Radimský (1867–1946), painter Terezie Brzková (1875–1966), actress Robert Saudek (1880–1935), graphologist and writer Otokar Fischer (1883–1938), playwright, translator and poet Josef Sudek (1896–1976), photographer Václav Morávek (1904–1942), soldier and war hero Ludmila Dvořáková (1923–2015), operatic soprano Frank Daniel (1926–1996), Czech-American screenwriter and film director Jan Kubíček (1927–2013), constructivist painter and sculptor Jiří Balcar (1929–1968), graphic artist, painter and illustrator Luboš Dobrovský (1932–2020), politician and journalist Eva Randová (born 1936), operatic mezzo-soprano Miloš Zeman (born 1944), President of the Czech Republic Jan Novák (born 1953), Czech-American novelist and playwright Jarda Svoboda (born 1966), musician Bohdan Ulihrach (born 1975), tennis player Petr Čáslava (born 1979), ice hockey player Barbora Poláková (born 1983), actress and singer Twin towns – sister cities Kolín is twinned with: Dietikon, Switzerland Duino-Aurisina, Italy Érd, Hungary Kamenz, Germany Lubań, Poland Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia References External links Kolín pictures Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Kolín District Oil campaign of World War II Populated riverside places in the Czech Republic Populated places on the Elbe