Stará Boleslav

E738128

historic town town

Stará Boleslav is a historic Czech town best known as a major pilgrimage site and the place where Duke Wenceslaus (Saint Wenceslas) was murdered in the 10th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Stará Boleslav canonical	5
Národní svatováclavská pouť ve Staré Boleslavi	1
Old Boleslav	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7833552 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stará Boleslav
Context triple: [Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, hasPart, Stará Boleslav]

A. Gottwaldov
Gottwaldov is the former name (1949–1990) of the Czech industrial city now known as Zlín, historically associated with the Baťa shoe company.
B. Havlíčkův Brod
Havlíčkův Brod is a historic town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic, situated on the Sázava River and known for its medieval center and long-standing brewing tradition.
C. Bohumín
Bohumín is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, known as an important railway junction and industrial center near the Polish border.
D. Moravské Budějovice
Moravské Budějovice is a small historic town in the Czech Republic known for its traditional architecture and regional cultural heritage.
E. Český Brod
Český Brod is a historic town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, known for its medieval architecture and role as a former royal town on important trade routes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stará Boleslav
Target entity description: Stará Boleslav is a historic Czech town best known as a major pilgrimage site and the place where Duke Wenceslaus (Saint Wenceslas) was murdered in the 10th century.

A. Gottwaldov
Gottwaldov is the former name (1949–1990) of the Czech industrial city now known as Zlín, historically associated with the Baťa shoe company.
B. Havlíčkův Brod
Havlíčkův Brod is a historic town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic, situated on the Sázava River and known for its medieval center and long-standing brewing tradition.
C. Bohumín
Bohumín is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, known as an important railway junction and industrial center near the Polish border.
D. Moravské Budějovice
Moravské Budějovice is a small historic town in the Czech Republic known for its traditional architecture and regional cultural heritage.
E. Český Brod
Český Brod is a historic town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, known for its medieval architecture and role as a former royal town on important trade routes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic town ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeStatus	part of a town with Brandýs nad Labem ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Boleslav I of Bohemia ⓘ linked to: Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia Saint Wenceslaus ⓘ linked to: Saint Wenceslas
belongsTo	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague ⓘ
country	Czech Republic ⓘ
event	murder of Duke Wenceslaus in the 10th century ⓘ
hasChurch	Basilica of St. Wenceslaus ⓘ Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage	baroque religious architecture ⓘ medieval churches ⓘ
hasFestival	St. Wenceslaus national pilgrimage on 28 September ⓘ
hasHeritage	early medieval settlement ⓘ
hasNameMeaning	Old Boleslav ⓘ linked to: Stará Boleslav
hasNationalSignificance	site of patron saint of the Czech state ⓘ
hasRelic	Palladium of the Bohemian Land ⓘ
hasStatus	one of the oldest pilgrimage sites in Bohemia ⓘ
hasTransportConnection	railway connection in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav ⓘ road link to Prague ⓘ
hasTwinTown	Brandýs nad Labem ⓘ linked to: Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
heritageProtection	protected urban monument zone ⓘ
historicalRole	center of Saint Wenceslaus cult ⓘ early Přemyslid stronghold ⓘ
knownFor	cult of Saint Wenceslaus ⓘ major pilgrimage site ⓘ murder of Duke Wenceslaus ⓘ
language	Czech ⓘ
locatedIn	Bohemia ⓘ Central Bohemian Region ⓘ
locatedNear	Prague ⓘ
locatedOn	Elbe River ⓘ linked to: Elbe
namedAfter	Boleslav I of Bohemia ⓘ linked to: Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia
nationalHolidayConnection	Czech Statehood Day ⓘ
partOf	Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav ⓘ
pilgrimageEvent	annual St. Wenceslaus pilgrimage ⓘ linked to: Christian feast of Saint Wenceslas
regionCapitalOf	local Catholic pilgrimage activities ⓘ
religiousOrderPresence	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousSignificance	important Marian pilgrimage site ⓘ national pilgrimage site of Saint Wenceslaus ⓘ
timeOfKeyEvent	10th century ⓘ
tourismType	cultural heritage tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav → hasPart → Stará Boleslav ⓘ

Den české státnosti → associatedWithPlace → Národní svatováclavská pouť ve Staré Boleslavi ⓘ

linked to: Stará Boleslav

Saint Wenceslas → deathPlace → Stará Boleslav ⓘ

Saint Wenceslas → associatedWith → Stará Boleslav ⓘ

Basilica of St. Wenceslaus → locatedIn → Stará Boleslav ⓘ

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary → locatedIn → Stará Boleslav ⓘ

Stará Boleslav → hasNameMeaning → Old Boleslav ⓘ