ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA	CZECH REPUBLIC
Pardubický kraj	Pardubice region
Okres: Pardubice

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• de: Prelauc, Pritzland, Pschelautsch • lv: Pršelauča
• el: Πρέλουτς
• sr: Прелоутч • ru, uk: Пршелоутч

Přelouč (German: Prelauc, Pritzland, Pschelautsch) is situated at an elevation of 212 m about 16 km west of the regional capital Pardubice. The municipality has a population of about 10,000 (2023).

Přelouč is one of the oldest historically documented settlements in the region. A settlement for probably founded here in the 10th century. The first written mention dates back to 1086 when the village became a part of the Benedictine monastery in Opatovice nad Labem. It was owned by the monastery for some 300 years. In 1261, Přelouč was promoted to a market town. Thanks to its location, Přelouč was an important strategic transit place in the 13th and 14th centuries. During the Hussite Wars, the town was conquered and badly damaged. As a result, its importance declined and it became a small agricultural market town. New economical and cultural development occurred in the second half of the 16th century and in 1580 it was granted the status of a town. The War of the Austrian Succession again damaged the town, which again became a small agricultural town. It was not until the first half of the 19th century, thanks to the construction of a new imperial road and then the railway, that Přelouč became the second most economically important town in the region. From 1850 to 1960, Přelouč was a district town.

The representative building of the Civic Savings Bank in Masaryk Square [left, no. 4898: right] was built in 1899–1901 in the neo-Renaissance style. The architect was Rudolf Kříženecký. fter the closure of the bank, the building partially changed its use. The local social hall is still in use for public events.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%99elou%C4%8D, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%99elou%C4%8D; https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ob%C4%8Dansk%C3%A1_z%C3%A1lo%C5%BEna_v_P%C5%99elou%C4%8Di]