The word veltrusi was used to refer to people who excreted a lot (in Czech velmi trousili).

The highest point of the otherwise flat landscape is an artificially created rubble hill, Strachovská halda at 222 m (728 ft) above sea level.

The first trustworthy written mention of Veltrusy is in a deed of King Ottokar I from 1226, but according to some sources there are also older references.

Until 1410, the village was owned by the church, then it was property of various noble families, including Zajíc of Hazmburk, Smiřický, Lobkowicz and Waldstein.

[7] A distinctive element of the interior of the church is the cenotaph of Count Rudolf Chotek.