Liběchov
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Mělník | ||||
| Area : | 1178 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 25 ′ N , 14 ° 27 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 171 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,083 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 277 21 | ||||
| License plate : | S. | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Josef Ulman (as of 2006) | ||||
| Address: | Rumburská 53 277 21 Liběchov |
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| Municipality number: | 535001 | ||||
| Website : | www.libechov.cz | ||||
Liběchov (German Liboch ) is a town in Okres Mělník in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers northwest of Mělník on the right bank of the Elbe .
history
Liběchov was first mentioned in 1311 and was owned by the Liběchov country lords until 1403. In 1410 the Škopek of Dubá got it . Heinrich Škopek von Dubá, who was the son of the court master of the same name and favorite of King Wenceslaus , offered the persecuted reformer Jan Hus accommodation and protection in Liběchov in October 1412 . Here he wrote the text "O poznání cesty pravé k spasení" ( On recognizing the true path to salvation ) and also began work on his main font "De ecclesia" here.
From 1430 the owners changed frequently. In 1547 it came to Kaspar Belwitz von Nostitz , who had the late Gothic fort converted into a renaissance castle. In 1664 it was owned by Franz von Scheidler, the former tutor of Emperor Leopold I. 1725–1730, the then owner Johann Joachim Pachta von Reihofen had the castle rebuilt in the Baroque style according to a design by the architect Franz Maximilian Kaňka . In 1801 Liběchov was acquired by the Budweiser entrepreneur Jakob Veith (1748–1833), who built a beet sugar factory in nearby Schelesen ( Želežná ). His son Anton Veith (1793-1853) rebuilt the castle in 1855 in the neo-Gothic style . As a patron, he supported painters and sculptors and gathered leading representatives of Czech romanticism at his castle, including František Palacký , Josef Jungmann , František Ladislav Rieger and Bernard Bolzano , who completed his work “The Paradoxes of Infinite” here. In 1900 the population was 907 ( including 715 German ), in 1930 there were 1581 ( including 616 German ).
In 1938 Liboch was added to the Reichsgau Sudetenland . After the end of the Second World War, the German population was expelled in 1945/46 . Liběchov has been a city since January 23, 2007.
District
The municipality Liběchov include the towns of Boží Voda ( Consecrated Brunn ), Ješovice ( Jeschowitz ) and Malý Liběchov ( Kleinliboch ).
Attractions
- Liběchov Castle
- Gothic St. Gallus Church ( kostel sv. Havla ) from the 14th century with an altarpiece by Karel Škréta
- Rock wall in the garden wing of the castle, in which the sculptor Václav Levý carved heroic figures from Bohemian history.
- Perseus sculpture in the palace gardens by Matthias Bernhard Braun
Personalities
- Josef Titta (1863–1923), honorary citizen of Liboch; Founder and chairman of the People's Council for Bohemia and Moravia
literature
- Joachim Bahlcke , Winfried Eberhard, Miloslav Polívka (eds.): Handbook of historical places . Volume: Bohemia and Moravia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 329). Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-32901-8 , p. 336.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
