Libušín
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Basic data | ||||
State : | Czech Republic | |||
Region : | Středočeský kraj | |||
District : | Kladno | |||
Area : | 948 ha | |||
Geographic location : | 50 ° 10 ' N , 14 ° 3' E | |||
Height: | 317 m nm | |||
Residents : | 3,346 (Jan 1, 2019) | |||
Postal code : | 273 06 | |||
License plate : | S. | |||
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Status: | city | |||
Districts: | 1 | |||
administration | ||||
Mayor : | Vladimír Eichler (as of 2010) | |||
Address: | Hálkova 140 273 06 Libušín |
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Municipality number: | 532576 | |||
Website : | www.mestolibusin.cz | |||
Location of Libušín in the Kladno district | ||||
Libušín is a city in the Czech Republic with an area of 9.5 km² and 3,098 inhabitants (as of 2016). Libušín is located in the Středočeský kraj region , four kilometers northwest of the district town of Kladno . Libušín is located at an altitude of 317 m above sea level. M.
history
The place is mentioned in connection with the Libuše and Přemysl Oráč mentioned by Alois Jirásek in his legends . In his Chronica Boemorum he describes how his youngest daughter Libuše from Libušin came to power after the death of Prince Krok . From here she is said to have predicted the future of Bohemia and also sent messengers to look for the Přemysl Oráč. However, this representation contradicts that of the historian Přibík Pulkava , who moved the seat of the prophetess Libuše to Vyšehrad based on a newly discovered document .
The place was first mentioned in a document under the princes Břetislav I around 1050 , but was inhabited since the 6th to 7th centuries, as archaeological finds prove.
Towards the end of the 9th century, a mighty fortress was built on an area of about twelve hectares, which was located at the strategically important point between Bohemia and the Lucko region . The fortress also played a major role in the 11th century in the power struggles between Boleslav Chroby and Emperor Heinrich II. The castle was then abandoned because it had lost its strategic importance. According to written documents, people settled in the vicinity of the castle in the 11th century. In 1277 Přemysl Otakar II gave the village and its lands to the Benedictines . In 1514 Mr. Martinic ( Martinicové ze Smečna ) bought the property, which they held until the 20th century.
In the second half of the 19th century, the place experienced an economic boom due to coal discoveries, which resulted in a nine-fold increase in population within forty years. The Schöller mine, founded in 1885 by the Miröschau coal union, was the last producing coal mine in the Kladno district in 2002.
In 1919 it was elevated to the status of a city, and in 1961 city rights were withdrawn again. Since October 17th, 2006 Libušín is a city again.
Attractions
- Neo-Gothic Church of St. Prokop (1908)
- Slavic fortress from the sixth and seventh centuries. The fortification was carried out during the ninth century. Presumably, the church of St. George already stood within the fortification in the tenth century. In 1277, when the place belonged to the Benedictine monastery of John the Baptist in Ostrov, the church received a presbytery . In 1352 the church was run as a parish church. In 1500 the building was extended by a bell tower and equipped with bells made by the master Bartholomew from Prague . In 1683 an early baroque altar and a preacher's pulpit were added, in 1711 with stone portals, in 1737 with the church choir. In 1760 the old altar was replaced by a rococo altar. An organ was installed in 1859, and the ceiling paintings were restored in 1893. Since 1908, after the consecration of the Church of St. Prokop, the building has served as a pilgrimage site and cemetery church.
Every Sunday after the name day of St. Jacob (April 24th) a historical battle with around a thousand performers and tens of thousands of spectators takes place in the vicinity of the former fortress.
Personalities
- Jiří Pauer (1919–2007), Czech composer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)