Litoboř

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Litoboř
Litoboř coat of arms
Litoboř (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Královéhradecký kraj
District : After that
Area : 351 ha
Geographic location : 50 ° 27 '  N , 16 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '2 "  N , 16 ° 0' 50"  E
Height: 394  m nm
Residents : 109 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code : 552 05
traffic
Street: Hořičky - Červený Kostelec
structure
Status: local community
Districts: 1
administration
Mayor : Karel Vlček (as of 2010)
Address: Litoboř 14
55205 Hořičky
Municipality number: 573388
Website : litobor.webnode.cz

Litoboř (German Litoborsch ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . The village lies in the valley of the Hluboký creek and belongs to the Okres Náchod .

history

Chapel of Our Lady

The origins of the village go back to the 2nd half of the 12th century, when this part of northern Bohemia belonged to a powerful noble family, the Hronowitz von Glatz . The name of a head of this noble family is reflected in the name of the village (Lutobor → Litoboř). The oldest part of the village was Turyň, this festival was first mentioned in 1369.

Community structure

The Litoboř commune consists only of the village Litoboř and the settlement V Táboře ( Tabor ).

Attractions

  • Chapel of Our Lady (1800)
  • Stone Cross with Christ, Angels and Relief of the Virgin Mary (1823)
  • Statue of St. John of Nepomuk
  • Memorial to the Victims of Communism (2008, by Miroslav Kubala)

Personalities

  • Vincenc Dvořáček (born November 22, 1826 in Litoboř, † November 12, 1903 in Červený Kostelec ), Roman Catholic priest, founder of the local beekeeping association (1899)
  • Václav Franc (born July 17, 1885 in Předměřice nad Labem , † July 1, 1919 in Makarow, Russia ), a member of the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia, lived in Litoboř
  • Milena Tomešová (born October 22, 1958 in Prague ), preacher of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, journalist and author, lives in Litoboř

Web links

Commons : Litoboř  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)