Litovel
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Olomoucký kraj | ||||
| District : | Olomouc | ||||
| Area : | 4640 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 42 ' N , 17 ° 5' E | ||||
| Height: | 233 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 9,810 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 78 401 | ||||
| License plate : | M. | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 11 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Viktor Kohout (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | nám. Přemysla Otakara 778 784 01 Litovel |
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| Municipality number: | 503444 | ||||
| Website : | www.litovel.eu | ||||
Litovel (German Littau ) is a town in the Okres Olomouc in the Czech Republic .
geography
It is located at the foothills of the Drahaner Bergland in the March valley . Because of the six arms of the March that flow through the city, it is popularly known as the Hannakisches Venice ( Hanácké Benátky ). A river arm even flows directly under the town hall tower.
history
In the place of today's old town of Litovel originally stood a fishing village. The river arms of the March gave the place natural protection thanks to its island location. In the middle of the 13th century Přemysl Otakar II founded a royal town next to the village . In 1291 Václav II granted her some privileges, and John of Luxembourg approved the construction of city walls. After the Hussite Wars , the city lost its royal privileges and came under the rule of the Vlašim , who were followed by the Boskowitz at the beginning of the 16th century . During this time, among other things, the Renaissance town hall with its 72 meter high tower was built. At the beginning of the 17th century, the people of Liechtenstein came to the city through marriage, which gradually lost its former importance in the following years. Raids by the Swedes in the Thirty Years' War, fires and the plague sealed the decline. After the reconstruction, Litovel became a district town in 1850 with around 2880 mainly German citizens. In 1899 the relationship was reversed due to immigration, so that the Czechs won the municipal elections. At the beginning of the 20th century, the place became a commercial and educational center in the region alongside the still predominantly German cities of Olomouc and Uničov .
The town is famous in Moravia for its brewery , which was founded in 1893.
Attractions
- Town hall square with the town hall built in 1557, the plague column built by Václav Render in 1724 and historical town houses
- Church of St. Marcus, first mentioned in 1342, with stylistic elements from the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods
- Stone bridge over the March from 1592
- City walls from the 14th century
- The city is the center of the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area .
Community structure
The town of Litovel consists of the districts Březové ( Birken ), Chudobín ( Chudwein ), Litovel ( Littau ), Myslechovice ( Michlowitz ), Nasobůrky ( Aßmeritz ), Nová Ves ( Neudorf ), Rozvadovice ( Roswadowitz ), Savín ( Sawvory ), Tři Dři ( Dreihöfen ), Unčovice ( Huntschowitz ) and Víska ( Mühldörfel ). Basic settlement units are Březové, Dolní les, Hliník, Chořelice, Chudobín, Litovel-střed, Litovel-východ, Myslechovice, Nádraží, Nasobůrky, Nasobůrky-jih, Nasobůrky-jih, Nasobůrky-jih, Nasobůrky-sever, Nasobosady, Oledoměcké, Novpadřemá, Oledoměckéí Průmyslová zóna Litovel-Nasobůrky, Průmyslová zóna Litovel-Víska, Rozvadovice, Savín, Svatoplukova, Tři Dvory, U studánky, Unčovice, Uničovské Předměstí, V loučkáchad Víska and Zahrníska.
The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Chořelice, Chudobín, Litovel, Myslechovice, Nasobůrky, Nová Ves u Litovle, Rozvadovice, Savín, Tři Dvory u Litovle, Unčovice and Víska u Litovle.
Town twinning
Personalities
- Gustav Tschermak Edler von Seysenegg (1836–1927), Austrian mineralogist
- Jan Čep (1902–1973), Czech writer and translator
- Hans Temple (1857–1931), German genre and portrait painter
- Jan Opletal (1914–1939) attended the high school in Litovel, which is now named after him, from 1926 to 1934.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/503444/Litovel
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/503444/Obec-Litovel
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/503444/Obec-Litovel
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/503444/Obec-Litovel