Libice nad Doubravou
Libice nad Doubravou | |
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| Coordinates: 49°44′42″N 15°42′15″E / 49.74500°N 15.70417°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Region | Vysočina |
| District | Havlíčkův Brod |
| First mentioned | 1146 |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.96 km2 (8.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 421 m (1,381 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 858 |
| • Density | 39.1/km2 (101/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 582 77, 583 01 |
| Website | www |
Libice nad Doubravou (German: Libitz) is a market town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Libice nad Doubravou consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Libice nad Doubravou (571)
- Barovice (43)
- Chloumek (33)
- Kladruby (19)
- Křemenice (18)
- Lhůta (40)
- Libická Lhotka (76)
- Malochyně (7)
- Nehodovka (4)
- Spálava (12)
Malochyně forms an exclave of the municipal territory.
Etymology
The oldest form of the name Libice was Ľubiac. The name was derived from the personal name Ľubiata, meaning "Ľubiata's (court)". In the 14th century, the name evolved to Libiec and in the 15th century to Libíc. From the second half of the 16th century, the form Libice appeared.[3] The suffix nad Doubravou means 'upon the Doubrava'.
Geography
Libice nad Doubravou is located about 17 kilometres (11 mi) northeast of Havlíčkův Brod and 32 km (20 mi) south of Pardubice. The southern part of the municipal territory with the market town proper lies in the Upper Sázava Hills. The northern part lies in the Iron Mountains. The highest point is the hill Spálava at 663 m (2,175 ft) above sea level. The market town is situated on the right bank of the Doubrava River. The entire municipal territory lies within the Železné hory Protected Landscape Area.
History
The first written mention of Libice nad Doubravou is in a deed of Vladislaus II from 1146, which confirmed the donation of the village by Duke Soběslav I to the bishopric of Olomouc in 1125.[4]
Demographics
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Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The castle in Libice nad Doubravou was built sometime between 1709 and 1719. In 1862–1864, it was rebuilt in the Windsor neo-Gothic style. Today it is privately owned and unused.[7]
Among the main landmarks is the Church of Saint Giles. It is a Baroque building with a Romanesque-Gothic core.[8]
Notable people
- Jan Lála (1938–2025), footballer
References
- ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ↑ Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in čeština). p. 589.
- ↑ "Městys" (in čeština). Městys Libice nad Doubravou. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ↑ "Zámek" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ↑ "Kostel sv. Jiljí s mariánským sloupem" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
External links
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- Populated places in Havlíčkův Brod District
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