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Meziboří

Coordinates: 50°37′22″N 13°36′7″E / 50.62278°N 13.60194°E / 50.62278; 13.60194
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Meziboří
Town
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Coordinates: 50°37′22″N 13°36′7″E / 50.62278°N 13.60194°E / 50.62278; 13.60194
CountryFile:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
RegionÚstí nad Labem
DistrictMost
First mentioned1398
Government
 • MayorPetr Červenka
Area
 • Total
14.36 km2 (5.54 sq mi)
Elevation
512 m (1,680 ft)
Population
 (2026-01-01)[1]
 • Total
4,526
 • Density315.2/km2 (816.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
435 13
Websitewww.mezibori.cz

Meziboří (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɛzɪbor̝iː]; until 1957 Šenbach; German: Schönbach) is a town in Most District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. The town is located in the Ore Mountains. Meziboří was originally a small village, expanded in the 1950s to a town.

Etymology

The initial German name Schönbach means 'beautiful stream'.[2] The German name was Czechised as Šenbach.[3] The modern name Meziboří means "the area between pine forests".

Geography

Meziboří is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Most. The entire municipal territory lies in the Ore Mountains. The highest point is the mountain Černý vrch at 889 m (2,917 ft) above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Šenbach is from 1398. For centuries, the inhabitants have subsisted on agriculture, especially the cultivation of rye, oats, potatoes, cattle grazing and forestry. It remained so even at the beginning of industrialisation in the second half of the 19th century. The number of inhabitants in the surrounding villages, which depended on coal mining, increased, but in Šenbach the population did not change. Fields on mountain slopes surrounded by forests on all sides could not feed more people.[4]

The development of Šenbach was determined by an organised recruitment program for apprentices for heavy industries, announced in 1949 by President Klement Gottwald. In September 1950, the first dormitory for 360 mining apprentices was opened, and in January 1951, a dormitory was opened for another 360 apprentices at the chemical school. In 1952, a girls' apprentice dormitory for miners and excavators was opened. At that time, the town's population reached two thousand. Between 1953 and 1968, a housing estate with fifteen hundred flats was being built. Most of the houses of the old village was demolished and only 11 are preserved to this day. In 1957, the town was renamed Meziboří.[3]

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipal territory. A local road connects the town with Litvínov.

Sport

In Meziboří is a ski resort, operated by the town.[7]

Sights

There are no protected cultural monuments in the town.[8]

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Meziboří is twinned with:[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
  2. ↑ Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in čeština). p. 53.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Budování města" (in čeština). Město Meziboří. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
  4. ↑ "Historie města do roku 1945" (in čeština). Město Meziboří. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
  5. ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  6. ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  7. ↑ "Ski Areál města Meziboří" (in čeština). Město Meziboří. Retrieved 2026-05-26.
  8. ↑ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Meziboří". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  9. ↑ "Partnerská města" (in čeština). Město Meziboří. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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