Postoloprty

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Postoloprty
Town
Town hall
Town hall
Flag of Postoloprty
Flag
Coat of arms of Postoloprty
Coat of arms
Postoloprty is located in Czech Republic
Postoloprty
Postoloprty
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°21′38″N 13°41′45″E / 50.36056°N 13.69583°E / 50.36056; 13.69583Coordinates: 50°21′38″N 13°41′45″E / 50.36056°N 13.69583°E / 50.36056; 13.69583
Country Czech Republic
RegionÚstí nad Labem
DistrictLouny
First mentioned1125
Government
 • MayorZdeněk Pištora
Area
 • Total46.49 km2 (17.95 sq mi)
Elevation
193 m (633 ft)
Population
 (2021-01-01)[1]
 • Total4,705
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
439 42, 440 01
Websitewww.postoloprty.cz

Postoloprty (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpostolopr̩tɪ]; German: Postelberg) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,700 inhabitants.

Administrative parts[]

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with Marian column

Villages of Březno, Dolejší Hůrky, Hradiště, Levonice, Malnice, Mradice, Rvenice, Seletice, Seménkovice, Skupice, Strkovice and Vrbka are administrative parts of Postoloprty.

Etymology[]

The town's name was probably derived from the Latin name of the monastery, Porta Apostolorum. Another theory says the name was derived from Old Czech prtati postole, meaning "to repair shoes". The first written mention of Postoloprty was under the name Postolopirth.[2]

Geography[]

Postoloprty is situated in the northwestern Bohemia, about 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Louny. A distinctive geologic outcrop of the Cretaceous period is located near the village of Březno (Březenské souvrství); it is today protected as a natural monument.

History[]

Postoloprty Castle

The settlement was first mentioned in the Chronica Boemorum, written in 1119–1125 by Cosmas of Prague. A Benedictine monastery with the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary was founded here probably at the end of the 11th century. It was built near the site where a former Slavic gord called Drahúš on the Ohře river had been erected at the behest of the Přemyslid dukes. The monastery's premises were devastated during the Hussite Wars in 1420 and not rebuilt.[2]

In 1454, the Bohemian King George of Poděbrady enfeoffed his sons with the Postoloprty estates. The lands were leased to the noble Veitmile (Weitmühl) family in 1480. During their rule, the settlement prospered, and in 1510, it obtained town privileges by King Vladislaus II. In 1611, the owners had a castle erected at the site of the former monastery, which was rebuilt in a Baroque style from 1706 to 1718. The lordship had passed to the noble House of Schwarzenberg in 1692, the family held the premises until 1945.[2]

Upon the 1938 Munich Agreement, the area was annexed by Nazi Germany and incorporated into the Reichsgau Sudetenland. When the region returned to the Czechoslovak Republic at the end of World War II, the remaining 'Sudeten German' population was expelled according to the Beneš decrees. Outrages culminated in a massacre on 3–7 June 1945, when about 800 German civilians, mainly men who had been deported to Postoloprty from nearby Žatec, were tortured and shot. The incidents were inquired by a committee of the Czechoslovak parliament in 1947. It is the largest known killing of ethnic Germans by Czechs after World War II.[3] 763 bodies were exhumed but other death toll estimates are higher. The Postoloprty citizens disagreed whether to build a memorial or to not acknowledge the massacre;[4] a memorial plaque was unveiled on 3 June 2010.

Demography[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18695,023—    
18805,954+18.5%
18906,154+3.4%
19006,691+8.7%
19106,602−1.3%
YearPop.±%
19216,354−3.8%
19306,251−1.6%
19504,168−33.3%
19613,972−4.7%
19704,889+23.1%
YearPop.±%
19804,886−0.1%
19914,483−8.2%
20014,836+7.9%
20114,813−0.5%
20214,705−2.2%
Source: Historical lexicon of municipalities of the Czech Republic[5]

Notable people[]

Twin towns – sister cities[]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Postoloprty is twinned with:[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Historie města" (in Czech). Město Postoloprty. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  3. ^ Eliška Bártová: Největší masakr: Sto lopat, sto motyk, 763 zastřelených
  4. ^ Stoldt, Hans-Ulrich. "Revenge on Ethnic Germans: Czech Town Divided over How to Commemorate 1945 Massacre." Der Spiegel. 4 September 2009 . Retrieved on 15 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Louny" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 11–12.
  6. ^ "Návštěva partnerského města Wolkenstein" (in Czech). Město Postoloprty. 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2020-08-17.

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