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Postoloprty
Ústí nad Labemtown
Postoloprty
Total population
3,835
Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Postoloprty is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,700 inhabitants. The town is located in the Most Basin, at the confluence of the Ohře and Chomutovka rivers. It lies in an agricultural area known for growing Saaz hops.
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History
The settlement was first mentioned in 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. 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; a memorial plaque, which does not name the perpetrators or the victims, nor the number of victims, was unveiled on 3 June 2010.
Geography
Postoloprty is located about west of Louny and southwest of Ústí nad Labem. It lies mostly in the Most Basin, in an agricultural landscape. The eastern part of the municipal territory with the Březno village lies in the Lower Ohře Table. The town is situated at the confluence of the Ohře and Chomutovka rivers, on the left bank of the Ohře and on the right bank of the Chomutovka. A distinctive geologic outcrop of the Cretaceous period called Březenské souvrství is located near the village of Březno. Today, it is protected as a nature monument.
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Official Identifiers
ČSÚ — Czech Statistical Office
- RÚIAN code
- CZ566624
- Population (Wikidata)
- 4,673
- Wikidata
- Q1019831
RÚIAN obec ID via Wikidata P782
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • ČSÚ — Czech Statistical Office — RÚIAN obec ID via Wikidata P782