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Zákupy
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Zákupy
Total population
2,101
Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Zákupy is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The town is located on the Svitavka River in the Ralsko Uplands.
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History
Zákupy was probably founded in the 13th century. The first written mention of Zákupy under the name Richinstadt is from 1315, when Fridman of Richinstadt owned the local fortress. Under the fortress were two villages, Czech and German, which shared a church and which soon merged into one settlement. Zákupy was referred to as a market town in 1378. Zákupy was held by the noble Pancíř of Smojno family, then by the Lords of Wartenberg, who sold Zákupy to the Berka of Dubá family in the 1460s. During their rule, Zákupy prospered and developed, and in 1541, it was promoted to a town. In 1612, the indebted estate was bought by Jan Novohradský of Kolowrat. During the Thirty Years' War, Zákupy was looted and damaged several times (in 1621, 1634 and 1639) by various armies. The estate was acquired by the Imperial field marshal Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg in 1632. His son Julius Francis founded the Capuchin monastery and had the castle rebuilt. The last heiress, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, died at the castle in 1741. Her daughter Maria Anna was married to Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria and hence the possessions went to his family. In 1803, the estate was purchased by the Habsburg archduke Ferdinand III. In 1815, Emperor Francis I of Austria awarded the title of Duke of Reichstadt (German: Herzog von Reichstadt) to his grandson, Napoleon II. Napoleon II died without heirs in 1832, having never visited the town. After his abdication from the throne in 1848, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria took over the management of the estate. He used the castle as a summer residence and had the interior decorated in the Rococo style. On 8 July 1876, Russia's Chancellor Alexander Gorchakov and Austria's Emperor Emperor Franz Joseph reached the Reichstadt Agreement on the…
Geography
Zákupy is located about east of Česká Lípa and west of Liberec. It lies in the Ralsko Uplands. The highest point is the hill Kamenický kopec at above sea level. The southern part of the municipal territory extends into the Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj Protected Landscape Area. The Svitavka River flows through the town. The Ploučnice River flows across the southern part of the territory, but its confluence with the Svitavka is located just outside the territory of Zákupy. There are several small fishponds in the vicinity of the town.
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Nearby places in Liberec
- Lasvice1.5 mi away · pop. 52
- Kamenice1.7 mi away · pop. 162
- Bohatice1.8 mi away · pop. 155
- Vítkov1.8 mi away · pop. 72
- Dobranov2.2 mi away · pop. 303
- Velenice2.5 mi away · pop. 177
- Žizníkov2.9 mi away · pop. 269
- Svojkov3.2 mi away · pop. 101
- Velký Grunov3.2 mi away · pop. 427
- Pertoltice pod Ralskem3.2 mi away · pop. 297
- Hlemýždí3.6 mi away · pop. 192
- Bukovany3.8 mi away · pop. 111
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Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
ČSÚ — Czech Statistical Office
- RÚIAN code
- CZ562262
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,954
- Wikidata
- Q246837
RÚIAN obec ID via Wikidata P782
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • ČSÚ — Czech Statistical Office — RÚIAN obec ID via Wikidata P782