Horní Jiřetín
Template:Geobox Horní Jiřetín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦorɲiː jɪr̝ɛciːn]; German: Obergeorgenthal) is a Czech town with 1,900 inhabitants in Most District, in the Ústí nad Labem Region in the foothills of the Ore Mountains on the border with Germany.
Geography
Horní Jiřetín is located approximately 8 km away from Most, 10 km from Litvínov, 40 km from Ústí nad Labem and 90 km from the Czech capital of Prague.
History
The first documented reference to this municipality is from 1263 when the village Jorenthal is mentioned as being on the road to Saxony. At the time, the village was mainly governed by the Duchcov-based Lobkowicz family. In the 16th century, iron ore was discovered nearby at Červená Jáma. At the end of the 17th century, the village was hit by the bubonic plague and at the end of the 18th, it suffered from a steep financial decline due to war.
After World War II the local German population was expelled.
Notable residents
- Walter Womacka (1925 – 2010), artist
- Vladimír Buřt (b. 1964), ecologist
Municipal parts
- Černice (Tschernitz )
- Dolní Jiřetín (Niedergeorgenthal )
- Horní Jiřetín (Obergeorgenthal )
- Jezeří (Eisenberg )
- Mariánské Údolí (Marienthal )
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Horní Jiřetín is twinned with:
Battenberg, Hesse, Germany
External links
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