Dymokury

Dymokury
Municipality and village
View towards the village
Flag Coat of arms
Dymokury Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°14′44.64″N 15°12′9.44″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian Region
District	Nymburk District
First mentioned	1249
Area
• Total	20.62 km2 (7.96 sq mi)
Elevation	203 m (666 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	846
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	http://www.dymokury.cz/

Dymokury (Template:Lang-de) is a village and municipality in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Geography

It is located in the Polabí lowlands of the Elbe basin, about 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Poděbrady. The local economy mainly depends on agriculture. It is mainly a residential village and only a few residents work in Dymokury.

History

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The settlement in the Kingdom of Bohemia was first mentioned in 1249, then a possession of a local noble Soběslav. In 1290 King Wenceslaus II ceded the estates to the Cistercian monks of Sedlec Abbey near Kutná Hora. After changing owners several times, the fief was purchased by the noble House of Waldstein in 1573, their successors had a Renaissance castle erected from 1614 onwards.

Disseized by Emperor Ferdinand II after the 1620 Battle of White Mountain, Dimokur was acquired by Albrecht von Wallenstein, who nevertheless sold it to the Austrian Khuen von Belasi dynasty shortly afterwards. From 1673, the House of Colloredo held the manor, which also included the neighbouring town of Městec Králové. They had the castle again rebuilt in a Baroque style, finished in 1787. The last owners are the Counts of Czernin, who were expropriated and expelled after World War II, but regained its possession. The castle was restored after the Velvet Revolution of 1989.