Libochovice

Libochovice
Town
Libochovice Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Libochovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°24′31″N 14°2′30″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Ústí nad Labem
District	Litoměřice
First mentioned	1272
Government
• Mayor	Miroslav Zůna
Area
• Total	15.64 km2 (6.04 sq mi)
Elevation	166 m (545 ft)
Population  (2020-01-01)
• Total	3,506
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	411 17
Website	www.libochovice.cz

Libochovice (Template:Lang-de) is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. It is located next to the Ohře River and Hazmburk mountain.

History

From the first half of the seventeen century there was a strong Jewish community, but most died in Nazi concentration camps, and this community was never renewed after the Second World War. Among Jewish sights belongs cemetery, big house at Jewish quarter, where was school, kosher butchery and municipal authority, monument remembering for destroyed synagogue (first mentioned at 1651, destroyed around 1980) and mikveh.

Notable people

• Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869), anatomist and physiologist
• Ábrahám Lederer (1827–1916), Czech-Hungarian educator and writer
• Berta Fanta (1865–1918), intellectual and feminist
• Josef Kopta (1894–1962), writer and journalist

See also

• Libochovice Chateau

External links

• (in Czech) Official Libochovice website
• (in Czech) Libochovice Castle
• Article about Libochovice Jews - CZ