Chabařovice (; ) is a town in

Ústí nad Labem District Ústí nad Labem District () is a district in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Ústí nad Labem. Administrative division Ústí nad Labem District is formed by only one administrative district of munic ...

in the

Ústí nad Labem Region Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region () is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad Labem. I ...

of the

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. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.

Administrative division

Chabařovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Chabařovice (2,166) *Roudníky (294)

Geography

Chabařovice is located west of

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction. ...

, in its immediate vicinity. It lies in the eastern tip of the

Most Basin The Most Basin (also known as North Bohemian Basin; , ) is a structural basin and geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is named after the city of Most. It forms the southwestern and central parts of the Ústí nad Labem Region. ...

lowland. The municipal territory is rich in fishponds, supplied mostly by the stream Ždírnický potok. There is also half of the artificial

Lake Milada Lake Milada (; formerly also known as Lake Chabařovice) is an artificial lake near Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic. It originated from excavation by an old coal mine and flooded former villages, Hrbovice, Tuchomyšl and Vyklice. The lake h ...

in the territory of Chabařovice, which is a frequent tourist destination.

History

The first written mention of Chabařovice is in the list of

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es of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague The Archdiocese of Prague (Praha) (; ) is a Metropolitan Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. The cathedral archiepiscopal see is St. Vitus Cathedral, in the Bohemian and Czech capital Prague, entirely sit ...

from 1352, where the village was listed as a part of the Rýzmburk estate. The name Chabařovice became established at the end of the 15th century. During the

Hussite Wars The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, a ...

in 1426, the village was the battlefield of the

Battle of Aussig The Battle of Aussig () was fought on 16 June 1426, between Roman Catholic crusaders and the Hussites during the Fourth Crusade of the Hussite Wars. It was fought near Aussig ( Ústí nad Labem) in northern Bohemia Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the ...

between the

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and the

Hussites upright=1.2, Battle between Hussites (left) and Crusades#Campaigns against heretics and schismatics, Catholic crusaders in the 15th century upright=1.2, The Lands of the Bohemian Crown during the Hussite Wars. The movement began during the Prag ...

, which is considered the bloodiest battle of the Hussite Wars. In 1520, Chabařovice was mentioned as a town with the rights to brew beer and produce

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. Until the

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were expelled after World War II, it was inhabited mainly by the German population, which made up two thirds of the population. Coal was discovered around the town in 1774. Initially it helped the town's prosperity, but in the last quarter of the 20th century, the abolition of Chabařovice was planned for 1997 due to coal mining. In 1991, however, a government decision revoked this plan. In 1986, Chabařovice was joined to

, but in 1990, it became a separate town again.

Demographics

Transport

The D8 motorway (part of the

European route E55 European route E55 is an E-route. It starts in southern Sweden, crosses the Øresund strait to Denmark, and passes through more water (the western Baltic Sea) to reach continental Europe on Rostock, Germany. Thence it continues further southwar ...

) from Ústí nad Labem to the Czech-German border runs next to the town.

Sport

Chabařovice has a

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

stadium known as Moto Areál Chabařovice.

Sights

The main landmark of Chabařovice is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The original church was as old as the town. After it was severely damaged by a fire, the new church was built in 1699. The Old Town Hall is an architecturally interesting building from 1609, which divides both town's squares. Today it serves as a cultural and social centre, and houses the Chabařovice Town Museum. Na Běhání battlefield area, where the Battle of Aussig took place, is now a reverent area. A memorial to the battle was erected in 1953, but due to coal mining it was later dismantled. The current memorial is a copy of it and dates from 2000.

Notable people

Emmy Loose Emmy Loose (22 January 1914 in Chabařovice – 14 October 1987 in Vienna) was an Austrian operatic soprano particularly associated with soubrette roles. After vocal studies in Prague Conservatory, she made her stage debut in Hanover as Blonchen ...

(1914–1987), Austrian operatic singer *

Ehrenfried Patzel Ehrenfried Patzel (Czech: ''Čestmír Patzel''; 2 December 1914 – 8 March 2004 in Büdingen) was an Ethnic German football player from Czechoslovakia. Patzel was born in Chabařovice. His mother Františka was Czech, his father Ferdinand was ...

(1914–2004), German-Czech footballer *

Michael Lüftner Michael Lüftner (born 14 March 1994) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a centre back. Club career Teplice He has spent his early career in the Czech First League club Teplice. He broke into the first team squad early in the 2012 ...

(born 1994), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Chabařovice is twinned with: *

Drebach Drebach is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It consists of the ''Ortsteile'' (divisions) Drebach, Grießbach, Im Grund, Scharfenstein, Spinnerei, Venusberg, Wilischthal and Wiltzsch.Ždiar, Slovakia

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chabarovice Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Ústí nad Labem District