Chřibská (; german: Kreibitz) is a town in
Děčín District
Děčín District ( cs, okres Děčín) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Děčín.
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in the
Ústí nad Labem Region
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of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Chřibská is made up of town parts of Chřibská, Dolní Chřibská and Horní Chřibská, and of the village of Krásné Pole.
Geography
Chřibská is located about northeast of
Děčín
Děčín (; german: Tetschen, 1942–1945: ''Tetschen–Bodenbach'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It is the 7th largest municipality in the country by area.
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and northeast of
Ústí nad Labem
Ústí nad Labem (, , ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of its eponymous region and district. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway ju ...
. Most of the municipal territory lies in the
Lusatian Mountains and in the eponymous protected landscape area. The western part of the territory extends into the
Elbe Sandstone Mountains and a small part of Chřibská also lies in the
Bohemian Switzerland National Park. The highest point is the Spravedlnost hill at above sea level. The Chřibská Kamenice River flows through the town.
History
The first written mentioned of Chřibská is from 1352.
It was part of the
Kamenice estate, owned by the Wartenberg family until 1614, when it was bought by the
Kinsky family. Town rights had been granted in 1570.
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Along with other parts of the former Austrian Empire, Chřibská became part of ]Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
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in 1919. From 1938 to 1945, after the Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement ( cs, Mnichovská dohoda; sk, Mníchovská dohoda; german: Münchner Abkommen) was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, Germany, the United Kingdom, French Third Republic, France, and Fa ...
, Chřubská was annexed by Nazi Germany
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and administered as part of Reichsgau Sudetenland
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. The expulsion of Germans
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after World War II in 1945–1946 reduced the population.
In 2006, the town status was returned to Chřibská.
Demographics
Economy
The oldest running glass
Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenching) of ...
production in Europe is located in Horní Chřibská. It was founded shortly after 1500 by the German-Bohemian glass-maker family Friedrich Friedrich may refer to:
Names
* Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich''
* Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich''
Other
* Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Year ...
.
Sights
The landmark of Chřibská is the Church of Saint George. The original Gothic church was rebuilt in the Renaissance style in 1596. Later it was modified in the Gothic style again, and two Baroque chapels were added.
Notable people
*Thaddäus Haenke
Thaddeus Xaverius Peregrinus Haenke (5 October 1761 – 4 November 1816) ( cs, Tadeáš Haenke; es, Tadeo Haenke) was a botanist who participated in the Malaspina Expedition, exploring a significant portion of the Pacific basin including the c ...
(1761–1816), botanist and explorer
References
External links
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History of Chřibská
Virtual show
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Děčín District
Lusatian Mountains