Doksany (german: Doxan) is a municipality and village in
Litoměřice District
Litoměřice District ( cs, okres Litoměřice) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') located within the Ústà nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Litoměřice.
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in the
Ústà nad Labem Region
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of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 400 inhabitants.
History
The oldest settlement dates back between
4500 and
2500
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BC. In 1993, archaeologists discovered more ancient buildings and settlements that dated back to the same period of time. The first written mention of Doksany is from 1151 by chronicler Vincencius, who wrote about the Doksany convent.
It was probably founded in 1144 by
Gertrude of Babenberg
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and
Vladislaus II as the second convent in the kingdom.
Geography
Doksany is located about south of
Litoměřice
Litoměřice (; german: Leitmeritz) is a town in the Ústà nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.
The town is the seat ...
, south of
Ústà nad Labem
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, and northwest of
Prague
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. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the
Lower Eger Table
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*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick
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. It lies on the right bank of the
Ohře
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river, which forms the western municipal border.
Climate
During the
June 2019 European heat wave
In late June and late July 2019 there were two temporally distinct European heat waves, which set all-time high temperature records in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
The first heat wave, in late ...
, Doksany broke the record for the hottest temperature in June in the Czech Republic. The
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
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claimed that the temperature reached and warned that it could change to 40 degrees Celsius.
Demographics
Economy
There is a small hydropower plant on the
Ohře
The Ohře () or, slightly less commonly in English sources, the Eger (, Czech also: ''Oharka'' or ''Ohara'', Celtic: ''Agara'', pl, Ohrza), is a 316 km river in Germany (50 km) and the Czech Republic (266 km), left tributary of t ...
river. It is part of a historic
weir
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from 1937.
Sights
Doksany is known for the Premonstratensian Convent with the Church of the Nativity of Mary. The religious community still lives in it, but under certain conditions it is open to the public.
References
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Villages in Litoměřice District