Peruc (german: Perutz) is a market town in
Louny District
Louny District ( cs, okres Louny) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the town of Louny.
Louny is the largest district in the Ústí nad Labem regi ...
in the
Ústí nad Labem Region
Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region ( cs, Ústecký kraj, , ), is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad La ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The villages of Černochov, Hřivčice, Chrastín, Pátek, Radonice nad Ohří, Stradonice and Telce are administrative parts of Peruc.
Geography
Peruc is located about east of
Louny
Louny (; german: Laun) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Ohře. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrat ...
and northwest of
Prague
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. It lies in the
Lower Ohře Table
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See also
*Nizhny
Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́ ...
. The highest point is at above sea level. 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 ...
River flows along the northern municipal border.
History
The first written mention of Peruc is from 1170. Until 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 Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, European monarchs loyal to the Cat ...
, the village was owned by the
Strahov Monastery
Strahov Monastery ( cs, Strahovský klášter) is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia. It is located in Strahov, Prague, Czech Republic.
History
The founding of ...
, then the owners often changed. The village was looted several times during the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle ...
. From 1814 to 1945, Peruc was property of the
Thun und Hohenstein
The House of Thun und Hohenstein, also known as Thun-Hohenstein, belonged to the historical Austrian and Bohemian nobility. There is one princely and several comital branches of the family. The princely branch of the family lived at Děčín (Te ...
family. The municipality was promoted to a
market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
in 1898.
Demographics
Transport
Peruc is located on the railway line
Louny
Louny (; german: Laun) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Ohře. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrat ...
–
Vrbičany.
Sights
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is among the main landmarks of Peruc. It was built in the Baroque style in 1722–1725.
The Peruc Castle was built on the site of an old fortress at the end of the 16th century. The Renaissance building was completely rebuilt in the Baroque style in the first half of the 18th century. It is a valuable and relatively large rural castle surrounded by a park. The southern wing houses the memorial hall of
Emil Filla
Emil Filla (4 April 1882 – 7 October 1953), a Moravian painter, was a leader of the avant-garde in Prague between World War I and World War II and was an early Cubist painter.
Early life
Filla was born in Chropyně, Moravia, and spent his c ...
, who lived here, with his paintings. In the castle park is the Museum of the Czech Village, located in a former baroque granary from the end of the 18th century.
The 1,000-year-old
Oldřich Oak
The Oldřich Oak ( cs, Oldřichův dub), also known as the Prince Oldřich Oak, is a pedunculate oak (''Quercus robur'') tree in Peruc in the Czech Republic that is estimated to be about 1,000 years old. The tree has a height of and a trunk (bota ...
tree is located in Peruc. It has a circumference of and a height of .
Notable people
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Bedřich Schnirch (1791–1868), engineer
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Emil Filla
Emil Filla (4 April 1882 – 7 October 1953), a Moravian painter, was a leader of the avant-garde in Prague between World War I and World War II and was an early Cubist painter.
Early life
Filla was born in Chropyně, Moravia, and spent his c ...
(1882–1953), painter; lived and worked here in 1947–1952
References
External links
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Market towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Louny District