Slavětín 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 region ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Kystra is an administrative part of Slavětín.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Slavata, meaning "Slavata's (court)".

Geography

Slavětín 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 Cultural monument (Czech Republic) ...

and northwest of

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. It lies in a mainly agricultural landscape in the

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. The highest point is at above sea level. The northern municipal border is former by 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.

History

The first written mention of Slavětín is from 1269, when Prague bishop Jan III of Dražice received the settlement from King Ottokar II.

Demographics

Transport

Slavětín is located on the railway line

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–

Postoloprty Postoloprty (; german: Postelberg) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,600 inhabitants. Administrative parts The villages of Březno, Dolejší Hůrky, Hradiště, Levonice, Malnice, Mr ...

Sights

The main landmark of Slavětín is the Church of Saint James the Great. It is a rare medieval monument. It was built in the Romanesque style in the 13th century and rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 14th century. The original tower was replaced by the current one in 1837. In 1880–1881, the church was restored by

Josef Mocker Josef Mocker (22 November 1835 in Cítoliby – 15 November 1899 in Prague) was a Bohemian architect and restorer who worked in a purist Gothic Revival style. Overview Mocker was responsible for restoring many Bohemian castles and ancient bui ...

. A notable building is the octagonal Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. It was built in the early Baroque style in 1672–1677.

Notable people

Konstantin Biebl Konstantin Biebl (26 February 1898, Slavětín – 12 November 1951, Prague) was a Czech poet and writer. His first collection of poems was released in 1923, and his last in 1951, the year of his death by suicide. During that time he also travell ...

(1898–1951), poet * Otto Trefný (1932–2019), physician and politician

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slavetin Populated places in Louny District Market towns in the Czech Republic