ÄŒeský JiÅ™etÃn () is a municipality and village in
Most District
Most District () is a Okres, district in the Ústà nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Most (city), Most.
Administrative division
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in the
Ústà nad Labem Region
Ústà 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, Ústà nad Labem. I ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. It has about 100 inhabitants.
Administrative division
ÄŒeský JiÅ™etÃn consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*ÄŒeský JiÅ™etÃn (83)
*Fláje (15)
Etymology
The Czech name JiÅ™etÃn and the German name Georgendorf both means "JiÅ™ata's/George's village". The name ÄŒeský JiÅ™etÃn means "
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
n JiÅ™etÃn".
Geography
ÄŒeský JiÅ™etÃn is located about north of
Most and west of
Ústà nad Labem
Ústà nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústà nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction.
...
. It lies in the
Ore Mountains
The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the KlÃnovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at ab ...
. The highest peak is V Oboře at above sea level.
In the municipal territory is Fláje Reservoir, built in 1963 as a water source and flood protection. It has an area of . The dam is a concrete, pillar type (hollow inside), the only one of its kind in the country. It is protected as a technical monument.
The village forms a continuous built-up area with the village of Deutchgeorgenthal in
Neuhausen municipality on the German side of the border.
History
The first written mention of ÄŒeský JiÅ™etÃn is from 1787.
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Demographics
Transport
On the Czech-German border is the road border crossing ''ÄŒeský JiÅ™etÃn / Deutschgeorgenthal''. There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sport
ÄŒeský JiÅ™etÃn is known for its ski resort.
Sights
The Church of Saint John the Baptist was built in 1653 and extended in 1669. It is one of the oldest and most valuable wooden sacred buildings in the country. Originally built in Fláje, it was moved to ÄŒeský JiÅ™etÃn in 1969, and the church was thus saved from being flooded by the reservoir.
Notable people
* Walter Gaudnek (1931–2022), Bohemian-German modern artist
References
External links
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Villages in Most District
Villages in the Ore Mountains
Czech Republic–Germany border crossings
Ski areas and resorts in the Czech Republic