Slavětín is a market town in

Louny District Louny District () is a Okres, district in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Louny, but the most populated town is Žatec. Administrative division Louny District is divided into three Districts of the Cze ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Slavětín consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Slavětín (587) *Kystra (22)

Etymology

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

Geography

Slavětín is located about east of

Louny Louny (; ) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument ...

and northwest of

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. It lies in a mainly agricultural landscape in the

Lower Ohře Table The Lower Ohře Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Ústí nad Labem and Central Bohemian regions. Geomorphology The Lower Ohře Table is a mesoregion of the Central Bohemian Tab ...

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

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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 (; ) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,700 inhabitants. Administrative division Postoloprty consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 cen ...

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. 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 (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