Velká Bukovina () is a municipality and village in

Děčín District Děčín District () is a district in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Děčín. Administrative division Děčín District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extende ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Velká Bukovina consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Velká Bukovina (272) *Karlovka (64) *Malá Bukovina (167)

Etymology

The name Bukovina is derived from the Czech word ''buk'', i.e. '

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'. The adjective ''Velká'' ("great") distinguishes it from the neighbouring village Malá Bukovina ("Small Bukovina").

Geography

Velká Bukovina is located about southeast of

Děčín Děčín (; ) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It is the seventth largest municipality in the country by area. Děčín is an important traffic junction. Administrative division Děč ...

and east of

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. It lies in the

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. The fishpond Velký rybník is located in the eastern part of the municipal territory.

History

Originally, this territory was colonized by the

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. The first written mention of Velká Bukovina is from 1454, when the village belonged to Jan of Vartenberk. The Vartenberks acquired the area in 1428, when Jindřich

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sold

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and

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to Zikmund of Vartenberk. In 1538, the Žandov estate was acquired by the brothers Přibík and Petr Týnský of Týn, who had built a fortress in Velká Bukovina and set up a separate estate. In 1732, Duchess

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bought Velká Bukovina and annexed it to the

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estate.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Velká Bukovina is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It was built in the Baroque style in 1716 on the site of an older church. A cultural monument is the former late Gothic fortress from 1536, rebuilt into the early Baroque manor house in 1656. After several modifications it lost the character of a manor house.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Velka Bukovina Villages in Děčín District