Chlumec (Ústí nad Labem District)
Chlumec (German: Kulm) is a town in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,200 inhabitants.
Chlumec | |
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 Town square | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Chlumec Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°41′50″N 13°56′20″E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Ústí nad Labem |
| District | Ústí nad Labem |
| First mentioned | 993 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Veronika Srnková |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.87 km2 (4.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 235 m (771 ft) |
| Population (2022-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,237 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 400 10, 403 39 |
| Website | www |
Administrative parts
Villages of Český Újezd, Hrbovice, Stradov, Střížovice and Žandov are administrative parts of Trmice. Český Újezd, Hrbovice and Střížovice form an exclave of the municipal territory.
Geography
Chlumec lies about 5 kilometres (3 mi) northwest of Ústí nad Labem and 73 kilometres (45 mi) northwest of Prague. There are two significant ponds in the territory, Nový and Zámecký.
The towns extends into three geomorphological regions. Most of the municipal territory lies in the eastern tip of the Most Basin lowlands, the northern part lies in the Ore Mountains, and villages of Český Újezd and Střížovice lie on the slopes of the Central Bohemian Uplands.
History
The first written mention of Chlumec is in a deed of Boleslaus II from 993, where the obligation of Chlumec to pay tithe to the newly established Břevnov Monastery is mentioned. In 1521, Chlumec became a town.[2]
The Battle of Chlumec was fought on 18 February 1126 in the vicinity of the village, the culmination of a 12th-century war of succession in the Duchy of Bohemia.[2]
After the great Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813), the Battle of Kulm took place here on 29–30 August, between the French Empire under Dominique Vandamme and an allied army of Austrians, Prussians, and Russians. The French were defeated and Vandamme surrendered with his army of 10,000 men. The heights above Chlumec were the site of the Second Battle of Kulm, 17 September 1813.[2]
Demographics
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Transport
The D8 motorway runs next to the town.
Notable people
- Johann Georg Urbansky (1675–1738), Bohemian-German sculptor
References
- "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2022". Czech Statistical Office. 2022-04-29.
- "Historie, kroniky" (in Czech). Město Chlumec. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Ústí nad Labem" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
- "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
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