Horní Jiřetín

Geobox | Settlement
name = Horní Jiřetín
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category = Town


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country = Czech Republic
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state =
region = Ústí nad Labem
region_type = Region
district = Most
district_type = District
commune = Litvínov
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elevation = 280
lat_d = 50
lat_m = 34
lat_s = 30
lat_NS = N
long_d = 13
long_m = 32
long_s = 43
long_EW = E
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area = 39.85
area_round = 2
population = 1917
population_date = 2001
population_density = auto
established = 1263
established_type = Founded
mayor = Branko Glavica
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map_locator = Czechia
commons = Horní Jiřetín
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/567175 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.hornijiretin.cz/ www.hornijiretin.cz]
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Horní Jiřetín (IPA2|ˈɦorɲi: jɪr̝ɛci:n; _de. Obergeorgenthal) is a Czech municipality with 1,900 inhabitants in Most District, in the Ústí nad Labem Region in the foothills of the Ore Mountains on the border with Germany.

Geography

Horní Jiřetín is located approximately 8 km away from Most, 10 km from Litvínov, 40 km from Ústí nad Labem and 90 km from the Czech capital of Prague.

History

The first documented reference to this municipality is from 1263 when the village "Jorenthal" is mentioned as being on the road to Saxony. At the time, the village was mainly governed by the Duchcov-based Lobkowicz family. In the 16th century, iron ore was discovered nearby at Červená Jáma. At the end of the 17th century, the village was hit by the bubonic plague and at the end of the 18th, it suffered from steep financial damage due to war.

Municipal parts

* Černice ("Tschernitz ")
* Dolní Jiřetín ("Niedergeorgenthal ")
* Horní Jiřetín ("Obergeorgenthal ")
* Jezeří ("Eisenberg ")
* Mariánské Údolí ("Marienthal ")

Twin towns

* Battenberg, Hesse, Germany

External links

* [http://www.hornijiretin.cz/ Official website]