- Varnsdorf
Geobox | Settlement
name = Varnsdorf
other_name =
category = Town
image_caption =
| flag_border = 1
symbol = COA Varnsdorf.png
official_name =
motto =
nickname =
country = Czech Republic
country_
state =
region = Ústí nad Labem
region_type = Region
district = Děčín
district_type = District
commune = Varnsdorf
municipality =
part =
river = Mandava
location =
elevation = 332
lat_d = 50
lat_m = 53
lat_s =
lat_NS = N
long_d = 14
long_m = 37
long_s =
long_EW = E
highest =
highest_elevation =
highest_lat_d =
highest_long_d =
lowest =
lowest_elevation =
lowest_lat_d =
lowest_long_d =
area = 26.21
area_round = 2
population = 15786
population_date = 2006-01-01
population_density = auto
established = 1357
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Josef Poláček
timezone =
map_background = Czechia - background map.png
map_locator = Czechia
commons = Varnsdorf
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/562882 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.varnsdorf.cz// www.varnsdorf.cz/]
footnotes =Varnsdorf (IPA2|ˈvarnzdorf; German: "Warnsdorf") is a town in the
Ústí nad Labem Region of theCzech Republic , with a population of around 16,000. The town is close to the border withGermany , having a border crossing to the Saxon town ofSeifhennersdorf , and is the second largest in theDěčín District .The village of Varnsdorf was first recorded in the
14th century , and it united with nearby villages in1849 to form the largest village in theAustrian Empire . It was made a town in1868 . The town was one of the early sites ofOld Catholic Church , and an Old Catholic cathedral remains a tourist attraction. The population has declined somewhat since its peak - the1911 Encyclopedia Britannica gives it as 20,000, and noted it was a textile town. Around 2500buddhist Vietnamese live in and around Varnsdorf, the city hosts the first buddhist temple in Czech Republic [ [http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,5874,0,0,1,0 Buddhist Channel | Buddhism News, Headlines | Europe | Czech Republic first Buddhist temple opens ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.varnsdorf.cz/showdoc.do?docid=267 Municipal website (in English)]
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