Chřibská

Coordinates: 50°51′44″N 14°28′53″E / 50.86222°N 14.48139°E / 50.86222; 14.48139

Chřibská
Town
St. George Church
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Ústí nad Labem
District	Děčín
Commune	Varnsdorf
Elevation	387 m (1,270 ft)
Coordinates	50°51′44″N 14°28′53″E / 50.86222°N 14.48139°E / 50.86222; 14.48139
Area	15.93 km2 (6.15 sq mi)
Population	1,407
Density	88 / km2 (228 / sq mi)
First mentioned	1383
Mayor	Josef Navrátil
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	407 44
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Chřibská
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.chribska.cz

Memorial plaque of 1885 at the birthplace of Thaddäus Haenke, in German, with plaque in Czech added in the 1960s

Chřibská (Czech pronunciation: [ˈxr̝̊ɪpskaː]; German: Kreibitz) is a town in the Okres Děčín in Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has ca. 1407 inhabitants (2005).

History

The place was first mentioned in 1383 as located at the trading road from Bohemia to the Lausitz. It became part of the possessions of the family of Wartenberg from Děčín, and in 1614 of the Kinsky family. Town rights had been granted in 1570, and in 1596 a militia was founded for defense.

Along with other parts of the former Austrian Empire, Chřibská became part of Czechoslovakia in 1919. From 1938, after the Munich Agreement regarding the Sudetenland, until 1945, Chřibská was part of Varnsdorf district, with the suburbs of Niederkreibitz (Dolní Chřibská), Oberkreibitz (Horní Chřibská) and Schönfeld (Krásné Pole).

The Expulsion of Germans after World War II in 1945-1946 reduced the population. Since 10 October 2006 Chřibská is again a town.

The oldest running glass production in Europe is located in Horní Chřibská. It was founded shortly after 1500 by the German-Bohemian glass-maker family Friedrich^[1].

Famous people

• Near the neo-gothic town hall of 1872, the explorer Thaddäus Haenke was born in 1761.

External links

• (Czech) (German) (English) Municipal website
• (German) (English) (Czech) (French) History of Kreibitz
• (Czech) (German) (English) Microregion Tolstejn

References

1. ^ Walter A. Friedrich: Die Wurzeln der nordböhmischen Glasindustrie und die Glasmacherfamilie Friedrich. Fürth (Germany) 2005, published by the author. ISBN 3-00-015752-2

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