Děčín

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Děčín

| other_name =

| settlement_type = Statutory city

| image_skyline = Děčín (Tetschen), Czech Republic.jpg

| image_caption = View over the Elbe Valley

| image_flag = Flag of Decin.svg

| image_shield = Coat of arms of Děčín.jpg

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CZE}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Ústí nad Labem

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Děčín

| image_map =

| map_caption =

| pushpin_map = Czech Republic

| pushpin_relief = 1

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic

| coordinates = {{coord|50|46|25|N|14|11|46|E|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Jiří Anděl

| leader_party = {{polparty|Czech Republic|ANO}}

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = 993

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 117.70

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 135

| population_as_of = 2024-01-01

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024|url=https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/population-of-municipalities-qexb0dqr2d|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2024-05-17}}

| population_total = 46799

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 405 02

| area_code_type =

| area_code =

| website = {{URL|https://www.mmdecin.cz/}}

| footnotes =

}}

Děčín ({{IPA|cs|ˈɟɛtʃiːn}}; {{langx|de|Tetschen}}) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It is the 7th largest municipality in the country by area. Děčín is an important traffic junction.

Administrative division

Děčín consists of 35 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

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  • Děčín I-Děčín (4,723)
  • Děčín II-Nové Město (5,948)
  • Děčín III-Staré Město (3,687)
  • Děčín IV-Podmokly (5,376)
  • Děčín V-Rozbělesy (342)
  • Děčín VI-Letná (7,502)
  • Děčín VII-Chrochvice (1,252)
  • Děčín VIII-Dolní Oldřichov (704)
  • Děčín IX-Bynov (3,670)
  • Děčín X-Bělá (907)
  • Děčín XI-Horní Žleb (292)
  • Děčín XII-Vilsnice (277)
  • Děčín XIII-Loubí (185)
  • Děčín XIV-Dolní Žleb (141)
  • Děčín XV-Prostřední Žleb (232)
  • Děčín XVI-Přípeř (97)
  • Děčín XVII-Jalůvčí (559)
  • Děčín XVIII-Maxičky (100)
  • Děčín XIX-Čechy (195)
  • Děčín XX-Nová Ves (218)
  • Děčín XXI-Horní Oldřichov (445)
  • Děčín XXII-Václavov (306)
  • Děčín XXIII-Popovice (175)
  • Děčín XXIV-Krásný Studenec (594)
  • Děčín XXV-Chmelnice (297)
  • Děčín XXVI-Bechlejovice (166)
  • Děčín XXVII-Březiny (1,757)
  • Děčín XXVIII-Folknáře (333)
  • Děčín XXIX-Hoštice nad Labem (45)
  • Děčín XXX-Velká Veleň (93)
  • Děčín XXXI-Křešice (728)
  • Děčín XXXII-Boletice nad Labem (4,437)
  • Děčín XXXIII-Nebočady (312)
  • Děčín XXXIV-Chlum (90)
  • Děčín XXXV-Lesná (152)

{{div col end}}

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal Slavic name Děk.{{cite book |last=Profous|first=Antonín|title=Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H|url=https://mjc.ujc.cas.cz/search.php|pages=371|year=1947|language=cs}}

Geography

Děčín is located about {{convert|18|km}} northeast of Ústí nad Labem and {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Dresden. The municipal territory borders Germany in the north. With an area of {{convert|117.70|km2|abbr=on}}, Děčín is the 7th largest municipality in the country by area. It lies in the transition zone between the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the north and the Central Bohemian Uplands in the south. The highest point is a contour line on the slopes of Děčínský Sněžník at {{convert|702|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.

The city proper lies at the confluence of the Elbe and Ploučnice rivers. Most of the built-up area is situated in the river valley with an elevation of {{convert|135|m|ft|abbr=on}}, which makes it the lowest city in the country. The entire area of the city falls into the protected landscape areas České středohoří and Labské pískovce.

=Climate=

Děčín's climate is classified as humid continental climate (Köppen: Cfb; Trewartha: Dobk). Among them, the annual average temperature is {{convert|9.7|C}}, the hottest month in July is {{convert|19.3|C}}, and the coldest month is {{convert|0.3|C}} in January. The annual precipitation is {{convert|600.5|mm}}, of which July is the wettest with {{convert|82.1|mm}}, while April is the driest with only {{convert|28.7|mm}}. The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from {{convert|-26.6|C}} on 9 February 1956 to {{convert|38.6|C}} on 28 July 2013.{{cite web |title=Teplota vzduchu v jednotlivé kalendářní dny|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=U2DECI01&type=T&analysis=MD_T|access-date=2025-02-20|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs}}

{{Weather box

|location = Děčín, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1861–present

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|Jan record high C = 17.5

|Feb record high C = 19.2

|Mar record high C = 25.3

|Apr record high C = 31.7

|May record high C = 33.8

|Jun record high C = 37.0

|Jul record high C = 38.6

|Aug record high C = 38.5

|Sep record high C = 33.0

|Oct record high C = 27.2

|Nov record high C = 20.3

|Dec record high C = 16.8

|year record high C = 38.6

|Jan high C = 3.1

|Feb high C = 5.5

|Mar high C = 10.0

|Apr high C = 16.4

|May high C = 21.1

|Jun high C = 24.4

|Jul high C = 26.2

|Aug high C = 25.9

|Sep high C = 20.4

|Oct high C = 14.2

|Nov high C = 8.2

|Dec high C = 4.0

|year high C = 14.9

|Jan mean C = 0.3

|Feb mean C = 1.5

|Mar mean C = 4.8

|Apr mean C = 9.7

|May mean C = 14.4

|Jun mean C = 17.7

|Jul mean C = 19.3

|Aug mean C = 18.5

|Sep mean C = 13.9

|Oct mean C = 9.3

|Nov mean C = 5.1

|Dec mean C = 1.6

|year mean C = 9.7

|Jan low C = -2.4

|Feb low C = -1.9

|Mar low C = 0.6

|Apr low C = 3.9

|May low C = 8.5

|Jun low C = 11.8

|Jul low C = 13.7

|Aug low C = 13.0

|Sep low C = 9.5

|Oct low C = 5.7

|Nov low C = 2.4

|Dec low C = -0.9

|year low C = 5.3

|Jan record low C = -24.5

|Feb record low C = -26.6

|Mar record low C = -18.5

|Apr record low C = -8.7

|May record low C = -3.0

|Jun record low C = -1.6

|Jul record low C = 3.6

|Aug record low C = 1.2

|Sep record low C = -2.4

|Oct record low C = -8.0

|Nov record low C = -13.4

|Dec record low C = -22.5

|year record low C = -26.6

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 44.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 32.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 39.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 28.7

|May precipitation mm = 56.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 61.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 82.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 76.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 48.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 47.6

|Nov precipitation mm = 40.9

|Dec precipitation mm = 41.7

|year precipitation mm = 600.5

|Jan snow cm = 15.1

|Feb snow cm = 11.8

|Mar snow cm = 4.8

|Apr snow cm = 0.8

|May snow cm = 0.0

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 0.0

|Oct snow cm = 0.0

|Nov snow cm = 2.1

|Dec snow cm = 13.5

|year snow cm = 48.1

|humidity colour = green

|Jan humidity = 82.1

|Feb humidity = 78.6

|Mar humidity = 74.3

|Apr humidity = 69.6

|May humidity = 70.3

|Jun humidity = 69.9

|Jul humidity = 71.7

|Aug humidity = 74.7

|Sep humidity = 80.2

|Oct humidity = 82.6

|Nov humidity = 84.1

|Dec humidity = 83.9

|year humidity = 76.8

|Jan sun = 15.2

|Feb sun = 34.9

|Mar sun = 76.4

|Apr sun = 120.7

|May sun = 136.8

|Jun sun = 170.5

|Jul sun = 160.3

|Aug sun = 142.9

|Sep sun = 119.5

|Oct sun = 69.6

|Nov sun = 20.4

|Dec sun = 11.6

|year sun = 1078.6

|source 1 = Czech Hydrometeorological Institute{{cite web |title=Průměrná teplota vzduchu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=U2DECI01&type=T&analysis=MY_T|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220130356/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=U2DECI01&type=T&analysis=MY_T|archive-date=2025-02-20}}{{cite web |title=Úhrn srážek v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=U2DECI01&type=R&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-20}}{{cite web |title=Množství nového sněhu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=U2DECI01&type=N&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-20}}{{cite web |title=Průměrná relativní vlhkost vzduchu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=U2DECI01&type=H&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-20}}{{cite web |title=Délka slunečního svitu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=U2DECI01&type=S&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220133147/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=U2DECI01&type=S&analysis=MY|archive-date=2025-02-20}}}}

History

File:Schloss Tetschen 1855.jpg

File:Děčín 08-2022 (1).jpg

According to archaeological discoveries, the settlement of the area began at the La Tène times. Slavic settlement can be documented since the 7th century. The first written mention of Děčín is from 993, when the Děčín province existed and it is assumed that Děčín was its administrative centre. Děčín was founded at the ford over the Elbe in the places where the trade route led. The Přemyslid dukes of Bohemia had a gord built for the protection of the waterway. The gord was replaced by a stone castle in the first half of the 13th century. In the second half of the 13th century, King Ottokar II founded a new royal city under the castle.{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.mmdecin.cz/historie|publisher=City of Děčín|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-13}}

The Lords of Wartenberg acquired Děčín in 1305. They made the city their family seat, but had to sell it due to debts. From 1511 to 1515, the estate was owned by Mikuláš Trčka of Lípa, who then sold it to the Salhausen family. In 1534, Knights of Bünau purchased the estate. They had rebuilt a part of the castle into a comfortable Renaissance residence.{{cite web |title=Zámek Děčín|url=https://turistickyatlas.cz/vse/misto/7513_zamek-decin.html|website=turistickyatlas.cz|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-13}} During their rule, the city experienced rapid development. Trade, transport on the Elbe and handicrafts flourished. Stone quarries, a lime factory and a brickyard were established.

The Knights of Bünau introduced Protestantism to the region, however the Protestant belief was suppressed by the Habsburg kings in the course of the Counter-Reformation, and the Bünaus were driven out upon the 1620 Battle of White Mountain. In 1628, they sold the estate to the Thun und Hohenstein family.{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Tetschen|volume=26|pages=671–672}} This family owned Děčín until 1918. The city suffered during the Thirty Years' War. In 1631 it was occupied by the Saxons and in 1639 and 1648 it was conquered by the Swedish army. As a result of the war, Děčín turned into a small insignificant town.

In the 1768, a spring of mineral water was discovered in the nearby village of Horní Žleb (today part of Děčín). Count Johann Joseph Thun founded here a small spa in 1777. The spa prospered and the Thun family built additional infrastructure. Due to the development of industry and traffic, which brought noise to the area, the spa began to decline, and in 1906 the Thuns sold it. In 1922, the spa was finally closed.{{cite web |title=Českosaské Švýcarsko – kolébka turistiky|url=https://www.ceskesvycarsko.cz/cs/blog/ceskosaske-svycarsko-kolebka-turistiky|website=ceskesvycarsko.cz|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-13}}

A new development of Děčín took place in the 18th century. The biggest impetus to the development of industry was the construction of a railway from Prague to Dresden in 1851. Děčín on the left bank of the Elbe and the village of Podmokly ({{langx|de|Bodenbach}}) on the right bank became an important transport hubs. The growth of industry triggered the construction of apartments and an influx of residents. Between 1890 and 1914, population of Podmokly raised to 20,000 inhabitants. Podmokly was promoted to a town in 1901.

Following World War I, since 1918, the area was part of Czechoslovakia. Upon the 1938 Munich Agreement, both towns were annexed by Nazi Germany and incorporated into the Reichsgau Sudetenland. Under German occupation, a Gestapo prison{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=1030|title=Gestapogefängnis Tetschen-Bodenbach|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=7 November 2021|language=de}} and a forced labour camp were located in the city.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000833|title=Arbeitserziehungslager Tetschen|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=7 November 2021|language=de}} After the war, the ethnic German population was expelled under terms of the 1945 Potsdam Agreement and the Beneš decrees. Both towns were merged in 1942. After 1945, the neighbouring municipalities gradually also merged with Děčín.

Děčín was badly hit by the 2002 European flood.{{cite web |title=Povodně 2002: pět utržených lodí se řítilo po Labi na děčínské mosty|url=https://sever.rozhlas.cz/povodne-2002-pet-utrzenych-lodi-se-ritilo-po-labi-na-decinske-mosty-6878209|publisher=Czech Radio|language=cs|date=2012-08-15|access-date=2023-04-12}}

Demographics

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|17492

|1880|22846

|1890|28298

|1900|37617

|1910|48148

|1921|50010

|1930|55925

|1950|42563

|1961|46339

|1970|50301

|1980|53207

|1991|53899

|2001|52506

|2011|49106

|2021|46337

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

Economy

The largest employer based in Děčín is ČEZ Distribuce, a part of ČEZ Group engaged in the distribution of electricity. The largest industrial companies are Constellium Extrusions Děčín, a manufacturer of aluminium products, and Chart Ferox, a manufacturer of gas storage systems.{{cite web |title=Registr ekonomických subjektů|url=https://www.czso.cz/csu/res/registr_ekonomickych_subjektu|work=Business Register|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-12}}

Tourism is a significant part of the city's economy. The city benefits from its location in protected landscape areas and the proximity of the Bohemian Switzerland National Park.

Transport

File:Děčín hlavní nádraží (2021).jpg railway station]]

Děčín is a significant junction of land, rail and water transport, situated near an important Czech-German border crossing. The city is located at the intersection of roads I/13 (from Teplice to Liberec) and I/62 (from Ústí nad Labem to the Czech-German border), which are parts of the European route E442).

The railway station Děčín hlavní nádraží is located on one of the most important Czech railway lines, which leads from Prague to Děčín via Ústí nad Labem, and continues to Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg and Kiel. Other lines that lead from or through the city are Ústí nad Labem–Liberec, Děčín–Kadaň, and Děčín–Rumburk. In addition to the main railway station, the large territory of Děčín is served by eleven other train stations: Děčín-Staré Město, Děčín východ, Děčín-Přípeř, Děčín-Prostřední Žleb, Děčín-Čertova Voda, Boletice nad Labem, Březiny u Děčína, Dolní Žleb, Dolní Žleb zastávka, Křešice u Děčína and Vilsnice.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Děčín|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/decin-hln/5455659|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2025-03-07}}

Other three train stops, Děčín zastávka, Děčín-Oldřichov and Děčín-Bynov, are located on the Děčín hlavní nádraží–Telnice line, which operates only during the tourist season on weekends and holidays. The ČSD Class M 152.0 retro train drives there.{{cite web |title=Podkrušnohorský motoráček na Kozí dráze|url=https://www.kudyznudy.cz/akce/podkrusnohorsky-motoracek-na-kozi-draze|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|access-date=2025-03-07}}

There are two public river ports.{{cite web |title=Veřejné přístavy|url=https://www.lavdis.cz/vodni-cesty/verejne-pristavy|publisher=Státní plavební správa|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-12}}

Sights

=Děčín Castle=

File:Decin.JPG

Děčín Castle is one of the most popular sights in the region. It is located on a hill near the city centre and overlooks the Elbe. Not later than in 1128, it was constructed as a wooden fortress, and replaced by a royal stone castle in the 13th century. In the 16th century, a grand Renaissance palace was constructed on the site, to be renovated in the Baroque style from the 17th century onward.{{cite web |title=Castle History|url=https://www.zamekdecin.cz/en/info/castle-history|publisher=Děčín Castle|access-date=2021-11-07}}

From 1628, the castle served as the administrative centre of the Thun und Hohenstein family. They built an unusual feature of the castle – the long, straight-walled road leading up to it, known as the "Long Ride" (Dlouhá jízda). The last major renovation was completed in 1803. In 1835, Frédéric Chopin wrote his Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 34 No. 1 here.

In 1932, financial problems forced the Thun und Hohenstein family to sell the castle to the Czechoslovak state. It served as army barracks, then it was appropriated by occupying Germans as a military garrison during World War II. Lastly, it was occupied by Soviet troops, who invaded from the east and rousted the Germans.

The Soviet Army departed in 1991, leaving the castle in a state of disrepair. In 2005, the government completed a restoration of a large part of the castle and opened it as a museum and venue for private gatherings and public events.

=Sacral monuments=

File:Decin CZ Rose Garden 09.jpg

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is one of the most important monuments of the city. It was built in the early Baroque style in 1687–1691 by the Thun und Hohenstein family as a castle church. A covered corridor on pillared arcades connects the church with the castle. The Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows adjoins the church from the south side.{{cite web |title=Povýšení sv. Kříže s kaplí Panny Marie Sněžné|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-povyseni-sv-krize-s-kapli-panny-marie-snezne-12163439|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-12}}

The Church of Saints Wenceslaus and Blaise was built in the Baroque style in 1754–1778. It replaced a church destroyed by a fire in 1749.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Václava a sv. Blažeje|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-vaclava-a-sv-blazeje-22051922|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-12}}

The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Děčín-Podmokly is a neo-Romanesque building. It was built in 1856–1858. The interior was painted by Joseph von Führich.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Františka z Assisi|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-frantiska-z-assisi-12168085|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-12}}

The Evangelical church in Děčín-Podmokly was built in 1881–1884. It is a three-nave eclectic building.{{cite web |title=Evangelický kostel|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/evangelicky-kostel-12175131|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-12}}

The Church of Saint Wenceslaus is located in Děčín-Rozbělesy. Built in 1723–1783, it was designed by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Václava|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-vaclava-12280779|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-12}}

The synagogue in Děčín-Podmokly was built in 1906–1907 in a faux Oriental style with Art Nouveau elements. During World War II, it lost its function and served as a warehouse. In 1994, it was returned to the local Jewish community. Today the former synagogue serves cultural and social purposes.{{cite web |title=Synagog|url=https://www.idecin.cz/en/synagog|work=Tourist Portal of the City of Děčín|access-date=2023-04-12}}

=Bridges=

File:Tyršův most z pravého břehu Labe.jpg

Staroměstský Bridge ("Old Town Bridge") dates from 1574. This stone bridge replaced an older stone bridge, destroyed during the 1561 floods. The bridge is decorated by a Baroque sculpture group of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and John of Nepomuk, created by Michael Brokoff in 1714.{{cite web |title=Mosty|url=https://www.idecin.cz/mosty|work=Tourist Portal of the City of Děčín|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-13}}

Ovčí můstek ("Sheep Bridge") is a small Renaissance bridge from 1561. The bridge is significantly arched to protect it from floods.

Tyrš Bridge is one of the main landmarks of Děčín. This steel bridge was built in 1933 on the site of the older Empress Elisabeth Bridge, which was no longer suitable for increased traffic. The steel structure is supported by modified pillars from the original bridge. The bridge was named in honor of the local native Miroslav Tyrš.

=Other=

In the river Elbe near the left bank stands a basalt hunger stone, which is visible only when water levels are low. It is one of the oldest hydrological monuments in Central Europe. It is an indicator of drought in the region. The oldest legible record for which the time of origin is verified dates from 1616.{{cite web |title=Hunger rock|url=https://www.idecin.cz/en/hunger-rock|work=Tourist Portal of the City of Děčín|access-date=2023-04-13}}

The most visited tourist destination in the city is Děčín Zoo. It was founded in 1948.{{cite web |title=Turisté mají v České republice nejraději zoologické zahrady, technické památky, koupání a Pražský hrad|url=https://www.czechtourism.cz/cs-CZ/a379e3ab-cae1-419c-9094-6a8f4f244128/article/turiste-maji-v-ceske-republice-nejradeji-zoologick|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|date=2022-06-24|access-date=2023-04-12}}

Notable people

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Twin towns – sister cities

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}

Děčín is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Partnerská města|url=https://www.mmdecin.cz/index.php/cs/partnerska-mesta|publisher=Statutární město Děčín|language=cs|access-date=2020-06-21}}

Gallery

Děčín, Levý břeh Labe s Pastýřskou stěnou Dm113435-5765 IMG 7499 2018-08-11 08.25.jpg|Left bank of the Elbe with Pastýřská stěna

Děčín, Masarykovo náměstí (2021) (5).jpg|Masarykovo Square

Děčín I, roh ulic Nerudova a 28. října.jpg|28. října Street

Děčín (Tetschen) - Rose Garden.jpg|Děčín Castle's Rose Garden

Děčín, kostel svatého Václava a Blažeje Dm255205-4084 positie2 IMG 7469 2018-08-10 18.21.jpg|Church of Saints Wencelaus and Blaise

DC-Husovo-nam-kath-Kirche.jpg|Church of Saint Francis of Assisi

Synagoga (Děčín).JPG|Former synagogue

References

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