Libochovice

Libochovice consists of three 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}}

• Libochovice (2,813)
• Dubany (189)
• Poplze (389)

The name is derived from the personal name Liboch (in old Czech known as Ľuboch), meaning "the village of Liboch's people".{{cite book |last=Profous|first=Antonín|title=Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L|url=https://mjc.ujc.cas.cz/search.php|page=597|year=1949|language=cs}}

Libochovice is located about {{convert|15|km|0}} south of Litoměřice and {{convert|28|km|abbr=on}} south of Ústí nad Labem. It lies in an agricultural landscape in the Lower Ohře Table. The Ohře River flows through the town.

The first written mention of Libochovice is from 1336, when it was described as a market town with a fortress. In 1560, Libochovice became a town.{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.libochovice.cz/historie/ds-1052/p1=5543|publisher=Město Libochovice|language=cs|access-date=2022-05-30}}

The first Jews came into the town probably in the second half of the 15th century. From the second half of the 16th century there was a strong Jewish community, but most of them died during the Holocaust, and the community was never renewed after World War II.{{cite web |title=Židovská čtvrť|url=https://www.libochovice.eu/zidovska-ctvrt/|publisher=Město Libochovice|language=cs|access-date=2022-05-30}}

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|2577

|1880|2718

|1890|2785

|1900|2867

|1910|3049

|1921|3404

|1930|3575

|1950|3229

|1961|3377

|1970|3328

|1980|3512

|1991|3648

|2001|3677

|2011|3547

|2021|3391

|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}}}}

Libochovice is located on the railway lines Ústí nad Labem–Žatec and Česká Lípa–Postoloprty.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Libochovice|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/libochovice/5455449|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2023-07-28}} The town is also the final station of the railway line from Roudnice nad Labem. Historic trains run on it and it is only in operation during the summer tourist season on weekends.{{cite web |title=Podřipský motoráček|url=https://www.kzc.cz/?sekce=pravidelne_verejne_vlaky&stranka=podripsky_motoracek|publisher=Klub železničních cestovatelů|language=cs|access-date=2023-07-28}}

File:Libochovice 2019-06 07.jpg

Libochovice is known for the Libochovice Castle. It is a Rennaisance castle created by reconstruction of the former Gothic fortress. The castle park was founded in 1686.{{cite web |title=Zámek Libochovice|url=https://www.libochovice.eu/zamek-libochovice/|publisher=Město Libochovice|language=cs|access-date=2022-05-30}}

The Church of All Saints was originally a Gothic church from the 14th century. The tower was added in 1541. After it was destroyed by a fire in 1661, it was completely rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1700–1705.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Václava|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-vaclava-12309917|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-07-28}}

The Jewish community is reminded of the cemetery, founded in 1583, and of part of the original houses of the Jewish quarter. The synagogue from the second half of the 18th century was demolished in 1985 and is commemorated by a memorial plaque.

• Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869), anatomist and physiologist
• Ábrahám Lederer (1827–1916), Czech-Hungarian educator and writer
• Berta Fanta (1865–1918), intellectual and feminist
• Eliška Purkyňová (1868–1933), politician
• Václav Vacek (1877–1960), writer and politician, Mayor of Prague
• Josef Kopta (1894–1962), writer and journalist

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• {{official|https://www.libochovice.cz/}}
• [https://www.zamek-libochovice.cz/en Libochovice Castle]
• [http://www.zanikleobce.cz/index.php?detail=1450721 Article about Libochovice Jews] {{in lang|cs}}

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Category:Cities and towns in the Czech Republic

Category:Populated places in Litoměřice District

Category:Jewish communities in the Czech Republic