Horní Jiretín
Encyclopedia
Horní Jiřetín (ˈɦorɲiː jɪr̝ɛciːn; ) 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.
, 10 km from Litvínov
, 40 km from Ústí nad Labem
and 90 km from the Czech capital of Prague
.
. 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.
After World War II
the local German populace was expelled
.
with: Battenberg, Hesse
, Germany
Most District
Most District is one of seven districts located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic...
, in the Ústí nad Labem Region
Ústí nad Labem Region
Ústí nad Labem Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of its historical region of Bohemia...
in the foothills of the Ore Mountains on the border with Germany.
Geography
Horní Jiřetín is located approximately 8 km away from MostMost
Most is the capital city of the Most District, situated between the Czech Central Mountains and the Ore Mountains, approximately northwest of Prague along the Bílina River and southwest of Ústí nad Labem.-Etymology:...
, 10 km from Litvínov
Litvínov
Litvínov is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. The largest oil refinery in the Czech Republic is located there. Models Eva Herzigová and Iva Frühlingová come from Litvínov. The HC Litvínov ice hockey club is based in the town....
, 40 km from Ústí nad Labem
Ústí nad Labem
Ústí nad Labem is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The city is the 7th-most populous in the country.Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and the Elbe Rivers, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction...
and 90 km from the Czech capital of Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
.
History
The first documented reference to this municipality is from 1263 when the village Jorenthal is mentioned as being on the road to SaxonySaxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
. At the time, the village was mainly governed by the Duchcov
Duchcov
Duchcov is a town in the Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population exceeding 9,000 and is located at the foot of the Ore Mountains....
-based Lobkowicz
Lobkowicz
The Lobkowicz family is one of the oldest still existing Bohemian noble families dating back to the 14th century...
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
Bubonic plague
Plague is a deadly infectious disease that is caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis, named after the French-Swiss bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin. Primarily carried by rodents and spread to humans via fleas, the disease is notorious throughout history, due to the unrivaled scale of death...
and at the end of the 18th, it suffered from steep financial damage due to war.
After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the local German populace was expelled
Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia
The expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II was part of a series of evacuations and expulsions of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe during and after World War II....
.
Municipal parts
- Černice (Tschernitz )
- Dolní Jiřetín (Niedergeorgenthal )
- Horní Jiřetín (Obergeorgenthal )
- Jezeří (Eisenberg )
- Mariánské Údolí (Marienthal )
Twin towns — Sister cities
Horní Jiřetín is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with: Battenberg, Hesse
Battenberg, Hesse
Battenberg is a small town in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. The town is noted for giving its name to the Battenberg family, a morganatic branch of the ruling House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and through it, the name Mountbatten used by members of the British royal family, a literal...
, Germany