Jiřetín pod Jedlovou is a village and municipality (obec

Obec

Obec is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality . The literal meaning of the word is "commune" or "community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities are also municipalities...

) in Děčín District

Decín District

Děčín 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...

 of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of 11.21 square kilometres (4.3 sq mi), and has a population of 580.

Jiřetín pod Jedlovou lies approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-east of Děčín

Decín

Děčín is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region in the north of the Czech Republic. It is the largest town and administrative seat of the Děčín District.-Geography:...

, 45 km (28 mi) north-east of 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 89 km (55 mi) north 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...

.

People

• Johann Birnbaum (painter), (1793–1872), painter
• Franz Anton Ernst , composer
• Anton Donat (1746 - ?), painter
• Johann Aloys Miksch (1765–1845), singer
• Edmunda Maria Anna May (1805 - ?), abbottess
• Josef Pietsch (1810–1866), priest
• Wenzel Salomon (1874, Jiřetín pod Jedlovou - 1953), painter