Petrovice (Ústí nad Labem District)
Encyclopedia
Petrovice is a village and municipality (obec
) in Ústí nad Labem District
in the Ústí nad Labem Region
of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 52.33 square kilometres (20.2 sq mi), and has a population of 784 (as at 3 July 2006).
Petrovice lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Ústí nad Labem
and 84 km (52 mi) north of Prague
.
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 Ústí nad Labem District
Ústí nad Labem District
Ústí nad Labem District is one of seven districts located within the Ústí nad Labem Region of 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 52.33 square kilometres (20.2 sq mi), and has a population of 784 (as at 3 July 2006).
Petrovice lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north 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 84 km (52 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...
.
See also
- Battle of PeterswaldeBattle of PeterswaldeThe Battle of Peterswalde occurred on 15 August 1759, in Peterswald, now part of the Czech Republic, during the Seven Years War. Peterswalde was the site of a Habsburg ammunition magazine. A column of Prince Henry of Prussia's advance guard, under command of Johann Jakob von Wunsch, attacked a...
(Seven Years' WarSeven Years' WarThe Seven Years' War was a global military war between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines...
) - Battle of KulmBattle of KulmThe Battle of Kulm was a battle near the town Kulm and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition...
(Napoleonic WarsNapoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
)