Ledvice

Ledvice
Ledvice
Town
	Ledvice seen from the Ledvice power plant
	Flag Coat of arms
	Ledvice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°35′18″N 13°45′58″E / 50.58833°N 13.76611°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Ústí nad Labem
District	Teplice
First mentioned	1209
Government
• Mayor	Zdeněk Javůrek
Area
• Total	4.97 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Elevation	204 m (669 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)
• Total	536
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	417 72
Website	www.ledvice.cz

Ledvice (German: Ladowitz) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name was derived from the personal name Ledva, meaning "the village of Ledva's people".^[2]

Geography

Ledvice is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Teplice. It lies in the Most Basin. The highest point is at 229 m (751 ft) above sea level. The western part of the municipality is formed by the Bílina Quarry.

History

The first written mention of Ledvice is from 1204. The people's livelihood was agriculture, later the production of porcelain also developed. Until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1850, the village belonged to the Duchcov estate. In the 19th century, the region became a centre for lignite mining, which led to an increase in the population. In 1898, Ledvice was promoted to a market town. In 1911, Emperor Franz Joseph I promoted Ledvice to the status of a town.^[3]

In 1938–1945, the town was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland. After World War II, the German inhabitants were expelled. In the following decades, deep mining was gradually replaced by surface mining, which resulted in the liquidation of a large part of the town and caused a significant decrease in the number of inhabitants.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	413	—
1880	1,728	+318.4%
1890	3,309	+91.5%
1900	4,065	+22.8%
1910	4,466	+9.9%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	4,193	−6.1%
1930	4,458	+6.3%
1950	2,435	−45.4%
1961	2,123	−12.8%
1970	657	−69.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	541	−17.7%
1991	447	−17.4%
2001	529	+18.3%
2011	551	+4.2%
2021	508	−7.8%

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Transport

The Děčín–Kadaň railway line runs along the eastern municipal border, but there is no train station.

Sights

Ledvice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is the Monument to the Fallen in World War I and II. The scuptural group was created in 1947 and surpasses other similar monuments in quality of workmanship and originality.^[6]

Notable people

Jaromír Bünter (1930–2015), ice hockey player

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in Czech). p. 499.
^ ^a ^b "Historie města" (in Czech). Město Ledvice. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Ledvice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.

[2] Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in Czech). p. 499.

[history-3] "Historie města" (in Czech). Město Ledvice. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

[4] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.

[5] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[6] "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Ledvice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

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