Chlumec nad Cidlinou

Chlumec nad Cidlinou ( German Chlumetz at the Zidlina ) is a city in the Czech district Hradec Kralove and counts 5298 inhabitants.

It is 223 m above sea level. M. 25 km west of Hradec Králové at the confluence of Bystřice in the Zidlina and was first documented in 1235.

The best-known buildings are the Karlova Koruna castle and the Piarist founded in 1699 by Norbert Wenzel Octavian Kinsky Loreta, which today serves as a museum.

Community structure

The city Chlumec nad Cidlinou is divided into the districts of Chlumec nad Cidlinou I Chlumec nad Cidlinou II, III and Chlumec nad Cidlinou Chlumec nad Cidlinou IV as well as in the villages Kladruby ( Klabrub ) Lučice ( Lutschitz ) and Pametnik ( Pamietnik ).

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Franz Ulrich Graf Kinsky (1634-1699), politician
  • Václav Kliment Klicpera (1792-1859), playwright
  • Louis Mink (1866-1938), actor, director and screenwriter
  • Zdeněk Matějček (1922-2004), child psychologist
  • Ivana Loudová ( b. 1941 ), composer
  • Václav Pilař (* 1988), football player

In the city lived and worked

  • Octavian Joseph Graf Kinsky (1813-1896), the owner of the domain Chlumetz bred at the stud Wostrow named after him Kinsky horse
Kraj Okres Hectare Cidlina Karlova Koruna Chateau House of Kinsky Piarists Louis Nerz Babice (Hradec Králové District) Barchov (Hradec Králové District) Divec Dohalice Humburky Kosice (Hradec Králové Region) Lochenice Mokrovousy Nechanice Prasek Puchlovice Roudnice Sloupno (Hradec Králové District) Vinary (Hradec Králové District) Vrchovnice
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