Libušín

Libušín is a city in the Czech Republic with an area of 9.5 km ², in the year 2006 there were 2,698 inhabitants. Libusin is located in the region Středočeský kraj, four kilometers northwest of the county town of Kladno. Libušín is located at an altitude of 317 m above sea level. M.

History

The place is mentioned in connection with the Oráč mentioned by Alois Jirásek in his legends Libuse and Premysl. In his Chronica Boemorum he describes how, after the death of Prince Krok his youngest daughter Libuse was established as queen of Libušín. From here you will have the future of Bohemia predicted and also sent messengers who should look after the Oráč Přemysl. However, this representation of the historian Přibík Pulkava who moved the seat of the prophetess Libuse due to a newly discovered document on Vyšehrad contradicts.

The first written mention of place among the princes Břetislav I was around 1050, but was inhabited since the 6th to the 7th century, as evidenced by archaeological finds.

Towards the end of the 9th century a mighty fortress was built at about twelve hectares of land, which was located on the strategic point between Bohemia and the Lucko area. Played a major role the fortress in the 11th century in the power struggles between Boleslav Chroby and emperors., Henry II was subsequently left the castle again, as she had lost its strategic importance. According to written documents people settled in the 11th century in the area of the castle down. 1277 gave Ottokar II the village with its lands to the Benedictines. 1514 bought the gentlemen Martinic ( Martinicové ze Smečna ) the property, which they held until the 20th century.

In the second half of the 19th century the city experienced an economic boom due to coal discoveries, which brought a Verneunfachung the population within forty years with him.

1919 was followed by the collection to the city, in 1961 the city rights were revoked. Since 17 October 2006 Libušín is a city again.

Attractions

• Neo-Gothic Church of St. Prokop (1908 )
• Slavic fortress from the sixth and seventh centuries. The fixing was carried out during the ninth century. Probably stood inside the fortified already in the tenth century, the church of St. George. 1277 as the site for the property of the Benedictine monastery of St. John the Baptist was in Ostrov, the church received a presbytery. 1352, the church was led as a parish church. 1500 the building was expanded to include a bell tower and equipped with bells of Master Bartholomew of Prague. 1683 was the addition of an baroque altar and a pulpit, 1711 by stone portals, 1737 at the church choir. 1760 the old altar was replaced by a Rococo altar. 1859 installed to a pipe organ, 1893 was the restoration of the ceiling paintings. Since 1908, after the inauguration of the Church of St. Prokop, the building serves as a place of pilgrimage and church cemetery.

Every Sunday (24 April ) after the feast of St. James held the spectacle of a historic battle with about a thousand actors and tens of thousands of spectators in the vicinity of the former fortress.

Personalities

• Jiří Pauer ( born 1919 ), Czech composer.