Město Libavá

Municipality in Olomouc, Czech Republic

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49°43′19″N 17°31′4″E / 49.72194°N 17.51778°E / 49.72194; 17.51778Country

Czech RepublicRegionOlomoucDistrictOlomoucFirst mentioned1301Area

• Total29.33 km² (11.32 sq mi)Elevation

530 m (1,740 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total568 • Density19/km² (50/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

783 07

Websitewww.mesto-libava.eu

Město Libavá (German: Liebau, Stadt Liebau) is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Heroltovice is an administrative part of Město Libavá.

Geography

Město Libavá is located about 23 kilometres (14 mi) northeast of Olomouc. It lies in the Nízký Jeseník range. The highest point is at 722 m (2,369 ft) above sea level. The stream Libavský potok flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Město Libavá is from 1301, when it was a property of the Olomouc bishopric.^[2]

Město Libavá became a separate municipality on 1 January 2016 by reduction of Libavá Military Training Area.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	3,048	—
1880	3,240	+6.3%
1890	3,348	+3.3%
1900	3,422	+2.2%
1910	3,267	−4.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	3,111	−4.8%
1930	2,950	−5.2%
1950	5,063	+71.6%
1961	574	−88.7%
1970	645	+12.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	465	−27.9%
1991	503	+8.2%
2001	711	+41.4%
2011	536	−24.6%
2021	529	−1.3%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Město Libavá is the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It was built in the Baroque style in the 1660s. From 2016, it is owned by the municipality and is used for cultural and social purposes.^[5]

The Church of Saints James the Great and Anne is located in a remote place called Stará Voda, where there was once a large pilgrimage complex with a Dominican monastery. The church was built in the Baroque style in 1681–1689, on the site of two old pilgrimage chapels.^[6]

A rare technical monument is a Dutch-type windmill from the second half of the 19th century.^[7]

Notable people

John M. Oesterreicher (1904–1993), Austrian-American Catholic theologian

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ ^a ^b "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Město Libavá. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Olomouc" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 11–12.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Kostel Povýšení sv. Kříže" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
^ "Kostel sv. Jakuba Většího a sv. Anny" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
^ "Větrný mlýn" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-02-19.