Proboštov

Proboštov
Municipality
Municipal office
Municipal office
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Coat of arms of Proboštov
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Proboštov is located in Czech Republic
Proboštov
Proboštov
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°40′4″N 13°50′10″E / 50.66778°N 13.83611°E / 50.66778; 13.83611
Country Czech Republic
RegionÚstí nad Labem
DistrictTeplice
First mentioned1156
Area
 • Total
3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Elevation
245 m (804 ft)
Population
 (2024-01-01)[1]
 • Total
2,692
 • Density720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
417 12
Websitewww.ouprobostov.cz

Proboštov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈproboʃtof], German: Probstau) is a municipality and village in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,700 inhabitants. It is urbanistically fused with the city of Teplice.

Administrative parts

The village of Přítkov is an administrative part of Proboštov.

Etymology

The name was derived from the word probošt (i.e. 'provost') and refers to the fact that the village was originally a monastic property.[2]

Geography

Proboštov is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Ústí nad Labem. The municipality is located north of Teplice and is urbanistically fused with this city. It lies mostly in the Most Basin. The northernmost part of the municipal territory lies in the Ore Mountains and includes the highest point of Proboštov at 404 m (1,325 ft) above sea level. The stream Modlanský potok flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Proboštov is from 1156, when Queen Judith of Thuringia donated the village to the Benedictine monastery in Teplice.[3] The monastery owned the village until the Hussite Wars, when the Hussites burned down the monastery. The estate changed owners several times until 1512, when it was acquired by the Waldstein family. During the 16th century, the village was settled by German settlers. Proboštov was badly damaged during the Thirty Years' War and recovered only slowly.[4]

The railway near Proboštov was built in 1858 and the area became industrialized. Czechs from the hinterland began to move into the village and formed a large minority.[4]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869386—    
1880853+121.0%
18901,152+35.1%
19002,086+81.1%
19102,684+28.7%
YearPop.±%
19213,092+15.2%
19303,920+26.8%
19502,387−39.1%
19612,931+22.8%
19702,523−13.9%
YearPop.±%
19802,341−7.2%
19912,075−11.4%
20012,240+8.0%
20112,528+12.9%
20212,616+3.5%
Source: Censuses[5][6]

Transport

Proboštov is located on the railway lines Ústí nad Labem–Litvínov and Děčín–Kadaň; however, the train station called Proboštov is situated just outside the municipal territory.[7]

The Děčín–Jeníkov-Oldřichov line with limited traffic runs through the northern part of the municipality, but there is no train station.

Sights

Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua

There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[8]

The main landmark of Proboštov is the Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua. Originally a Baroque building, it was rebuilt to its present Neo-Romanesque form in 1881.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ Profous, Antonín (1951). Místní jména v Čechách III: M–Ř (in Czech). pp. 487–488.
  3. ^ "Pro občany" (in Czech). Obec Proboštov. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  4. ^ a b c "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Proboštov. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  5. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  6. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  7. ^ "Detail stanice Proboštov" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  8. ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Proboštov". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
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