Chomutov

Town

Town square in Chomutov

Flag

Country

Elevation

340 m (1,115 ft)

Coordinates

50°27′40″N 13°25′00″E / 50.46111°N 13.41667°ECoordinates: 50°27′40″N 13°25′00″E / 50.46111°N 13.41667°E

Area

29.26 km² (11.30 sq mi)

Population

49,187 (As of 2013^[update])

Density

1,681/km² (4,354/sq mi)

First mentioned

29 March 1252

Mayor

Daniel Černý

Postal code

430 01

Location in the Czech Republic

Location in Chomutov District

Website: www.chomutov-mesto.cz

Chomutov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈxomutof]; German: Komotau) is a large town in the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. Chomutov has been a statutory town since 1 July 2006. It occupies an area of 29,26 km² and has 50 782 inhabitants (2008), thereby making it the 20th largest town in the Czech Republic, the 4th largest in the Ústí nad Labem region and the biggest in the Chomutov district. There are almost 80 000 inhabitants in the town's wider metropolitan area.

The town with the historical heart on the left side of the river Chomutovka shore in altitude of 234m is extended in Chomutovsko-Teplice basin by the foot of the Ore Mountains. The surface is mostly flat only the parts in the north and southeast protrude to the hillside about several tens meters.

Chomutov is a municipality with extended authority. There is one municipality with an authorized municipality office Jirkov and another 23 municipalities [this is an ambiguous translation from Czech to English]. The administrative territory of Chomutov borders with Germany in the north. Additionally, it borders with the municipality territories of town Kadaň in the west, Louny in the south, Most in the east and Litvínov in the northeast. A municipality with extended responsibilities represents a new type of municipality which holds certain administrative powers delegated from the state government. A municipality with an authorized municipality office is delegated some parts of the authority of a municipality with extended authority. Thus, it is a smaller municipality than a municipality with extended authority, whereas the latter is under the authority of an administrative district 9.

Municipality with extended activities

Municipality with authorized municipality office

In 1252 Chomutov came into the possession of the Teutonic Order. The Gothic church of St. Catharine built during that era still stands to this day. In 1396 Chomutov received a town charter, and in 1416 the knights sold both the town and the lordship to Wenceslaus IV. On March 16, 1421, the town was stormed, sacked and burned by the Taborites. After several upheavals and changes of ownership, Chomutov was taken by Popel of Lobkovic in 1588, who established Jesuit rule, leading to trouble between the Protestant citizens and the town's new overlord. In 1594 the feudal lordship fell to the crown, and in 1605 the town purchased its freedom and was made a royal city. After the Thirty Years' War, Chomutov stagnated. Rapid development did not come until the second half of the 19th century, with advances in the mining and hardware industries.

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