Libochovice | |||
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Libochovice Castle
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Country | Czech Republic | ||
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Region | Ústí nad Labem | ||
District | Litoměřice | ||
Commune | Lovosice | ||
Municipality | Libochovice | ||
River | Ohře | ||
Elevation | 166 m (545 ft) | ||
Coordinates | 50°24′31″N 14°2′30″E / 50.40861°N 14.04167°ECoordinates: 50°24′31″N 14°2′30″E / 50.40861°N 14.04167°E | ||
Area | 15.64 km2 (6.04 sq mi) | ||
Population | 3,741 (2006-07-03) | ||
Density | 239/km2 (619/sq mi) | ||
Mayor | Jana Holá | ||
Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
- summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Postal code | 411 17 | ||
Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
Website: www.libochovice.cz | |||
Libochovice (German: Libochowitz) is a town in the Czech Republic. Libochovice is a small town with a population of about 3,603 (as of 1.1.2012). It is located next to the Ohře River and Hazmburk mountain. From the first half of the seventeen century there was a strong Jewish community, but most died in Nazi concentration camps, and this community was never renewed after the Second World War. Among Jewish sights belongs cemetery, big house at Jewish quarter, where was school, kosher butchery and municipal authority, monument remembering for destroyed synagogue (first mentioned at 1651, destroyed around 1980) and mikveh.