Zákupy

Zákupy
Town
Zákupy Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Liberec
District	Česká Lípa
Commune	Zákupy
Coordinates	50°41′29″N 14°39′4″E / 50.69139°N 14.65111°E / 50.69139; 14.65111Coordinates: 50°41′29″N 14°39′4″E / 50.69139°N 14.65111°E / 50.69139; 14.65111
Highest point
- elevation	444 m (1,457 ft)
Lowest point
- elevation	264 m (866 ft)
Area	32.27 km2 (12.46 sq mi)
Population	2,810 (2014)
Density	87/km2 (225/sq mi)
Mayor	Radek Lípa
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	471 23
Location in the Czech Republic
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.zakupy.cz

Zákupy (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzaːkupɪ]; German: Reichstadt) is a town of the Česká Lípa District, in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. The number of inhabitants is 2,810.

The town is located in the north of the historic Bohemia region, on the Svitávka (Zwittebach) River near its junction with the Ploučnice. Since 2003, Zákupy's Old Town is a designated urban heritage conservation district.

The fortress of Richinstadt was mentioned in a 1306 deed. The Czech name Zákupy first appeared in 1352, probably denoting two villages beneath the fort, which grew together over the centuries. Zákupy was referred to as a market town (městečko) already in 1359.

The estates were held by Bohemian nobles like the Panczer dynasty, from 1363 by the Lords of Wartenberg, who sold Zákupy to the Berka z Dubé noble family in 1460/63. They erected a Renaissance castle on the foundations from 1541 to 1552 and rebuilt the adjacent town with its parish church. The city rights were confirmed by the Habsburg emperor Rudolf II, King of Bohemia, in 1582.

During the Thirty Years' War, the town and castle were acquired by the Imperial field marshal Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg in 1632, and devastated by Swedish troops shortly afterwards. His son Julius Francis had it rebuilt in a Baroque style. The last heiress, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, died at Reichstadt Castle in 1741.