Ledvice

Town in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

Ledvice

Town

Ledvice seen from the Ledvice power plant

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Ledvice

Location in the Czech Republic

Coordinates: 50°35′18″N 13°45′58″E﻿ / ﻿50.58833°N 13.76611°E﻿ / 50.58833; 13.76611
Country|  Czech Republic
Region| Ústí nad Labem
District| Teplice
First mentioned| 1209
Government

• Mayor| Zdeněk Javůrek
Area

• Total

| 4.97 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Elevation

| 204 m (669 ft)
Population

(2025-01-01)[1]

• Total

| 538
• Density| 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

417 72

Website| www.ledvice.cz

Ledvice (German: Ladowitz) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

## Etymology

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The name was derived from the personal name Ledva, meaning "the village of Ledva's people".[2]

## Geography

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Ledvice is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Teplice. It lies in the Most Basin. The highest point is at 229 m (751 ft) above sea level. The western part of the municipality is formed by the Bílina Quarry.

## History

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The first written mention of Ledvice is from 1204. The people's livelihood was agriculture, later the production of porcelain also developed. Until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1850, the village belonged to the Duchcov estate. In the 19th century, the region became a centre for lignite mining, which led to an increase in the population. In 1898, Ledvice was promoted to a market town. In 1911, Emperor Franz Joseph I promoted Ledvice to the status of a town.[3]

In 1938–1945, the town was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland. After World War II, the German inhabitants were expelled. In the following decades, deep mining was gradually replaced by surface mining, which resulted in the liquidation of a large part of the town and caused a significant decrease in the number of inhabitants.[3]

## Demographics

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Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1869| 413| —
1880| 1,728| +318.4%
1890| 3,309| +91.5%
1900| 4,065| +22.8%
1910| 4,466| +9.9%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1921| 4,193| −6.1%
1930| 4,458| +6.3%
1950| 2,435| −45.4%
1961| 2,123| −12.8%
1970| 657| −69.1%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1980| 541| −17.7%
1991| 447| −17.4%
2001| 529| +18.3%
2011| 551| +4.2%
2021| 508| −7.8%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

## Transport

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The Děčín–Kadaň railway line runs along the eastern municipal border, but there is no train station.

## Sights

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Ledvice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is the Monument to the Fallen in World War I and II. The scuptural group was created in 1947 and surpasses other similar monuments in quality of workmanship and originality.[6]

## Notable people

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* Kurt Lehovec (1918–2012), Czech-American physicist
* Jaromír Bünter (1930–2015), ice hockey player

## References

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1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
2. ^ Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in Czech). p. 499.
3. ^ a b "Historie města" (in Czech). Město Ledvice. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
4. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
5. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
6. ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Ledvice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

## External links

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Towns, market towns and villages of Teplice District

* Bílina
* Bořislav
* Bystřany
* Bžany
* Dubí
* Duchcov
* Háj u Duchcova
* Hostomice
* Hrob
* Hrobčice
* Jeníkov
* Kladruby
* Kostomlaty pod Milešovkou
* Košťany
* Krupka
* Lahošť
* Ledvice
* Lukov
* Měrunice
* Mikulov
* Modlany
* Moldava
* Novosedlice
* Ohníč
* Osek
* Proboštov
* Rtyně nad Bílinou
* Srbice
* Světec
* Teplice
* Újezdeček
* Zabrušany
* Žalany
* Žim

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