Zákupy

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Reichstadt redirects here. See also Reichsstadt (Imperial Free City).

Zákupy (IPA: [ˈza:kʊpɪ]; German: Reichstadt) is a town in the Česká Lípa District, Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. The number of inhabitants is 2,642.

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The earliest preserved document where the city appears is from 1306. In 1818 Napoleon II, the son of Napoleon Bonaparte, was awarded the title Duke of Reichstadt by his grandfather Franz I of Austria. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were married there in 1900.

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