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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Ústí nad Labem | ||
| District | Děčín | ||
| Commune | Varnsdorf | ||
| Elevation | 387 m (1,270 ft) | ||
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| Area | 15.93 km2 (6.15 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 1,407 | ||
| Density | 88 / km2 (228 / sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1383 | ||
| Mayor | Josef Navrátil | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 407 44 | ||
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| Wikimedia Commons: Chřibská | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.chribska.cz | |||
Chřibská (Czech pronunciation: [ˈxr̝̊ɪpskaː]; German: Kreibitz) is a town in the Okres Děčín in Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has ca. 1407 inhabitants (2005).
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The place was first mentioned in 1383 as located at the trading road from Bohemia to the Lausitz. It became part of the possessions of the family of Wartenberg from Děčín, and in 1614 of the Kinsky family. Town rights had been granted in 1570, and in 1596 a militia was founded for defense.
Along with other parts of the former Austrian Empire, Chřibská became part of Czechoslovakia in 1919. From 1938, after the Munich Agreement regarding the Sudetenland, until 1945, Chřibská was part of Varnsdorf district, with the suburbs of Niederkreibitz (Dolní Chřibská), Oberkreibitz (Horní Chřibská) and Schönfeld (Krásné Pole).
The Expulsion of Germans after World War II in 1945-1946 reduced the population. Since 10 October 2006 Chřibská is again a town.
The oldest running glass production in Europe is located in Horní Chřibská. It was founded shortly after 1500 by the German-Bohemian glass-maker family Friedrich[1].
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