Postoloprty
| Postoloprty | |||
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 Church of the Assumption | |||
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Ústí nad Labem | ||
| District | Louny | ||
| Commune | Louny | ||
| Municipality | Postoloprty | ||
| River | Ohře | ||
| Elevation | 193 m (633 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 50°21′38″N 13°41′45″E / 50.36056°N 13.69583°E | ||
| Area | 46.5 km2 (18 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 5,162 (2006-08-28) | ||
| Density | 111 / km2 (287 / sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1125 | ||
| Mayor | Václav Ibl | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 439 42 - 440 01 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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| Wikimedia Commons: Postoloprty | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.postoloprty.cz | |||
Postoloprty (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpostolopr̩tɪ]; German: Postelberg) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic, situated about 7 km west of Louny. It has around 5,000 inhabitants.
A monastery named Porta Apostolorum had been built in the 12th century, a name which developed into Postelberg, as the remaining settlement it was called by the local German-speaking population of Bohemia that was expelled in 1945.
At the end of World War II in May–June 1945 Czechs massacred about 800 local German civilians. It is the largest massacre of ethnic Germans by Czechs after World War II.[1] 763 bodies were exhumed but the largest death toll estimates are placed around 2000-3000 massacred civilians.
The villages Březno, Dolejší Hůrky, Hradiště, Levonice, Malnice, Mradicem, Rvenice, Seletice, Seménkovice, Skupice, Strkovice and Vrbka are administrative parts of Postoloprty.
References
External links
- (Czech) Official website
- (German) the Massacre of Postelberg
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