Ústí nad Orlicí

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Ústí nad Orlicí
Town
Flag
Coat of arms
Country Czech Republic
Region Pardubice
District Ústí nad Orlicí
Commune Ústí nad Orlicí
Rivers Třebovka, Tichá Orlice
Elevation 340 m (1,115 ft)
Coordinates 49°58′N 16°24′E / 49.967°N 16.400°ECoordinates: 49°58′N 16°24′E / 49.967°N 16.400°E
Area 36.36 km2 (14.04 sq mi)
Population 15,151 (2006-07-03)
Density 417 / km2 (1,080 / sq mi)
First mentioned 13th century
Mayor Petr Hájek
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 562 01 - 562 06
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Ústí nad Orlicí
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.ustinadorlici.cz

Ústí nad Orlicí (Czech pronunciation: [ˈuːsciː ˈnat ʔorlɪtsiː]; German: Wildenschwert) is a city in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, Pardubice Region in Eastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. The town is in the Orlické Mountains where the Tichá Orlice and the Třebovka rivers meet.

The town was founded in the thirteenth century, during reign of Přemysl Otakar II. The town centre has listed building status.

History

Wildenschwert was founded 1241 by Wilhelm von Dürnholz. It was first called Wilhelmswert and was part of the Herrschaft Landskron. In 1292 the Bohemian King Wenzel II. gifted the town to the Cistercian monks at Königsaal. They passed the town to the Leitomischl bishopric in 1358. After the Hussite Rebellion, when the churches influence was eclipsed, the town was owned by the Kostka von Postupice, the von Pernstein and the Hrzan von Harras families. Wildenschwert was first referred to as a town in 1544.

Since the end of the fifteenth century Wildenschwert was host to the Bohemian Brethren but expelled them in 1626 in the wake of the counter-reformation. Then after the Battle of White Mountain, 8 November 1620, Wildenschwert was under the control of the Dukes of Liechtenstein. There were Guilds of Weavers established here in the sixteenth century. The town was slow to recover from the lootings of the thirty years war, then was destroyed by fire in 1706. It gained municipal status in 1795. When Wildenschwert was connected to the railway network by the Olmütz – Prague Line in 1845, the textile business boomed. It gained the tagline of The Manchester of Eastern Bohemia, and became an important textile centre. It was an important railway junction and from 1850 became a regional centre. It was given the Czech name of Oustí or Austi; the nad Orlicí refers to the name of the local river.

Wildenschwert was a German-speaking town in Austro-Hungary until it was allocated to Czechoslovakia in 1918 at the conclusion of the World War I. Ústí nad Orlicí as it was now called remained an important textile town, and in the 1960s the Výzkumný ústav bavlnářský (Cotton Researching Institute) developed the Open end spinning technique that provided a faster alternative to ring spinning.

People

Town parts

Ústí nad Orlicí, Oldřichovice


List of towns and villages in Ústí nad Orlicí District:

Albrechtice ; Anenská Studánka ; Běstovice ; Bošín - Bošínská obora ; Brandýs nad Orlicí ; Bučina ; Bystřec ; Celne ; Čenkovice ; Cervená Voda ; Česká Rybná ; Česká Třebová* ; České Heřmanice ; České Libchavy ; České Petrovice ; Choceň ; Cotkytle ; Damnikov ; Dlouhá Třebová ; Dlouhoňovice ; Dobříkov ; Dolní Čermná ; Dolni Dobrouc ; Dolní Morava ; Ďzbánov ; Hejnice ; Helvíkovice ; Hnátnice ; Horní Čermná ; Horní Heřmanice ; Horní Třešňovec ; Hrádek ; Hrušová ; Jablonné nad Orlicí ; Jakubovice ; Jamné nad Orlicí ; Javornik ; Jehnědí ; Kameničná ; Klášterec nad Orlicí ; Koldín ; Kosořín ; Králíky ; Krasikov ; Kunvald ; Lanškroun* ; Leština ; Letohrad (Kyšperk <1950) ; Libchavy ; Libecina ; Lichkov ; Líšnice ; Lubník ; Lukavice ; Luková ; Mistrovice ; Mladkov ; Mostek ; Nasavrky ; Nekoř ; Nové Hrady ; Orlické Podhůří ; Orličky ; Ostrov ; Oucmanice ; Pastviny ; Petrovice ; Písečná ; Plchovice ; Podlesí ; Přívrat ; Pustina ; Radhošť ; Řepniky ; Řetová ; Řetůvka ; Rudoltice ; Rybnik ; Sázava ; Seč ; Semanin ; Skořenice ; Slatina ; Sobkovice ; Sopotnice ; Sruby ; Stanovnik ; Stradouň ; Strážná ; Střihanov ; Studené ; Sudislav nad Orlicí ; Sudslava ; Svatý Jiři ; Šedivec ; Tatanice ; Těchonín ; Tisová ; Trpík ; Třebovice ; Týništko ; Újezd u Chocně ; Ústí nad Orlicí* ; Velká Skrovnice ; Verměřovice ; Vinary ; Voděrady ; Vraclav ; Vračovice-Orlov ; Výprachtice ; Vysoke Myto* ; Zádolí ; Záchlumí ; Zálší ; Zámrsk ; Žamberk ; Žampach ; Zářecká Lhota ; Žichlínek ;

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