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Ústí nad Labem is located about 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Prague and 45 km (28 mi) south of Dresden in Germany. It lies mostly in a hilly landscape of the Central Bohemian Uplands, but it also extends into the Most Basin in the northwest. The highest point is the hill Široký vrch at 659 m (2,162 ft) above sea level.
Holocaust memorial built in 2005. The history of the Jews in Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic dates back to 1848, following the emancipation of Austrian Jews. The greatest expansion achieved owing to presence of two significant families (Weinman and Petschek), who contributed to city development, at the end of 19th and at the beginning of ...
The Ústí massacre ( Czech: Ústecký masakr, German: Massaker von Aussig) was a lynching of ethnic Germans in Ústí nad Labem ( Aussig an der Elbe ), a largely ethnic German city in northern Bohemia ("Sudetenland"), shortly after the end of World War II, on 31 July 1945. During the incident, 43 Germans were said to be killed but the ...
The Battle of Aussig ( German: Schlacht bei Aussig) was fought on 16 June 1426, between Roman Catholic crusaders and the Hussites during the Fourth Crusade of the Hussite Wars. It was fought near Aussig ( Ústí nad Labem) in northern Bohemia . The crusade was called because the Pope believed that the Hussite armies would be easily defeated ...
Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region ( Czech: Ústecký kraj) is an administrative unit ( kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad Labem. It covers the majority of the former North Bohemia province (Czech: Severočeský kraj) and is part of ...
Geography. Aerial view of Ústí nad Labem. Ústí nad Labem District borders Germany in the north. The terrain is very varied—mostly hilly except in the west, and divided by the Elbe river valley. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Central Bohemian Uplands (most of the territory), Most Basin (west), Ore Mountains ...
Ústí nad Labem main railway station. / 50.65917°N 14.04444°E / 50.65917; 14.04444. Ústí nad Labem main station ( Czech: Ústí nad Labem hlavní nádraží) is a railway station in the city of Ústí nad Labem in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. The station opened in 1850 and is located on the Praha–Ústí nad ...
Pages in category "Ústí nad Labem Region" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...