Čtveřín () is a municipality and village in

Liberec District Liberec District () is a district in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Liberec. Administrative division Liberec District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Čtveřín consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Čtveřín (256) *Doubí (307)

Geography

Čtveřín is located about south of

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

. It lies in the

Jičín Uplands The Jičín Uplands () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Hradec Králové, Liberec and Central Bohemian regions. Geomorphology The Jičín Uplands are a mesoregion of the North Bohemian ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. The stream Čtveřínský potok flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Čtveřín is from 1394. Doubí was first mentioned in 1388. From 1456, it was part of the

Malá Skála Malá Skála () is a municipality and village in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. Administrative division Malá Skála consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population ...

estate. After the abolition of the

manorialism Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "Land tenure, tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. Its defining features incl ...

in 1850, Čtveřín with the nearby villages of Doubí, Husa (today a part of

Paceřice Paceřice () is a municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country ...

) and Sychrov became a sovereign municipality. In 1961, Sychrov became a municipality and Čtveřín was amalgamated into it. Since 1990, Čtveřín has been a separate municipality again.

Demographics

Transport

The D10 motorway runs through the southern part of the municipality. Čtveřín is located on the Liberec–

Stará Paka Stará Paka is a municipality and village in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. Administrative division Stará Paka consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population accordi ...

railway line and is served by the ''Doubí u Turnova'' station in Doubí.

Sights

The most notable historic monuments are the sculpture of Calvary in Čtveřín and the Chapel of the Guardian Angel in Doubí. A landmark is the former primary school, today used as the municipal office.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ctverin Villages in Liberec District