Děčín District
Děčín District () is a district in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Děčín.
Administrative division
Děčín District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extende ...
in the
Ústí nad Labem Region
Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region () is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad Labem. I ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 1,700 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Dolní Poustevna consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Dolní Poustevna (1,238)
*Horní Poustevna (236)
*Karlín (53)
*Marketa (44)
*Nová Víska (12)
Geography
Dolní Poustevna is located about north of
Děčín
Děčín (; ) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It is the seventth largest municipality in the country by area. Děčín is an important traffic junction.
Administrative division
Děč ...
and northeast of
Ústí nad Labem
Ústí nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction.
...
, on the border with
Germany
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. It is located in the
Šluknov Hook
Šluknov Hook (, ; or ), Šluknov Spur, or Šluknov Projection is a Salient (geography), salient region found in the northern Czech Republic along the border with Germany.
Geography
The area is part of the southern Lusatian Highlands, between ...
Lusatian Highlands
The Lusatian Highlands at www.silvaportal.info. Accessed on 10 July 2011. or Lusatian HillsSebnitz River (here called Vilémovský potok) flows along the southern municipal border, forming the Czech-German border.
History
The first written mention of the locality called ''Einsiedler'' (Poustevna) is in a deed of King Wenceslaus I from 1241. The village with the same name was founded in this locality around 1280. For most of its history, Dolní Poustevna belonged to the Tolštejn estate.
Demographics
Transport
Dolní Poustevna is located on the railway line Děčín–
Rumburk
Rumburk (; ) is a town in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. It lies on the border with Germany.
Administrative division
Rumburk consists of three municipal parts (in brackets ...
via
Bad Schandau
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and Sebnitz. There are two stops in the municipality: '' Dolní Poustevna'' and ''Horní Poustevna''.
On the Czech-German border are the railway border crossing and the road border crossing ''Dolní Poustevna / Sebnitz''.
Sights
The most valuable building is the castle in Horní Poustevna. It was built in the Baroque style in 1736–1738. Today it is privately owned.
A notable landmark is the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel. It was built in the pseudo-Gothic style in 1854–1855.