Meziboří (; until 1957 ''Šenbach''; ) is a town in

Most District Most District () is a Okres, district in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Most (city), Most. Administrative division Most District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 4,600 inhabitants. It was originally a small village, expanded in the 1950s to a town.

Etymology

The initial German name ''Schönbach'' means 'beautiful stream'. The German name was Czechized as ''Šenbach''. The modern name Meziboří means "the area between pine forests".

Geography

Meziboří is located about north of

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. The entire municipal territory lies in the

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. The highest point is the mountain Černý vrch at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Šenbach is from 1398. For centuries, the inhabitants have subsisted on agriculture, especially the cultivation of rye, oats, potatoes, cattle grazing and forestry. It remained so even at the beginning of industrialization in the second half of the 19th century. The number of inhabitants in the surrounding villages, which depended on coal mining, increased, but in Šenbach the population did not change. Fields on mountain slopes surrounded by forests on all sides could not feed more people. The development of Šenbach was determined by an organized recruitment program for apprentices for heavy industries, announced in 1949 by President

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. In September 1950, the first dormitory for 360 mining apprentices was opened, and in January 1951, a dormitory was opened for another 360 apprentices at the chemical school. In 1952, a girls' apprentice dormitory for miners and

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s was opened. At that time, the town's population reached two thousand. Between 1953 and 1968, a housing estate with fifteen hundred flats was being built. Most of the houses of the old village was demolished and only 11 are preserved to this day. In 1957, the town was renamed Meziboří.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sport

In Meziboří is a ski resport, operated by the town.

Sights

There are no protected

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in the town.

Notable people

Štěpán Chaloupek Štěpán Chaloupek (born 8 March 2003) is a Czech professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defender (association football), defender for SK Slavia Prague, Slavia Prague. Life Chaloupek was born in Meziboří. Club career Ch ...

(born 2003), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Meziboří is twinned with: * Sayda, Germany *

Sogliano al Rubicone Sogliano al Rubicone () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Forlì. Sogliano al Rubicone is renowned for the Formaggio ...

, Italy

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mezibori Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Socialist planned cities Populated places in Most District