Zubrnice () is a municipality and village in

Ústí nad Labem District Ústí nad Labem District () is a district in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Ústí nad Labem. Administrative division Ústí nad Labem District is formed by only one administrative district of munic ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 200 inhabitants. The folk architecture in the village is well preserved and is protected as a village monument reservation.

Administrative division

Zubrnice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Zubrnice (167) *Týniště (63)

Etymology

The name is most likely derived from ''zubr'' (i.e. '

European bison The European bison (: bison) (''Bison bonasus'') or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent ( or ), the zubr (), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bi ...

'). It first appeared as ''Zubrnycz''.

Geography

Zubrnice is located about east 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. ...

. It lies in the

Central Bohemian Uplands The Central Bohemian Uplands (also known as Central Bohemian Highlands; , ) is a highland and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Ústí nad Labem Region. ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. The entire municipal territory lies within the České středohoří Protected Landscape Area.

History

The first written mention of Zubrnice is from 1352, when the church was mentioned. With a short break after the

Hussite Wars The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, a ...

, when Zubrnice was acquired by Jan of Vartenberk, the village was owned by the bishopric in Litoměřice continuously until 1848.

Demographics

Transport

Zubrnice is the terminus and start of a railway line from/to Ústí nad Labem, but trains run on it only on weekends.

Sights

Zubrnice is known for it Museum in Nature with a set of valuable buildings of folk architecture, consisting of timbered, half-timbered and brick buildings. The Baroque

well A well is an excavation or structure created on the earth by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The ...

in the centre dates from 1695. The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene is as old as the village. In 1723–1732, it was rebuilt in the Baroque style.

References

External links

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The National Open Air Museum official websiteMuseum in Nature
{{authority control Villages in Ústí nad Labem District