Lanškroun

Lanškroun (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlanʃkroun]; German: Landskron), also known as Lanskron, Lanscron, Landeskrone or Kronland, is a town and municipality in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It is on the border between the former provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, and it has a population of approximately 10,000.

"Landskron" redirects here. For other uses, see Landskron (disambiguation).
Lanškroun
Town
Town Hall
Flag
Coat of arms
Lanškroun
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°54′44″N 16°36′44″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionPardubice
DistrictÚstí nad Orlicí
Founded13th century
Government
 • MayorRadim Vetchý
Area
 • Total20.64 km2 (7.97 sq mi)
Elevation
373 m (1,224 ft)
Population
 (2019-01-01[1])
 • Total9,991
 • Density480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
563 01
Websitewww.lanskroun.eu

History

The town was founded in the 13th century as the center of the estate of Lanškroun and Lanšperk. Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (the Austrian side after the Compromise of 1867), as the seat of the district Landskron in Bömen, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.[2] After 1919 it became part of Czechoslovakia. In 1938 it was occupied by German troops as the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, according to the Munich Agreement.

On May 9, 1945, the day of the end of World War II in Europe, Soviet troops entered the city. On May 17, 1945, Czech partisan units held court in Landskron, and many Germans were tortured to death .

Until the expulsion of most of the German speaking population from the Czechoslovakia in 1945 (see the Beneš decrets), the majority of population of the town had been German: in 1930, there were 6497 inhabitants and among these 83% were German and 17% Czech. By now, most of the inhabitants are Czech people.

List of people
  • Leo Herrmann (1888–1951), first Secretary General, Keren Hayesod, Palestine Foundation Fund that became United Jewish Appeal, died Jerusalem, Israel
  • Jan Marek Marci (1595–1667), physician and scientist
  • Jan Smejkal (born 1946), International Grandmaster chess player
  • Roman Šebrle (born 1974), former world record holder in decathlon

Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Lanškroun is twinned with:[3]

See also

References
  1. "Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  2. Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
  3. "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Lanškroun. Retrieved 2019-08-25.


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