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Horní Jiřetín (IPA: [ˈɦorɲi: jɪr̝ɛci:n]; German: Obergeorgenthal) is a Czech municipality with 1,900 inhabitants in the district of Most, in the Ústí nad Labem Region in the foothills of the Ore Mountains on the border with Germany.
[edit] Geography
Horní Jiřetín is located approximately 8 km away from Most, 10 km from Litvínov, 40 km from Ústí nad Labem and 90 km from the Czech capital of Prague.
[edit] History
The first documented reference to this municipality is from 1263 when the village Jorenthal is mentioned as being on the road to Saxony. At the time, the village was mainly governed by the Duchcov-based Lobkowicz family. In the 16th century, iron ore was discovered nearby at Červená Jáma. At the end of the 17th century, the village was hit by the bubonic plague and at the end of the 18th, it suffered from steep financial damage due to war.
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[edit] Villages
- Černice (Tschernitz )
- Dolní Jiřetín (Niedergeorgenthal )
- Horní Jiřetín (Obergeorgenthal )
- Jezeří (Eisenberg )
- Mariánské Údolí (Marienthal )
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