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Chlumec (German: Kulm) is a town in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,200 inhabitants.

Chlumec
Town
Town square
Flag Coat of arms
Chlumec Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°41′50″N 13°56′20″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Ústí nad Labem
District	Ústí nad Labem
First mentioned	993
Government
• Mayor	Roman Zettlitzer
Area
• Total	12.87 km2 (4.97 sq mi)
Elevation	235 m (771 ft)
Population  (2022-01-01)[1]
• Total	4,237
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	400 10, 403 39
Website	www.mesto-chlumec.cz

Administrative parts

Villages of Český Újezd, Hrbovice, Stradov, Střížovice and Žandov are administrative parts of Trmice. Český Újezd, Hrbovice and Střížovice form an exclave of the municipal territory.

Geography

Chlumec lies about 5 kilometres (3 mi) northwest of Ústí nad Labem and 73 kilometres (45 mi) northwest of Prague. There are two significant ponds in the territory, Nový and Zámecký.

The towns extends into three geomorphological regions. Most of the municipal territory lies in the eastern tip of the Most Basin lowlands, the northern part lies in the Ore Mountains, and villages of Český Újezd and Střížovice lie on the slopes of the Central Bohemian Uplands.

History

The first written mention of Chlumec is in a deed of Boleslaus II from 993, where the obligation of Chlumec to pay tithe to the newly established Břevnov Monastery is mentioned. In 1521, Chlumec became a town.[2]

The Battle of Chlumec was fought on 18 February 1126 in the vicinity of the village, the culmination of a 12th-century war of succession in the Duchy of Bohemia.[2]

After the great Battle of Dresden (26–27 August 1813), the Battle of Kulm took place here on 29–30 August, between the French Empire under Dominique Vandamme and an allied army of Austrians, Prussians, and Russians. The French were defeated and Vandamme surrendered with his army of 10,000 men. The heights above Chlumec were the site of the Second Battle of Kulm, 17 September 1813.[2]

Transport

The D8 motorway runs next to the town.

Notable people

• Johann Georg Urbansky (1675–1738), Bohemian-German sculptor

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chlumec (Ústí nad Labem District).

• Official website

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