Libice nad Doubravou

Libice nad Doubravou (German: Libitz) is a market town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Libice nad Doubravou
Market town
Church of Saint Giles
Flag Coat of arms
Libice nad Doubravou Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°44′42″N 15°42′15″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Vysočina
District	Havlíčkův Brod
First mentioned	1146
Area
• Total	21.96 km2 (8.48 sq mi)
Elevation	421 m (1,381 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)[1]
• Total	858
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	582 77, 583 01
Website	www.libicend.cz

Administrative division

Libice nad Doubravou consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

• Libice nad Doubravou (571)
• Barovice (43)
• Chloumek (33)
• Kladruby (19)
• Křemenice (18)
• Lhůta (40)
• Libická Lhotka (76)
• Malochyně (7)
• Nehodovka (4)
• Spálava (12)

Malochyně forms an exclave of the municipal territory.

Geography

Libice nad Doubravou is located about 17 kilometres (11 mi) northeast of Havlíčkův Brod and 32 km (20 mi) south of Pardubice. The southern part of the municipal territory with the market town proper lies in the Upper Sázava Hills. The northern part lies in the Iron Mountains. The highest point is the Spálava hill at 663 m (2,175 ft) above sea level. The market town is situated on the right bank of the Doubrava River. The entire municipal territory lies within the Železné hory Protected Landscape Area.

History

The first written mention of Libice nad Doubravou is in a deed of Vladislaus II from 1146, which confirmed the donation of the village by Duke Soběslav I to the bishopric of Olomouc in 1125.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 1,904 —     1880 1,939 +1.8% 1890 1,788 −7.8% 1900 1,752 −2.0% 1910 1,765 +0.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,762 −0.2% 1930 1,519 −13.8% 1950 1,137 −25.1% 1961 1,110 −2.4% 1970 999 −10.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 890 −10.9% 1991 845 −5.1% 2001 850 +0.6% 2011 814 −4.2% 2021 823 +1.1%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Transport

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

Sights

Libice nad Doubravou Castle

The castle in Libice nad Doubravou was built sometime between 1709 and 1719. In 1862–1864, it was rebuilt in the Windsor Neo-Gothic style. Today it is privately owned and unused.^[6]

Among the main landmarks is the Church of Saint Giles. It is a Baroque building with a Romanesque-Gothic core.^[7]

Notable people

• Jan Lála (born 1938), footballer