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- open 1930
- open 1908
- thermal mineral water
- historizing neoromanesque style
- in the 19th century - the largest Czech river port. In the first half of the century - the river was much wider and shallower and the weather conditions made it impossible to use it for the whole year (freezing of the river, consequent floods).
The river served for the transport of the coal (transshipment point) and later fruit, corn, raw materials . Austrian Northwestern Steamboat Company had a seat in a house in Přístavní street.
1845 - historically biggest flood (level was higher then 10 metres). In 1936 - Masaryk Lock Gate was finished.
Klíše, Brná
- was located in the Lidické square
- was located under the Větruše (today we can find a roundabout there)
- the first bus line in 1929
- two buses, interval 20 minutes, for a great interest it was reduced to 10 minutes
- the ticket cost 1,50 Kč
- massive destructions and construction of new housing estates - especially on top of the hills (because of better air)
In 1979 at first 12 houses were demolished, later next 19 houses followed them. This happened mostly in the centre (former Fučíkova Street, today Masarykova). It was the biggest demolishion ever in former Czechoslovakia.
New architectural style - "socialist realism" was enforced: Municipal Authority, The Cultural House...
HC Slovan, II. league, Municipal Stadium. Founded in 1963. Before - HC Chemička
FK Ústí nad Labem
Milada Lake, Chlumec, the river Elbe...
- they were considering about introducing trolleybuses as early as before the 1st WW
- introduced in 1988
- 13 lines nowadays
- takes place in September, the inaugural edition was in 2011, road race, internation participation. Winds throught the city, on the banks of the river, through the Spolchemie chemical plant
- was located on the Lidické Square (orig. Maternovo), allegory of the river Elbe, damaged by the nazis in 1940
The city was heavily bombed during the 2nd WW. E. g. there used to be a beautiful library on the Lidické square, the fountain on the Lidické Square, too, and also Cinema Elyssium (today´s roundabout Pod Větruší)
After the war a lot of Germans were expelled from the town. Around 53 000 of them left the region.
- railroad transport developed after the second half of the 19th century. A very good position on a European route Wien - Prague - Berlin, but route Ústí - Teplice also important (for transporting coal) - transshipment point in Ústí nad Labem.
- trial run 1. 6. 1899, launched into operation in July 1899
- first line from Předlice to Krásné Březno, later to Bukov and Telnice
- railway yard was in the place of today´s Špitálské Square, since 1955 in Nové Předlice
- at the beginning single track, in the 20th double track was built
- in 1937 - 47 km, after Prague and Brno - the largest tram network in the country
- in July 1947 - the biggest tram accident in the history of the country - in Bukov - 30 dead people, 45 severely injured, 31 mildly injured. There is a memorial in Bukov. There was a national funeral with the participation of 30 000 people.
It was the driver´s fault (the driver died during the accident), but the cause is unclear: the tram was probably overcrowded, the driver didn´t have enough experience, the brakes failed?
The end of the tram transport - in 1970. There is a memorial inBílinská Street in the centre of Ústí.
- vine, cucumbers, fruit, business, mining, tanning (jirchářství = koželužnictví), weaving, paper mills
- industry, transport
1813 - the Battle of Kulm (Chlumec) - between France x Austria, Prussia, Russia (Napoleaonian wars - the 2nd biggest battle after Slavkov - Austerlitz)
1841 - paddle steamer Bohemia - the 1st Czech steamboat
1851 - railway line Prague - Dresden finished
1867 - 1st brewery - Aussiger Bier
1872 - 1st bridge for road and ferry transport constructed
1874 - cholera culminates, typhus, smallpox
Cycling/bike paths: around Milada, along the river Elbe (Labská stezka - from the source of the Elbe up to the German city of Cuxhaven on the shore of the North Sea - 1300 km)
1426 - the town was besieged by the Hussites. There was a huge slaughter - Na Běhání (between Milada and Hrbovice)
1583 - the town was burned down
1639 - sacked (vydrancováno) by the Swedes
Skatepark in Severní Terasa
Since 1972 – the company played in the premises of the Chemical factory, later in the Theatre, then there was an idea of playing on a ship, but it was not realized.
In 1981 the company moved to Varšavská street in Střekov, then to Hraničář and later the both the places are used.
The company of the Drama Theatre in Ústí continues on the foundations of the former Kladivadlo (Broumov, Kadaň, Ústí). The first art director was Jaroslav Chundela, who invited directors persecuted by the totalitarian regime (Jan Grossman, Evald Schorm, Kačer). In the 70s actors who left Brno´s theatre “Na Provázku” were active in Ústí (Bartoška, Heřmánek, Zedníček). During Rajmont´s activity as the art director Jan Hrušínský, Leoš Suchařípa, Miluše Šplechtová.and other well-known actors came to the theatre including Josef Topol, Karel Steigerwald or Milan Kundera. At the end of the 70s the theatre was one of the Czech prominent ones.
During Petr Poledňák (art director after several art directors followed) Ivana Chýlková and Karel Roden came to form the part of the Ústí´s Drama Theatre. Poledňák was also an important person in the era of the revolutionary happenings in 1989.
In 2014 deep crises leading to the termination of the Theatre´s activity came. The company refused to work on the basis of grant controls, which were announced by the city council instead of planned subventions, and that was a real stab in the back from the side of the city. The Theatre then ended its activity after 42-year tradition regardless of great protests of the wide public and also experts. After that it started to run as Klub Činoherák, and took over the respectable activity of the Drama Theatre. They bought the copyright for some of the plays rehearsed in former Drama Theatre.
Jiří Antonín Trnka is the director at present, David Šiktanc is active as the art director. Among actors we can mention eg. Jan Achab Heidler, Jan Plouhar, Anna Fišerová or Matúš Bukovčan etc. Among plays performed at present or lately are eg. Alice in Wonderland, Taming of the Shrew, Fight Club, Bison, Heda Gablerová, City (Město)
The city was first mentioned in the Charter (zakládací listina) of the church of St. Stephen in Litoměřice in 1056 or 1057.
In the first half of the 13th century it was given the title of a royal town by Přemysl Ottokar II of Bohemia.
According to a myth, in Stadice near Ústí nad Labem Přemysl Oráč (the Ploughman), the founder or the Přemyslid dynasty (around 650), was asked to marry princess Libuše. We can read about Přemysl Oráč in the Chronicle of Cosmas.
Secondary School of Public Studies
Secondary Medical School
Secondary Technical School of Building Construction
Secondary Technical school of Engineering
Business Academy
Secondary School of Business and Services
Gymnasium Jateční
Gymnasium Šmejkal
Ústí = mouth. Ústí nad Labem - Mouth-upon-the-Elbe. The city lies on the confluence/meeting of two rivers - the Bílina and the Elbe.
- located in a beautiful mountainous landscape. The southern part of the municipal area lies in the Protected Landscape Area Bohemian Central Uplands - České Středohoří - with many volcanic hills (of which the highest peak is Milešovka, 837 m)
HISTORY
165 years ago, in 1856, a modern and large chemical factory was built on a green field near Ústí nad Labem, in what was known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire: the Austrian Association for Chemical and Metallurgical Production. The company continues to operate in the same place to this day, its name referring to its rich history.
The association has played a key role in the shaping of the Czech chemical industry and has been of great importance in the development of the city of Ústí nad Labem itself.
The second half of the 19th century was marked by great expansion in the glass and textile industry, for which the Association produced the basic raw material - soda. Its efforts to maintain a leading position in its production and sales culminated in the signing of a cooperation with the firm Solvay. This created an international monopoly, which for a long time dominated the market for this raw material. The firm thus significantly strengthened its position and was successful in international markets. During the First World War it was considered the strongest chemical company in the whole of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
After the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, the adjective "Austrian" was removed from the company's name, and since 1920 the company has been called the Association for Chemical and Metallurgical Production.
In the period up to the 1940s The Association was a strong capital company and in certain periods was even the leader of the entire Czechoslovak chemical industry and a share owner in many Czech and foreign companies
During World War II production was under the administration of I. G. Farbenindustrie and a large part of the plant was damaged during the Allied bombing and at the end of the war.
After 1945 the entire strong and powerful concern was nationalised and split into individual plants throughout the Republic. This step irreparably damaged the Association's strong and privileged position on the market. After 1989 the joint-stock company was renewed and privatised. Since then, a modern, dynamic history of our company has been written.
The main production branch, since the beginning of the company's existence, has been inorganic chemistry. This was later joined by the production of organic dyes and the production of synthetic resins ([ˈrezɪn] – pryskyřice) The production of hydroxides, chlorine chemistry and resins still forms the basis of our portfolio.
The first skyscraper
One of the most remarkable interwar office buildings in our territory. At the time of its creation the Expression-influenced building was the tallest building in what was then Czechoslovakia.
Famous local brands from Ústí nad Labem
You may be surprised to learn how many famous products have their origins in this north Bohemian regional city. The City of Ústí nad Labem grew out of its industrial tradition. It was a leading industrial metropolis of the Austro-Hungary monarchy and it can be proud of this. It can boast a legacy which is worthy of being called the “family silver” without any exaggeration.
A number of famous Czech products, whose names were also known to our great-grandmothers, are associated with Ústí. In order to ensure that nobody is in any doubt as to what "Originally made in Ústí nad Labem" means, a project has been established to present the famous brands which had their genesis in Ústí nad Labem.
Did you know that the City of Ústí nad Labem is the cradle of the famous soap with a stag on it and the birthplace of Viktor Cibich, whose face is on the label for Březňák beer? Or that one of the best-known Czech spirits, Stará myslivecká, comes from here?
The brochure with the local brands can be downloaded here.
It means it has a status [ˈsteɪtəs]of a CITY, which is more prestigous than just a TOWN. The mayor is called PRIMÁTOR rather than STAROSTA.
Ústí nad Labem is a river port, industrial centre, railway junction, centre of the region ÚSTECKÝ.
- today declining
Anton Raphael Mengs (German neoclassic painter)
Lukáš Konečný
Jaroslav Foglar
Vladimír Páral
Miroslav Houra
Jiří Švejda
V. Neckář
Josef Carda
Marek Taclík
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Art and Design
Faculty of Art
Faculty of Health Studies
Faculty of Environment
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Social and Economic Studies
- built in Empire style in the first half of the 19th century, later reconstructed in Neo-Renaissance style
- inhabited by Chotek family. Žofie Chotková with her husband Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria were assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914 (he was the successor to the Austrian-Hungarian throne).
Roman Catholic church
- during the 2. WW bombed, with its 65 metres of hight it declines by 2 metres
- 12 metre high
basalt [ˈbæsɔːlt]- čedič
- constructed in 1998, in 1999 won a prize - it ranks among the 10 best structures in the world. The architect - Roman Koucký
+ Railway museum with the presentation of old types of railway carriages
- built in 2009
- controversial building
- in Vaňov
- restaurant, mirror and natural maze, playground, wellness, loukout point
- there is a cableway from Forum
- near there we can visit the original scaffold
- built by rich factory owners
in the street of W. Churchill, today a part of the Scientific Library
- built in 1936, there are two lock chambers, hydroelectric power plant with Kaplan turbines and fish crossing. Jez - weir
- used to be the seat of the Nazis during the 2nd WW, now the seat of the School Inspection (features of neoclacisism, art déco) - in the street of Winston Churchill
- in Ústí, today the seat of Český rozhlas (Na Schodech)
