Dymokury

Dymokury (German: Dimokur) is a village and municipality in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Dymokury
Municipality and village
View towards the village
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Dymokury
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°14′44.64″N 15°12′9.44″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian Region
DistrictNymburk District
First mentioned1249
Area
  Total20.62 km2 (7.96 sq mi)
Elevation
203 m (666 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total846
  Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitehttp://www.dymokury.cz/

Geography

It is located in the Polabí lowlands of the Elbe basin, about 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Poděbrady. The local economy mainly depends on agriculture. It is mainly a residential village and only a few residents work in Dymokury.

History

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The settlement in the Kingdom of Bohemia was first mentioned in 1249, then a possession of a local noble Soběslav. In 1290 King Wenceslaus II ceded the estates to the Cistercian monks of Sedlec Abbey near Kutná Hora. After changing owners several times, the fief was purchased by the noble House of Waldstein in 1573, their successors had a Renaissance castle erected from 1614 onwards.

Disseized by Emperor Ferdinand II after the 1620 Battle of White Mountain, Dimokur was acquired by Albrecht von Wallenstein, who nevertheless sold it to the Austrian Khuen von Belasi dynasty shortly afterwards. From 1673, the House of Colloredo held the manor, which also included the neighbouring town of Městec Králové. They had the castle again rebuilt in a Baroque style, finished in 1787. The last owners are the Counts of Czernin, who were expropriated and expelled after World War II, but regained its possession. The castle was restored after the Velvet Revolution of 1989.

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