Lanškroun

Geobox | Settlement
name = Lanškroun
other_name =
category = Town


image_caption = Town Hall

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symbol = Lanškroun.svg
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country = Czech Republic
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state =
region = Pardubice
region_type = Region
district = Ústí nad Orlicí
district_type = District
commune = Lanškroun
municipality =
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elevation = 373
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 54
lat_s = 47
lat_NS = N
long_d = 16
long_m = 36
long_s = 36
long_EW = E
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area = 20.64
area_round = 2
population = 9911
population_date = 2006-10-02
population_density = auto
established = 13th century
established_type = Founded
mayor = Martin Košťál
timezone =

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map_background = Czechia - background map.png map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
map_locator = Czechia
commons = Lanškroun
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/580511 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.mesto-lanskroun.cz/ www.mesto-lanskroun.cz]
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Lanškroun (IPA2|ˈlanʃkroʊ̯n) is a town and municipality in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. On the border between the former provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, it had a population of 9,911 (2006).

In historical documents, the town has been called also Landskron (its German name), Lanskron, Lanscron, Landeskrone, and Kronland.

The town was founded in the thirteenth century as the center of the estate of Lanškroun and Lanšperk. Until 1918, Landskron was part of Bohemia as part of Austria-Hungary, then it became part of the Czechoslovakia and in 1938 it was occupied by German troops according to Munich Agreement. On May 9 1945, at the day of the end of World War II in Europe, Soviet troops entered the city. On May 17 1945, Czech partisan units held court in Landskron, and many Germans were tortured to death.

Until the expulsion of Germans from the Czechoslovakia in 1946, the majority of population of the town was German. [In 1930, there were 6497 inhabitants and among these 83% were German and 17% CzechFact|date=March 2007] By now, most of the inhabitants are Czech people.

Trivia

*Lanškroun was the birthplace of Jan Marek Marci, Jan Smejkal and current world record holder in decathlon Roman Šebrle.
*Adolf Hitler is still an honorary citizen of Lanškroun. [ [http://launch.praguemonitor.com/en/58/czech_national_news/4331/ Article in The Prague Daily Monitor, Published April, 4, 2007] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.lanskroun.cz/ Official website (in Czech)]
* [http://www.snake.cz/LIC/mesto/historie-anglicky.htm Information in English]