Doudleby nad Orlicí

Market town in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

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50°6′27″N 16°15′41″E / 50.10750°N 16.26139°E / 50.10750; 16.26139Country

Czech RepublicRegion Hradec Králové District Rychnov nad KněžnouFirst mentioned1259Area

• Total8.90 km² (3.44 sq mi)Elevation

281 m (922 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,747 • Density200/km² (510/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

517 42

Websitewww.doudleby.cz

Doudleby nad Orlicí (German: Daudleb an der Adler) is a market town in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Vyhnánov is an administrative part of Doudleby nad Orlicí.

Geography

Doudleby nad Orlicí is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Rychnov nad Kněžnou and 31 km (19 mi) east of Hradec Králové. It lies mostly in the Orlice Table, only the southern part of the municipal territory extends into the Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is at 458 m (1,503 ft) above sea level. The Divoká Orlice river flows through the market town.

History

The first written mention of Doudleby nad Orlicí is in a deed of King Ottokar II from 1259. Until 1562, the owners often changed. From 1562 to 1809, Doudleby was a property of the Bubna of Litice family. They had built here a castle. In the 18th and 19th centuries, a Jewish community existed in the village. After the large fire in 1860, which destroyed half of the Jewish ghetto, most of the Jewish families moved away.^[2]^[3]

In 1931, Doudleby nad Orlicí was promoted to a market town.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,257	—
1880	1,672	+33.0%
1890	1,817	+8.7%
1900	2,013	+10.8%
1910	2,375	+18.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	2,243	−5.6%
1930	2,500	+11.5%
1950	1,903	−23.9%
1961	2,084	+9.5%
1970	2,012	−3.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	2,108	+4.8%
1991	1,887	−10.5%
2001	1,935	+2.5%
2011	1,820	−5.9%
2021	1,699	−6.6%

Source: Censuses^[5]^[6]

Transport

Doudleby nad Orlicí is located on the railway lines Hradec Králové–Letohrad and Týniště nad Orlicí–Rokytnice v Orlických horách.^[7]

Sights

The main landmark is the Doudleby nad Orlicí Castle. It was built in the Renaissance style around 1590, on the site of an older fortress. Around 1670, it was modified in the early Baroque style.^[8] Today it is open to the public.^[3]

The synagogue was built in the late Baroque style in 1777. Since 2002, the building has been used by the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.^[9]

Notable people

Petra Bryant, British-American actress and writer

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historie Doudleb" (in Czech). Městys Doudleby nad Orlicí. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ ^a ^b "Doudlebský zámek". Doudleby nad Orlicí Castle (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ "Doudleby nad Orlicí v archiváliích Státního okresního archivu v Rychnově nad Kněžnou" (in Czech). Městys Doudleby nad Orlicí. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Rychnov nad Kněžnou" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 5–6.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Detail stanice Doudleby n.Orlicí" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ "Zámek s dvorem a parkem" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ "Synagoga" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-15.