Editing Lednice

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Lednice
| other_name              = 
| settlement_type         = [[Obec|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Lednice-náměstí2009.jpg
| image_caption           = Town square
| image_flag              = Flag of Lednice.svg
| image_shield            = Lednice CoA.png
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of the Czech Republic|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[South Moravian Region|South Moravian]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of the Czech Republic|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Břeclav District|Břeclav]]
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| image_map               = 
| map_caption             = 
| pushpin_map             = Czech Republic
| pushpin_relief          = 1
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Czech Republic
| coordinates             = {{coord|48|47|59|N|16|48|12|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
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| leader_title            = 
| leader_name             = 
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| established_title       = First mentioned
| established_date        = 1222
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| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 31.27
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| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 173
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| population_as_of        = 2025-01-01
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2025-05-16}}</ref>
| population_total        = 2170
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
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| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 691 44
| area_code_type          = 
| area_code               = 
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| website                 = {{URL|https://www.lednice.cz/}}
| footnotes               = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
  | Official_name = [[Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape]]
  | Criteria      = i, ii, iv
  | ID            = 763
  | Year          = 1996
  | child         = yes
}}
}}
'''Lednice''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈlɛdɲɪtsɛ}}; {{langx|de|Eisgrub}}) is a municipality and village in [[Břeclav District]] in the [[South Moravian Region]] of the [[Czech Republic]]. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. It is known as part of [[Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape]], a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]].

==Administrative division==
Lednice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|language=cs|date=2022}}</ref>
*Lednice (1,858)
*Nejdek (213)

==Geography==
Lednice is located about {{convert|7|km|0}} northwest of [[Břeclav]] and {{convert|45|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Brno]]. It lies in a flat landscape in the [[Lower Morava Valley]]. The [[Thaya]] River flows through the northern part of the municipal territory. Stará Dyje and Zámecká Dyje, which are canals of the Thaya, also flow through the territory.

There are several large fishponds. Their territory, together with the immediate surroundings, is protected as the Lednické rybníky National Nature Reserve.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lednické rybníky|url=https://drusop.nature.cz/ost/chrobjekty/zchru/index.php?SHOW_ONE=1&ID=208|publisher=Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic|language=cs|access-date=2023-10-30}}</ref>

==History==
The first written mention of Lednice is from 1222 under its Latin name ''Izgruobi'', as a property of the Weisen/Orphanus family. In the mid-13th century, it was passed into the hands of the [[House of Liechtenstein]] and its fortunes had been tied inseparably to the members of this noble family.<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.lednice.cz/obec/historie/lednice/|publisher=Obec Lednice|language=cs|access-date=2024-11-21}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|2335
|1880|2670
|1890|2561
|1900|2702
|1910|2731
|1921|2830
|1930|2791
|1950|1952
|1961|2012
|1970|1994
|1980|2291
|1991|2364
|2001|2356
|2011|2242
|2021|2071
|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}

==Economy==
Lednice is known for [[viticulture]] and wine-making. The municipality lies in the [[Mikulovská wine]] subregion.

==Transport==
Lednice is the terminus of the short Břeclav–Lednice railway line that operates only on weekends from April to October. The line is operated with old rolling stock - steam engine pulled trains or diesel cars.

==Sights==
[[File:Lednice (Eisgrub) - zámek.JPG|thumb|275px|Lednice Castle]]
In 1996, the [[Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape]] was inscribed on the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage List]] as ''"an exceptional example of the designed landscape that evolved in the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] and afterwards under the care of a single family."''<ref>{{cite web |title=Decision: CONF 201 VIII.C; Inscription: The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape (Czech Republic)|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/2982/|website=unesco.org|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref> Lednice contains a palace and the second largest castle park in the country, which covers {{cvt|170|km2}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lednický park|url=https://www.turistika.cz/mista/lednicky-park/detail|website=turistika.cz|language=cs|access-date=2020-09-30}}</ref>

Lednice Castle was originally a Renaissance villa. In the 17th century it became a summer residence of the ruling Princes of Liechtenstein. The estate house, designed and furbished by baroque architects [[Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach]], [[Domenico Martinelli]], and Anton Johan Ospel, proclaimed rural luxury on the grandest scale. In 1846–1858, it was extensively rebuilt in the [[Gothic Revival architecture|neo-Gothic]] style under the supervision of Georg Wingelmüller.<ref name=history/>

The surrounding park is laid out in an [[English landscape park|English garden]] style and contains a range of Romantic [[folly|follies]] by [[Joseph Hardtmuth]], including the solitary {{convert|60|m|ft}} high minaret from 1802, which is the tallest outside the Muslim world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lednický minaret je se svými šedesáti metry nejvyšší mimo islámské země|url=https://www.novinky.cz/vase-zpravy/clanek/lednicky-minaret-je-se-svymi-sedesati-metry-nejvyssi-mimo-islamske-zeme-272595|publisher=Novinky.cz|language=cs|date=2015-01-31|access-date=2021-11-29}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Princess Aloysia of Liechtenstein]] (1838–1920), Catholic worker
*[[Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein]] (1840–1929), monarch

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Lednice}}
*{{official|https://www.lednice.cz/}}
*[https://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=763 World Heritage Site]

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{{World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic}}

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[[Category:Villages in Břeclav District]]
[[Category:Territorial disputes of Czechoslovakia]]
[[Category:House of Liechtenstein]]