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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Zákupy
| other_name              =
| settlement_type         = [[Obec|Town]]
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| image_skyline           = Zákupy - Pošta (2).JPG
| image_caption           = Svobody Square, the historic centre
| image_flag              = Flag of Zákupy CZ.svg
| image_shield            = Zákupy CoA CZ.svg
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of the Czech Republic|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Liberec Region|Liberec]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of the Czech Republic|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Česká Lípa District|Česká Lípa]]
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| pushpin_map             = Czech Republic
| pushpin_relief          = 1
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Czech Republic
| coordinates             = {{coord|50|41|29|N|14|39|4|E|display=inline,title}}
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| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = Radek Lípa
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| established_title       = First mentioned
| established_date        = 1315
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| area_footnotes          =
| area_total_km2          = 40.78
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| elevation_footnotes     =
| elevation_m             = 271
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| population_as_of        = 2024-01-01
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024|url=https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/population-of-municipalities-qexb0dqr2d|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
| population_total        = 2937
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
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| postal_code_type        = Postal codes
| postal_code             = 470 02, 471 23, 473 01
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| website                 = {{URL|https://www.zakupy.cz/}}
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'''Zákupy''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈzaːkupɪ}}; {{langx|de|Reichstadt}}) is a town in [[Česká Lípa District]] in the [[Liberec Region]] of the [[Czech Republic]]. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The historic town centre with the castle is well preserved and is protected by law as an [[Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones|urban monument zone]].
==Administrative parts==
Villages of Božíkov, Brenná, Kamenice, Lasvice, Šidlov and Veselí are administrative parts of Zákupy.
==Geography==
Zákupy is located about {{convert|7|km|0}} east of [[Česká Lípa]] and {{convert|29|km|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Liberec]]. It lies in the [[Ralsko Uplands]]. The highest point is the hill Kamenický kopec at {{convert|436|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The southern part of the municipal territory extends into the Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj Protected Landscape Area.
The [[Svitavka]] River flows through the town. The [[Ploučnice]] flows across the southern part of the territory, but its confluence with the Svitavka is located just outside the territory of Zákupy. There are several small fishponds in the vicinity of the town.
==History==
[[File:Zámek z Borské ulice.jpg|thumb|Zákupy Castle]]
===13th–18th centuries===
Zákupy was probably founded in the 13th century. The first written mention of Zákupy under the name ''Richinstadt'' is from 1315, when Fridman of Richinstadt owned the local fortress. Under the fortress were two villages, Czech and German, which shared a church and which soon merged into one settlement. Zákupy was referred to as a [[Městys|market town]] in 1378.<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Stručná historie|url=https://www.zakupy.cz/mesto-zakupy/informace-o-meste/historie/strucna-historie/|publisher=Město Zákupy|language=cs|access-date=2022-10-26}}</ref>
Zákupy was held by the noble Pancíř of Smojno family, then by the Lords of Wartenberg, who sold Zákupy to the [[Berka of Dubá]] family in the 1460s. During their rule, Zákupy prospered and developed, and in 1541, it was promoted to a town. In 1612, the indebted estate was bought by Jan Novohradský of Kolowrat.<ref name=history/>
During the [[Thirty Years' War]], Zákupy was looted and damaged several times (in 1621, 1634 and 1639) by various armies. The estate was acquired by the [[Holy Roman Empire|Imperial]] field marshal [[Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg]] in 1632. His son [[Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Julius Francis]] founded the [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] monastery and had the castle rebuilt. The last heiress, [[Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg]], died at the castle in 1741. Her daughter [[Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Neuburg|Maria Anna]] was married to [[Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria]] and hence the possessions went to his family.<ref name=history/>
{{anchor|Duke of Reichstadt}}
===19th–20th centuries===
In 1803, the estate was purchased by the Habsburg archduke [[Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Ferdinand III]]. In 1815, Emperor [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis I of Austria]] awarded the title of Duke of Reichstadt (German: ''[[Herzog]] von Reichstadt'') to his grandson, [[Napoleon II]]. Napoleon II died without heirs in 1832, having never visited the town. After his abdication from the throne in 1848, Emperor [[Ferdinand I of Austria]] took over the management of the estate. He used the castle as a summer residence and had the interior decorated in the [[Rococo]] style.<ref name=history/>
On 8 July 1876, Russia's Chancellor [[Alexander Gorchakov]] and Austria's Emperor Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph]] reached the [[Reichstadt Agreement]] on the following [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)|Russo-Turkish War]] and the partition of the [[Balkans]] at the castle. [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria]] and Countess [[Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg|Sophie Chotek of Chotkov]] were married there on 1 July 1900.<ref name=history/>
The town was part of the [[Sudetenland]], and most of its inhabitants were [[Sudeten Germans]]. In October 1938, the region was annexed by [[Nazi Germany]], as a result of the [[Munich Agreement]], and was incorporated into the ''[[Reichsgau Sudetenland]]''. After [[World War II]], the German population was [[Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia|expelled]].<ref name=history/>
==Demographics==
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|4411
|1880|4266
|1890|3658
|1900|3534
|1910|3330
|1921|3533
|1930|3821
|1950|2437
|1961|2482
|1970|2446
|1980|2278
|1991|1987
|2001|2593
|2011|2711
|2021|2837
|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>}}
==Transport==
Zájupy is located on the railway line [[Liberec]]–[[Děčín]].
==Sights==
[[File:Kostel svatého fabiána Zákupy.JPG|thumb|Church of Saints Fabian and Sebastian]]
The town is known for Zákupy Castle. It was created by the reconstruction of the original fortress, which began in 1541. During the reconstruction after the fire in 1573, a large eastern wing was created, and the castle was gradually expanded into four wings. In the 1680s, the castle was rebuilt in the [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] style. During World War I, there was a hospital in the castle. After World War I, the castle became state property and since the 1970s, it has been open to the public. The castle includes [[French formal garden|French garden]] and [[English landscape garden|English park]]. Since 2002, it has been protected as a [[Cultural monument (Czech Republic)|national cultural monument]].<ref name=history/><ref name=sights>{{cite web |title=Pamětihodnosti|url=https://www.zakupy.cz/mesto-zakupy/informace-o-meste/pamatky-a-zajimavosti/pametihodnosti/|publisher=Město Zákupy|language=cs|access-date=2021-08-09}}</ref>
The historical core is formed by Svobody Square. Main landmarks of the square are pseudo-Gothic town hall from 1867 and Baroque plague column with the statue of Holy Trinity from 1708.<ref name=sights/>
Other sights include Church of Saints Fabian and Sebastian, former Capuchin monastery with Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, and stone bridges over the Svitávka.<ref name=sights/>
==Notable people==
*[[Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Neuburg]] (1693–1751), noblewoman
*[[Meda Mládková]] (1919–2022), art collector
==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official|https://www.zakupy.cz/}}
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