Tracing the Battle of Chlumec

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The area around Chlumec near Ústí nad Labem was the site of a number of important battles in the past. Perhaps all war campaigns in Bohemia went through the Chlumec region. In 1004, 1040 and 1126 – battles under the rule of the Přemysl Dynasty, Hussite campaigns and the battle in 1426, campaigns of different armies in the 17th century during the Thirty Year’s War and the Seven Year’s War in the 18th century, the Napoleonic Wars in 1813, Prussian-Austrian clashes in 1866, as well as WW1 and WW2.

 

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