Louka u Litvínova

Louka u Litvínova is a municipality and village in Most District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Geography

Louka u Litvínova is located about north of Most and west of Ústí nad Labem. It lies in the Most Basin. There are several fishponds in the area.

The first written mention of Louka u Litvínova is from 1289, when it was owned by the Lords of Rýzmburk, a branch of the Hrabišic family. They sold the village to Margrave William I in 1398 and until the end of the Hussite Wars, the area belonged to Saxony. After that, the village was granted to various nobles as a fief.
In the 17th century, Louka u Litvínova was owned by the Waldstein family. It was an agricultural village until the discovery of lignite and general industrialization of the region.

The main landmark is the Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua. It was built in 1834 from the money of local farmers.