| Cítoliby | |
| Settlement Type: | Market town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ústí nad Labem |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Louny |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.3328°N 13.8122°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1325 |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.82 |
| Elevation M: | 236 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1063 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 439 02 |
Cítoliby (until 1923 Citoliby; German: Zittolib) is a market town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
The name is derived from the old Czech words cěta (i.e. 'small coin') and ľubiti ('to like'). The lokator of the village was probably someone who liked money.[2]
Cítoliby is located about 2km (01miles) south of Louny and 40km (30miles) southwest of Ústí nad Labem. It lies in an agricultural landscape in the Lower Ohře Table.
The first written mention of Cítoliby is from 1325, when it was a royal property. The owners often changed and included various lower noble families. From 1570 to 1630, the Cítoliby estate was a property of the Hruška family, who first expanded the estate significantly, but then part of it was confiscated from them as a result of the Battle of White Mountain. During the Thirty Years' War, Cítoliby was looted repeatedly. In 1698, the almost entire village burned down.[2]
The last aristocratic owners of Cítoliby before the establishment of a sovereign municipality was the Schwarzenberg family, which acquired it in 1803. In 1873, Cítoliby was promoted to a market town.[2]
The D7 motorway from Prague to Chomutov passes through the municipal territory.
Among the main landmark of Cítoliby is the castle and the church. The Church of Saint James the Great was built in the Baroque style in 1713–1715.[3]
The Cítoliby Castle was built in 1665 and rebuilt in the Baroque style before 1717.[4]
A technical monument is the former waterworks. It was built before 1727 for the needs of the castle water supply and probably rebuilt in 1885. This solitary building is also a landmark of the town square.[5]