By:
Chap. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 František Kordík, Jakub Stejskal, x. year students of the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Economics, Ústí nad Labem, May 2024 (Seminar work under the supervision of Mgr. Vilém Zábranský, Ph.D.)
1. Location
The village of Babiny I is located about 3 kilometres south of the village of Tašov, about 6 kilometres east of the Elbe River, 7 kilometres north of Litoměřice, and about 15 kilometres southeast of the regional town of Ústí nad Labem. Around the extinct village of Babiny I, there are meadows bearing the name Babinské. The exact location of all ZOOS in geographical coordinates is given in the Map section.
2. History
The first mention of Babiny I comes from the charter of Prague bishop Jan IV. of Dražice, issued on 1 October 1337 in Prague.[1] The bishop took away the villages of Velký Páleč with its fortress, Šlapanice, Vrbičany, Libořice, Očihovec, Tuchomyšl (Schönfeld), Modlany, Sobědruhy, Otovice, Lochočice and Habrí from the Augustinian monastery in Roudnice nad Labem, founded in 1333, as they were remote from the monastery, and attached them to the bishop's castle Kyšperk. On 1 October 1337, with the permission of the Prague chapter, he exchanged the above-mentioned villages for Smolnica, Hlinna, Babiny I, Březí, Budov, Dolín, Želevečice and Bakov, which belonged to the Prague bishopric.[2]
Anna, widow of Heník Kamýk of Pokratice, and her son Jindřich sold Babiny I. Jaroslav Kamýk of Pokratice sold Babiny I to Litoměřice in 1573.[5] On 6 April 1628, Jan Jiří Kamýcký of Lstibor sold part of Babiny I to Heřman Černín, Count of Chudenice, and his wife Anna Saloména, née Baroness Hradiště of Hořovice, for 29,000 Minschen kopeks.[6]
According to the revenue roll, two peasants were listed in Babiny I.[11] In 1787, Babiny I had 26 houses.[16] Later, in 1833, Babiny I had fewer houses identified due to the unclear division of the village between several estates, with 22 houses and 125 inhabitants.[17] By 1848, Babiny I had 22 houses and 122 inhabitants, with both German and Czech residents.[18]
Table 1: Development of the population and number of houses in Babiny I (1869-1930)
| 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1930 | |
| Residents | 170 | 159 | 154 | 142 | 138 | 150 | 144 |
| Houses | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 30 |
In July 1945, 63 German inhabitants of Babiny I were deported to the Soviet occupation zone of Germany.[20] On 9 July 1946, 10 inhabitants were deported, on 30 August 1946, two inhabitants, and on 3 September 1946, four inhabitants were deported. By 1950, only six inhabitants remained, and the number of houses had dropped to 25.[23]
3. Historical documents
[28] Archives of the City of Ústí nad Labem, ONV Ústí nad Labem, Demolition in the settlements of Čeřeniště, Babiny I., Němčí, Řetouň, 1967, inv. no. 4888, KT 1220.
