ABSTRACT
The Bohemian State was formed during the tenth century. The crisis in the German empire and the extinction of the Moravian Premyslids speeded up the political rise of Bohemia, but the real impulses for the rise of the State of Bohemia as it grew to maturity were found in the context of its economy. Czech lands were discarding the rigid bonds of the early medieval economy, its oppressiveness and its natural limitations. The neighbourhood between the fortress and the township represents a unique complex that classifies the Litomerice area as one of the most interesting urban developments in the Czech lands. In fact the reference to the German law in Bohemia, dating to the year 1226 and referring to the village of Mury near Litomerice, does not even mention the Germans. The 'city' of Litomerice, located at the fertile confluence of the Elbe and Ohre/Eger rivers in north-western Bohemia, formed part of the ruler's administrative support.
