Town and episcopal see in Bohemia, approx. 70 km (45 miles) north of Prague. It lies on the Elbe River, opposite Theresienstadt [Terezín], and during World War II was a subordinate concentration camp of the latter.

In 1913, Jeanette Schenker had dealings with the tax authorities in Leitmeritz, presumably because she was born and lived until 1910 in the nearby town of Aussig.