of the most important employers in the region. Sport The local ice hockey club HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi, the association football club is FK Ústí nad Labem, which plays at the Municipal Stadium. The city also hosts the Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon, one of the World Athletics Label Road Races. Sights The Střekov Castle is one of the main sights of Ústí nad Labem. It is located in a southern suburb of the city. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in 1318 and is located in the city centre. It is well known for its leaning tower. The tower is high and its deviation, caused by bombing at the end of the World War II, is . It is the most leaning tower north of the Alps. A significant landmark is the hill Větruše with an observation tower and the Větruše Castle, which was built in 1847 as a hotel and restaurant serving for cultural and social purposes. In Krásné Březno part is located the Ústí nad Labem Zoo, founded in 1908, and the Krásné Březno Castle, built in 1566–1568 (nowadays seat of the branch of National Heritage Institute of the Czech Republic). Mariánský Bridge Mariánský Bridge is a road bridge over the Elbe which was built over a period of five years and opened in 1998. The city invested over CZK 750 million (US$37,500,000) to build it. The bridge won an award of the European Association of Steel Structures - ECCS (European Convention for constructional Steelwork) Steel Design Award 1999. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering ranked Mariánský Bridge between the 10 best structures of the world in the decade. Notable people Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779), painter Mimi Wagensonner (1897–1970), composer Felix Weinberg (1928–2012), physicist Alfred Lipka (1931–2010), German violist Vladimír Páral (born 1932), writer Heinz Edelmann (1934–2009), illustrator and designer Milan Hejduk (born 1976), ice hockey player Jiří Jarošík (born 1977), footballer Tomáš Černý (born 1985), footballer Michal Neuvirth (born 1988), ice hockey player Twin towns – sister cities Ústí nad Labem is twinned with: Chemnitz, Germany Halton, England, United Kingdom Ústí nad Labem also cooperates with Dresden, Germany. Gallery References Sources . . External links Crystal Touch Museum Architecture in Ústí nad Labem Populated places in Ústí nad Labem District Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Romani communities in the Czech Republic Populated riverside places in the Czech Republic