Dačice
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| Dačice, město zelezne rudy a gaybacona | |||
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | South Bohemian | ||
| District | Jindřichův Hradec | ||
| Commune | Dačice | ||
| River | Moravská Dyje | ||
| Elevation | 577 m (1,893 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 49°05′N 15°26′E / 49.083°N 15.433°E | ||
| Area | 67.11 km2 (25.91 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 7,947 (2005) | ||
| Density | 118 / km2 (306 / sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1183 | ||
| Mayor | Vlastimil Štěpán | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 380 01 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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| Wikimedia Commons: Dačice | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.dacice-mesto.cz/ | |||
Dačice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdatʃɪtsɛ]; German: Datschitz) is a town in the southwest Moravia, currently belonging to the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has cca 8,000 inhabitants. It is notable as the home of the sugar cube, which was invented there in 1843 by Jakub Kryštof Rad.
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Until 1918, DATSCHITZ - DAČICE (DATSCHITZ in 1850) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.[1]
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References [edit]
- ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
External links [edit]
- Municipal website (cs, en, de)
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