Chotěboř
Appearance
Chotěboř | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 49°43′15″N 15°40′13″E / 49.72083°N 15.67028°E | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Region | Vysočina |
District | Havlíčkův Brod |
First mentioned | 1265 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Tomáš Škaryd |
Area | |
• Total | 54.05 km2 (20.87 sq mi) |
Elevation | 515 m (1,690 ft) |
Population (2020-01-01[1]) | |
• Total | 9,178 |
• Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 583 01 |
Website | www |
Chotěboř (Czech pronunciation: [ˈxocɛbor̝̊]; German: Chotieborsch) is a town in the Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of about 9,200. The centre of the town is historically significant and is protected by law as Urban monument zone.
Administrative parts
Villages and hamlets of Bílek, Dobkov, Klouzovy, Počátky, Příjemky, Rankov, Střížov and Svinný are administrative parts of Chotěboř.
Notable people
- František Sláma (1850–1971), writer and politician
- Ignát Herrmann (1854–1935), novelist, satirist and editor
- Bohuslav Šťastný (born 1949), ice hockey player
- Tomáš Zohorna (born 1988), ice hockey player
- Gabriela Kratochvílová (born 1990), model, winner of Czech Miss 2013
- Matěj Vydra (born 1992), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
- Tiachiv, Ukraine
- Tiszafüred, Hungary
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
- ^ "Chotěboř navázala přátelské vztahy s ukrajinským městem Tjačiv" (in Czech). Havlíčskobrodský deník. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
External links
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