Číhošť

Číhošť
Municipality
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Flag Coat of arms
Číhošť
Coordinates: 49°44′25″N 15°20′15″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Vysočina
District	Havlíčkův Brod
Area
• Total	16.28 km2 (6.29 sq mi)
Elevation	545 m (1,788 ft)
Population  (1.1.2014)
• Total	315
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Postal code	582 87 to 584 01
Website	http://www.cihost.cz/

Číhošť (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃiːɦoʃc]; German: Čihošt, from 1939: Tschihoscht) is a village and municipality (obec) in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of 16.28 square kilometres (6.29 sq mi), and has a population of 336 (as at 3 July 2006).

Číhošť lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of Havlíčkův Brod, 43 km (27 mi) north-west of Jihlava, and 77 km (48 mi) south-east of Prague.

Near the village lies the officially calculated geographical centre of the Czech Republic.

The village was a site of the so-called Číhošť miracle in 1949, which led to a crackdown by communist authorities against the Catholic Church and murder of local priest Josef Toufar.

References

• Czech Statistical Office: Municipalities of Havlíčkův Brod District