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Havlíčkův Brod
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Key facts
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Region
- Vysočina
- District
- Havlíčkův Brod
- Mayor
- Zbyněk Stejskal ( ODS )
- Total
- 64.93 km (25.07 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 422 m (1,385 ft)
- Density
- 359.9/km (932.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- 580 01
- Website
- www .muhb .cz
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Karel Havlíček Borovský
- Official name
- Havlíčkův Brod
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Population
- 23769
- Area
- 64.934149
- Elevation
- 422
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Horní Krupá
- Headquarters
- Havlíčkův Brod
- Legal form
- municipality of the Czech Republic
- Official website
- www.muhb.cz
- Image
- Koudelova kašna (18. století) 02.jpg
- Licence plate code
- J
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- twinned administrative body
- Brixen
- Commons category
- Havlíčkův Brod
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Havlíčkův Brod
- topic's main category
- Category:Havlíčkův Brod
- postal code
- 580 01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Havlíčkův Brod
- native label
- Havlíčkův Brod
- time of earliest written record
- 1234-01-01
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P6482
- Havlíčkův Brod
- historical region
- Bohemia
- different from
- Brod
- number of houses
- 4221
- P8168
- Nagy-Küküllő County
- mean age
- 44.1
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Encyclopedic overview
Havlíčkův Brod ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦavliːtʃkuːv ˈbrot], until 1945 Německý Brod; German: Deutschbrod) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Sázava River in the Upper Sázava Hills. The town is a road and railway hub and has a tradition in the textile industry.
Havlíčkův Brod was founded in the mid-13th century. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. The most valuable buildings, protected as national cultural monuments, are the Old Town Hall and the Štáfl Cottage.
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