Jáchymov

Jáchymov (; or Joachimsthal) is a spa town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Jáchymov
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Jáchymov 2016 a.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Upper Jáchymov
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Jáchymov.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Jáchymov_znak2.png
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Karlovy Vary
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Karlovy Vary
Settlement.pushpin_map: Czech Republic
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Czech Republic
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Jiří Kaucký
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1516

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Official website

Město Jáchymov - Oficiální stránky města Jáchymov

Oficiální webové stránky města Jáchymov

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections

Contents

Administrative division
Etymology
Geography
History
16th–17th centuries
18th–20th centuries
Uranium mining
Demographics
Spa
Transport
Sport
Sights
Sacral monuments
Spa architecture
Notable people
Twin towns – sister cities
See also
References
External links

Jáchymov (; or Joachimsthal) is a spa town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.

Jáchymov has a long mining tradition, thanks to which it used to be the second most populous town in the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1534. At first silver was mined here. The silver coins minted here since the 16th century gave their name to the Thaler and the dollar. After the Wieliczka Salt Mine ceased industrial exploitation in 2007, the Svornost mine (1525) became the oldest mine still in use in Europe. It was also the first (and for a long time the only) place in the world where radium was mined.

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