Číhošť
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Číhošť | |
Coordinates: 49°44′25″N 15°20′15″E / 49.74028°N 15.33750°ECoordinates: 49°44′25″N 15°20′15″E / 49.74028°N 15.33750°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.
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