Chotěboř

Chotěboř
Town
Square in Chotěboř
Flag Coat of arms
Chotěboř Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°43′15″N 15°40′13″E / 49.72083°N 15.67028°E / 49.72083; 15.67028Coordinates: 49°43′15″N 15°40′13″E / 49.72083°N 15.67028°E / 49.72083; 15.67028
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.chotebor.cz

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[]

Chotěboř Castle

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[]

Chotěboř is twinned with:^[2]

• Tiachiv, Ukraine
• Tiszafüred, Hungary

References[]

External links[]

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