Nové Město na Moravě
Nové Město na Moravě | |
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Town | |
 Town square | |
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  Nové Město na Moravě Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°33′41″N 16°4′27″E / 49.56139°N 16.07417°ECoordinates: 49°33′41″N 16°4′27″E / 49.56139°N 16.07417°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Vysočina |
| District | Žďár nad Sázavou |
| Founded | 1250 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michal Šmarda (ČSSD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 61.13 km2 (23.60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 594 m (1,949 ft) |
| Population (2020-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 10,049 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 592 31 |
| Website | www.nmnm.cz |
Nové Město na Moravě (Czech pronunciation: [ˈnovɛː ˈmɲɛsto ˈna moravjɛ]; German: Neustadt in Mähren; literally "New Town on Moravia") is a town in the Vysočina Region in the central Czech Republic. It has about 10,000 inhabitants.
Economy[]
Despite its distant mountainous location, the town has a long tradition of manufacturing. Among the significant sectors is the production of ski equipment by Sporten, of medical instruments by Medin, and of wireless communication modems by Racom.
Transport[]
The town is a hub of many local roads, crossed by a first class road No. 19, and also by local railways No. 251 Tišnov – Žďár nad Sázavou. It is accessible from the D1 motorway, lying 30 km away from its nearest exit 141.
EGÚ Brno Facility[]
Near the urban part Studnice, there is at 49°36′31.40″N 16°05′2.500″E / 49.6087222°N 16.08402778°E a testing facility of EGÚ Brno, which has three towers. The central tower of this facility, which is equipped with a lot of antennas looks very funny and is nicknamed Gyro Gearloose Tower after the famous fictional inventor Gyro Gearloose, who has a similar structure in his garden. [1]
Sport[]
The town is a prominent Czech winter sports resort and it hosted the 2013 Biathlon World Championships[2][3] and since the 2011–12 season, the Biathlon World Cup event has been held here more or less regularly.
It also hosted events of the Tour de Ski in 2007–08 and 2008–09.
Mountain bike races are also being organised in Nové Město, hosting races at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup level as well as the cross-country event of the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships.
Notable people[]
- Josef Vratislav Monse (1733–1793), historian
- Jan Štursa (1880–1925), sculptor
- Oldřich Blažíček (1887–1953), painter
- Jaromír Nečas (1888–1945), politician
- Vincenc Makovský (1900–1966), sculptor
- František Balvín (1915–2003), cross country skier
- George Brady (1928–2019), Holocaust survivor and brother of Hana Brady
- Hana Brady (1931–1944), Jewish girl murdered in the Holocaust, subject of documentary and children's book Hana's Suitcase
- Miroslava Němcová (born 1952), politician
- Pavel Tlustoš (born 1955), agrochemist
- Vladimír Havlík (born 1959), action artist, painter
- Ivo Strejček (born 1962), politician
- Radek Jaroš (born 1964), mountaineer and author
- Ivana Zemanová (born 1965), First Lady of the Czech Republic, wife of President Miloš Zeman
- Martin Koukal (born 1978), cross-country skier
- Eva Vítečková (born 1982), basketball player
- Martina Sáblíková (born 1987), speed skater
- Martin Nečas (born 1999), ice hockey player
References[]
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
- ^ "It's Here…Welcome to the IBU World Championships Biathlon 2013!". 7 February 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "ČD strengthening the transport service during the Biathlon World Championship in Nové Město na Moravě". Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
External links[]
Media related to Nové Město na Moravě at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- Town Hall website
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- Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
- Populated places in Žďár nad Sázavou District
- Ski areas and resorts in the Czech Republic