Prostějov
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Prostějov Location in the Czech Republic | |
Coordinates: 49°28′20″N 17°6′38″E / 49.47222°N 17.11056°ECoordinates: 49°28′20″N 17°6′38″E / 49.47222°N 17.11056°E | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Region | Olomouc |
District | Prostějov |
First mentioned | 1141 |
Government | |
• Mayor | František Jura (ANO 2011) |
Area | |
• Total | 39.04 km2 (15.07 sq mi) |
Elevation | 223 m (732 ft) |
Population (2021-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 43,381 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 796 01 |
Website | www |
Prostějov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈproscɛjof]; German: Proßnitz, Yiddish: פראסטיץ Prostitz) is a city in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 43,000 inhabitants. Today the city is known for its fashion industry and AČR special forces unit 601. skss based there. The historical city centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrative parts[]
Prostějov consists from seven administrative parts: Čechovice, Čechůvky, Domamyslice, Krasice, Prostějov, Vrahovice and Žešov.
History[]
The first written mention of Prostějov is from 1141. In 1365, the settlement became a market town and in 1390 a town. From 1454, the Jewish community lived in Prostějov.[2]
In 1495 the construction of the town walls began.[2] The Prostějov Castle was built in 1522–1526 by Jan of Pernštejn as a part of town walls. In 1568–1572 the castle was rebuilt to the Renaissance style.[3]
In the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, Prostějov was part of the Margraviate of Moravia. In 1918, it became part of independent Czechoslovakia. The period of German occupation lasted from March 1939 until May 1945. During this time, Prostějov was administered as a part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Economy[]
The city is historically associated with the textile industry. The tradition began already in 1500 when a tailor's guild was founded. In the middle of the 19th century the very first clothing factory in Europe was built here. In 1910, the industry employed 12,000 people.[4]
Oděvní podnik Prostějov, the biggest textile company in the country with about 10,000 employees, was founded in 1964. After the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia, the company failed to restructure and adapt to market mechanisms, and went bankrupt in 2010.[4] Nowadays, the tradition is held by several smaller companies.[5]
Demography[]
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Source: Historical lexicon of municipalities of the Czech Republic[6] |
Sport[]
- TK Prostějov – tennis club, connected with many of the biggest names of the Czech tennis history[7]
- 1. SK Prostějov – football club, plays in Czech National Football League (2nd tier)
- LHK Jestřábi Prostějov – ice hockey club, plays in the Chance Liga (2nd tier)
Sights[]
- City hall
- National House
- Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
- Church of Saint John of Nepomuk
- Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius
- Jan Hus Church (former New Synagogue)
- Synagogue Beit ha-Midrash
- Jewish cemetery
- Marian column
- Statue of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
- Birthhouse and statue of Jiří Wolker
Notable people[]
- Meir Eisenstadt (c. 1670–1744), author of rabbinic literature
- Jonathan Eybeschutz (1690–1764), rabbi
- Moses Sofer (1762–1839), rabbi
- Gideon Brecher (1797–1873), Austrian physician and writer
- Moritz Steinschneider (1816–1907), bibliographer, orientalist
- Ignaz Brüll (1846–1907), Austrian pianist and composer
- Nathan Porges (1848–1924), rabbi
- Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), German philosopher
- Jiří Wolker (1900–1924), poet, journalist and playwright
- Otto Wichterle (1913–1998), chemist, inventor of contact lens
- Antonín Přidal (1935–2017), translator, writer and university lecturer
- Nina Škottová (1946–2018), politician
- Vlastimil Petržela (born 1953), football player and manager
- Luděk Mikloško (born 1961), footballer
- Petr Hořava (born 1963), physicist
- Paulina Porizkova (born 1965), Swedish-American model and actress
- Karel Nováček (born 1965), tennis player
- Lukáš Krajíček (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Petra Cetkovská (born 1985), tennis player
- Petra Kvitová (born 1990), tennis player
Twin towns – sister cities[]
- Środa Wielkopolska, Poland
- Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia
References[]
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Historie" (in Czech). Statutární město Prostějov. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ^ "Zámek Prostějov" (in Czech). Hrady.cz. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "OP aneb Obří Pád Prostějov: od zlaté éry k odstřelu tunou dynamitu" (in Czech). iDnes. 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ^ "Nostalgie po časech OP Prostějov zůstává, tradici dál udržují menší firmy" (in Czech). iDnes. 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Prostějov" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.
- ^ "Hvězdy TK AGROFERT Prostějov" (in Czech). TK Agrofert Prostějov. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Statutární město Prostějov. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prostějov. |
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Prostějov. |
- Official website
- Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. .
- Jewish history
- Prostějov
- Populated places in Prostějov District
- Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
- 1141 establishments in Europe
- Shtetls
- Olomouc Region geography stubs