Moravská Třebová
Moravská Třebová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmorafskaː ˈtr̝̊ɛbovaː]; German: Mährisch Trübau) is a town in the Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 9,900 inhabitants.
Moravská Třebová | |
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Town | |
 Tomáš G. Masaryk Square | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Moravská Třebová Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°45′29″N 16°39′51″E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Pardubice |
| District | Svitavy |
| First mentioned | 1270 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tomáš Kolkop |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.205 km2 (16.295 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 360 m (1,180 ft) |
| Population (2020-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 9,948 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 571 01 |
| Website | www |
Moravská Třebová is located on the Třebůvka River.
Administrative parts
Parts of the town of Moravská Třebová are the incorporated villages of Boršov, Sušice and Udánky.
History
Moravská Třebová was founded around 1257 by Boreš of Rýzmburk as typical colonization town. The biggest boom for Moravská Třebová during the rule of the Lords of Boskovic and Ladislav Velen of Žerotín (1486–1622), when the city was the center of humanistic scholarship and earned the nickname Moravian Athens.
Until 1918 the town was a part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.[2]
Moravská Třebová was the largest German linguistic enclave within Bohemia and Moravia. Some locations were just some kilometers apart from the other German-speaking areas. Until the expulsion of the Germans in 1945–46 according to the Beneš decrees, it was exclusively inhabited by German-speaking population. Between 1850 and 1960 Moravská Třebová has been a district town.
The town was largely shaped by the textile industry. However, most factories eventually went bankrupt.[3]
Notable people
- Rochus Schüch (1788–1844), naturalist and scientific advisor to the court of Princess Leopoldina of Brazil
- Carl Giskra (1820–1879), Austrian politician
- Alois Czerny (1847–1917), native country researcher
- Franz Spina (1868–1938), German-Czechoslovak politician
- Walther Hensel (1887–1956), music researcher
- Magda B. Arnold (1903–2002), psychologist
- Friedrich Lang (1915–2003), Luftwaffe pilot
- Gert Wilden (1917–2015), composer and conductor
- Jaroslava Maxová (born 1957), opera singer and vocal coach
- Marcel Kolaja (born 1980), politician
- Roman Kreuziger (born 1986), road cyclist
- Leopold König (born 1987), road cyclist
Twin towns — sister cities
Moravská Třebová is twinned with:[4]
Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
Staufenberg, Germany
Vlaardingen, Netherlands
References
- "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
- Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
- "Tip for a Trip: Moravská Třebová | Foreigners.cz Blog". blog.foreigners.cz. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Moravská Třebová. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
