Vysoké Mýto

Vysoké Mýto
Vysoké Mýto
	Town
	Ottokar II of Bohemia Square
	Flag Coat of arms
	Vysoké Mýto Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°57′12″N 16°9′42″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Pardubice
District	Ústí nad Orlicí
Founded	1260
Government
• Mayor	František Jiraský
Area
• Total	42.07 km2 (16.24 sq mi)
Elevation	284 m (932 ft)
Population (2020-01-01[1])
• Total	12,288
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	566 01
Website	www.vysoke-myto.cz

Vysoké Mýto (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɪsokɛː ˈmiːto]; German: Hohenmaut, also Hohenmauth) is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Vysoké Mýto is a centre of tourism, due to its architectural monuments and the nature that surrounds it. The town square is one of the largest examples of its type in Bohemia.

History

Vysoké Mýto was founded in 1260 by the king Ottokar II of Bohemia. It is situated near its original location called Vraclav.

Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the Hohenmauth District, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.[2]

Economy

Industrial companies in the town include Iveco's Iveco Bus factory (previously Karosa), brand names Irisbus Crossway, Irisbus Arway and Iveco Urbanway.

Sports

The town's football club is SK Vysoké Mýto.

Notable people

Bedřich Bridel (1619–1680), writer, poet and missionary
Dismas Hataš (1724–1777), violinist and composer
Alois Vojtěch Šembera (1807–1882), linguist, historian of literature, writer and journalist
Josef Jireček (1825–1888), scholar
Hermenegild Jireček (1827–1909), jurisconsult
Hermann Škorpil (1858–1923) and Karel Škorpil (1859–1944), fathers of Bulgarian archaeology and Varna museum of archaeology (1888)

Twin towns – sister cities

Vysoké Mýto is twinned with:[3]

Dolni Chiflik, Bulgaria
Korbach, Germany
Odessos District (Varna), Bulgaria
Ozorków, Poland
Pyrzyce, Poland
Spišská Belá, Slovakia

References

"Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 30 April 2020.
Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
"Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Vysoké Mýto. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

External links

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 30 April 2020.

[2] Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967

[3] "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Vysoké Mýto. Retrieved 26 August 2020.