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| Country |  Czech Republic |
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| Region | Pardubice | ||
| District | Svitavy | ||
| Commune | Svitavy | ||
| River | Svitava | ||
| Elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) | ||
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| Area | 31. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Since January 1 2000 (according to Czech law # 129/2000 o krajích ( about Counties) replacing older paragraph 1/ 1993 in the Czech Constitution Pardubice Region (Pardubický kraj is an administrative unit (kraj of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia In 1960 Czechoslovakia was re-divided into Districts ( Okres, plural okresy) often without regard to traditional division and Svitavy District (Okres Svitavy is district ( Okres) within Pardubice Region ( Pardubický kraj) of the Czech Republic. The Svitava (Zwittawa is a river in the Pardubice and South Moravian regions of the Czech Republic. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 33 km² (12. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 17,476 (2006-07-03) | ||
| Density | 558 /km² (1,445 /sq mi) | ||
| Founded | around 1150 | ||
| Mayor | Jiří Brýdl | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 568 02 - 570 01 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.svitavy.cz | |||
Svitavy (IPA: [ˈsvɪtavɪ]; German: Zwittau) is both a city and a district in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Pardubice Region (Pardubický kraj is an administrative unit (kraj of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, The city has a population of 18,000 and is also the district centre. The region has approximately 102,770 inhabitants in total.
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History
The city was founded in around 1150, when monks set up the church and nearby village. A century later German speaking colonists were moved into the area. From 1256 Svitavy was owned by bishops from Olomouc. Olomouc (ˈolomoʊ̯ts ( local Haná dialect Olomóc or Holomóc, German Olmütz, Polish Ołomuniec, Latin The city has been destroyed twice, during the Thirty Years' War the city was devastated and in 1781 it was burned down by accident. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1866, a cease-fire between Prussia and Austria was arranged here. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Austro-Prussian In 1930, 88. 4 % of the population was German. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as In the beginning of the 20th century the city saw tensions between Czech and German speaking people, resulting in the expulsion of the Germans following World War II. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
Famous people
- Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer (1826 - 1900), anarchist, entrepreneur, philantrophist
- Viktor Felber (1880 - 1942), professor of engineering, in 1930-31 head of Czech Technical University
- Alexander Makowsky (1833 - 1908), geologist
- Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974), Sudeten German industrialist credited with saving almost 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust
- Martin Doktor (born 1974), canoeing World and Olympic champion (born in Polička)
Other Cities in Svitavy District
Moravská Třebová, Polička, Litomyšl. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU České vysoké učení technické v Praze &ndash ČVUT in Czech) is one of the largest universities in the Oskar Schindler ( 28 April 1908 &ndash 9 October 1974) was a Sudeten German Industrialist credited with saving almost 1200 See also History of Czechoslovakia (1918–1938 From 1918 to 1938 several million ethnic Germans lived in Czechoslovakia as their home was Martin Doktor 'doktor (born May 21, 1974 in Polička, near Svitavy) is the Czech Republic 's best-known flatwater canoer This article discusses flatwater racing (sprint and marathon racing, competitive forms of Canoeing and Kayaking on more or less flat water Polička is a town on Bohemia - Moravia borderline in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Moravská Třebová (ˈmorafska ˈtr̝̊ɛbova Mährisch Trübau is a town in the Svitavy District and lies in the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic. Polička is a town on Bohemia - Moravia borderline in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Litomyšl (ˈlɪtomɪʃl̩ German: Leitomischl) is a town and municipality in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic.
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