Jemnice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Kraj Vysočina | ||||
| District : | Třebíč | ||||
| Area : | 3242 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 1 ' N , 15 ° 34' E | ||||
| Height: | 470 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 4,001 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 675 31 | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 3 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Miloslav Nevěčný (status: 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Husova 103 675 31 Jemnice |
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| Municipality number: | 590789 | ||||
| Website : | www.mesto-jemnice.cz | ||||
Jemnice (German Jamnitz , older also Jemnitz , Gemnitz and Jempnitz ) is a town in the Czech Republic with 4,300 inhabitants in the Moravian region of Vysočina . The city is a member of the Jemnice microregion .
history
The economic and cultural center is located on a hill above the Želetavka River . For strategic reasons and for better defense, it was founded in 1227 at the behest of King Ottokar I on a rock above the river. However, the construction of the fortification was not finished until the 14th century.
On February 4, 1327, the city received further privileges from King John and became a Free Royal City . Jemnice was hit twice by the plague in the 19th century and the town center was badly damaged during the fire in 1832.
City structure
The town of Jemnice consists of the districts Louka ( Lauka ), Jemnice (Jamnitz) and Panenská (women's village ) .
Attractions
- Jewish Quarter and Jewish Cemetery
- City fortifications
- Jemnice Castle
- Pallavicini's mausoleum above the Želetavka valley near Louka, north of the city
Náměstí Svobody (Freedom Square)
Jewish Cemetery
Romanesque tower of the Church of St. Jacob
traffic
Jemnice is the end point of the Moravské Budějovice – Jemnice railway line, which is no longer regularly used by passengers .
Town twinning
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Raabs an der Thaya , Austria -
Reszel , Poland
sons and daughters of the town
- Hugo Charlemont (1850–1939), Austrian painter
- David Oppenheim (1816–1876), rabbi
- Joachim Heinrich Oppenheim (1832–1891), rabbi
- Oskar Srnka (1884–1966), professor of low-voltage technology and rector of the German Technical University in Brno
- Karel Werner (1925–2019), Czechoslovak-British indologist, orientalist and religious scholar
Web links
- Jemnice (Jamnitz) -The story: www.raabs-thaya.gv.at - Partnerstadt (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ↑ L. Hošák, R. Šrámek, Místní jména na Moravě a ve Slezsku I, Academia, Praha 1970, II, Academia, Praha 1980th