Příbram

Příbram
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Středočeský kraj
District :	Příbram
Area :	3345.2994 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 41 ' N , 14 ° 1' E Coordinates: 49 ° 41 '18 " N , 14 ° 0' 34" E
Height:	502 m nm
Residents :	32,642 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	261 01
License plate :	S.
traffic
Street:	Prague - Rožmitál pod Třemšínem
Railway connection:	Protivín – Zdice
structure
Status:	city
Districts:	18th
administration
Mayor :	Jindřich Vařeka (as of 2015)
Address:	Tyršova 108 ; 261 01 Příbram
Municipality number:	539911
Website :	www.pribram.eu

Old town of Příbram

General view of the pilgrimage church Svatá Hora near Příbram

Příbram (German Pribram or Freiberg in Böhmen , also Przibram , 1939–45: Pibrans ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic , about 60 km southwest of Prague with 35,963 inhabitants.

history

The first written mention of Příbram took place in 1216 as a property of the diocese of Prague . In 1289 Příbram was first referred to as a town. According to the mandate issued by Emperor Maximilian II on August 6, 1568, prohibiting Jews from staying in the mining towns , the Jews were also expelled from the little mining town of Příbram; a large part settled in Dušníky . Emperor Rudolf II elevated the Příbram to a royal mining town on November 20, 1579 . Subsequently, the route of the Golden Trail was also changed and led from Březnice via Příbram. After the Thirty Years War, the Příbram silver mining began to decline. In 1775 mining was resumed in the neighboring mountain town of Birkenberg . Příbram was the seat of an Imperial and Royal Mining Authority and a mountain court.

Between the 1880s and 1930s, Pibrans was an important location for pearl wreath production.

From 1949 on, uranium ore was mined around Příbram , with political prisoners being used as slave labor to a large extent. One of the largest forced labor camps was Vojna camp in the mountains south of the city. In 1953 the neighboring town of Březové Hory was incorporated.

Town twinning

Germany Altötting , Bavaria, Germany
France France , France
Germany Freiberg , Saxony, Germany
Netherlands Hoorn , Netherlands
Germany Koenigs Wusterhausen , Brandenburg, Germany
Italy Ledro in the province of Trento , Italy
Slovakia Poprad , Slovakia
Russia Chekhov (city) , Russia
France Villerupt , France

City structure

The town of Příbram consists of the districts Brod, Bytíz ( Bytis ), Jerusalem, Jesenice ( Jeßenitz ), Kozičín ( Kositschin ), Lazec ( Lasetz ), Orlov ( Worlau ), Příbram I, Příbram II, Příbram III, Příbram IV, Příbram V -Zdaboř ( Sdaborsch ), Příbram VI- Březové Hory ( Birkenberg ), Příbram VII, Příbram VIII, Příbram IX, Zavržice ( Sawerschitz ) and Žežice ( Scheschitz ). Basic settlement units are Bechyňka, Brod, Brod-východ, Březové Hory-jih, Březové Hory-sever, Březové Hory-západ I, Březové Hory-západ II, Bytíz, Čertův pahorek, Drkolnov, Ferdinandka, Jesenicejekka Nove Hospodě, Kozičín, Lazec, Na pahorku, Na Planinách, Nad Litavkou, Nova Hospoda ( Neuwirtshaus ), Nový rybník, Orlov, Pod Drkolnovem, Pod Květnou, Pod Svatou Horou, Průhon, Příbram-historické jádro, Sídliště na Plzeňské, Svatá Hora ( Heiligenberg ), Ševčiny, U Dolu Anna, U Litavky, U nádraží, U pražské silnice, U Příbramského potoka, U stadionu, U svatého Jana, U Vojtěcha, Za Brodskou, Za Svatou Horou, Zdabořón-Čníežice, Zimníežice Žežice-jih.

The urban area is divided into the cadastral districts of Brod u Příbramě, Březové Hory, Bytíz, Kozičín, Lazec, Orlov, Příbram, Zavržice, Zdaboř and Žežice. The districts Jerusalem and Jesenice represent a specialty, which contradict the municipal law ( Zákon o obcích ), which excludes the division of a cadastral district into several municipalities, are part of the cadastral district of Háje u Příbramě .

Culture and sights

Buildings

Jakobskirche

The Svatá Hora ( Holy Mountain ) monastery, known as a pilgrimage destination, is located on a ridge directly behind the old town . A Lady Chapel has been located there since the 13th century, and in 1348 it received the image of the Virgin Mary from Prague Archbishop Ernst von Pardubitz , which is still venerated today . Redemptorists had been taking care of the pilgrimage since 1861 , after Jesuits and Prague priests had previously been responsible for pastoral care. The monastery was closed on April 13, 1950 and only reopened 40 years later, on March 1, 1990.

Museums

Mining museum

Vojna Memorial in Lešetice

The mining open-air museum in Příbram consists of three areas in the urban area: Area A 'Ševčin Shaft' - the building of the former cutting bank houses the exhibition part "Traditional crafts and trades in Příbram" and the permanent exhibition "Mining and metallurgical buildings in Příbram on historical photographs" . The part of the exhibition on the "Příbram mining history" is located in the building of the former Kaue from 1880. In the building of the Ševčin Shaft, the exhibition sections “The development of mine transport in Příbram”, “Drilling technology in the Příbram mines”, “Panorama of the Birkenberg ore district” and in the machine house “The global significance of the Birkenberg ore district in the 19th century” . The mineralogical collection is located in the adjoining building. On area B 'Anna-Schacht' you can enter the Prokop tunnel underground over a distance of 260 m, one of the deepest shafts in Central Europe and the deepest shaft in the Birkenberg ore district. From the shaft building on the C 'Vojtěch shaft' (a Malakoff tower from 1870) you can enjoy the view of Příbram and the surrounding area from the roof lantern and take part in the inspection of the water tunnel to Anna shaft (330 m underground).

In the Lesetice district, right next to two uranium pits, there is the Vojna memorial, an authentically preserved prisoner of war camp that served as a forced labor camp after the Second World War and as a prison for political prisoners of the communist regime until 1961.

Sports

After the merger of FC Příbram and FK Dukla Prague , the football club FK Marila Příbram, based in Příbram, was created in 1996 . He achieved participation in the UEFA Cup in the 2001/02 season. Since July 2008 the club has been called 1. FK Přibram.

Regular events

Antonín Dvořák Music Festival

Economy and Infrastructure

Mining

The city was an important center of lead and silver ore mining and lead smelting, and in the 20th century also uranium ore mining . The largest mining museum in the Czech Republic is located in the Březové Hory district.

traffic

Březnická Street

The city is located 5 km west of trunk road 4, which leads north to Autobahn 4 and south to the Philippsreut border crossing .

education

Between 1849 and 1939 there was a higher education center for mining and related areas in what was then Pibrams. It was 1849 as of Mining educational institution founded in 1865 and received the status of a mining academy . In 1894 it was put on a par with a university and in 1904 a technical college . She had the right to award doctorates (Dr. mont.). After unrest, it was closed in 1939. In 1945, after the end of the Second World War, it was moved to Ostrava and the Ostrava University of Technology reopened there. The first director was Franz Xaver Zippe in 1849 , but he moved to Vienna a year later . Adolf Hoffmann was elected the first rector in 1895. Other important professors were u. a. František Pošepný (geology) and Gustav Ziegelheim (mining science, mineral processing and mine separation).

On July 10, 1851, following the Freiberg model, a mountain school was launched in parallel , which was opened in 1852. The first teacher was the Markscheider Augustin Beer.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Josef Schöffel (1832–1910), Austrian politician, journalist and environmentalist
Ignaz Beth (1877–1918), painter and art historian
František Drtikol (1883–1961), photographer
Karel Hartmann (1885–1944), ice hockey player and official, victim of National Socialism
Jan Drda (1915–1970), prose writer and playwright
Jaroslav Vožniak (1933–2005), painter
Václav Hrabě (1940–1965), poet, prose writer and a representative of the so-called Beat Generation
Patrik Štefan (* 1980), ice hockey player
Tomáš Zápotočný (* 1980), football player
František Rajtoral (1986-2017), football player
Jiří Veselý (* 1993), tennis player

Personalities who have worked in this city

Franz Xaver Zippe (1791–1863), Bohemian natural scientist and technician
Josef Porkert (1828–1895), manufacturer of piano frames
Blažej Mixa (1834–1915), long-time mayor, manufacturer and politician
Karl Albert Max Balling (1835–1896), professor at the Bergakademie
František Pošepný (1836–1895), professor at the Mining Academy
Gustav Ziegelheim (1839–1904), professor at the Bergakademie
Josef Theurer (1862–1927), physicist and mathematician
František Gellner (1881–1914), Czech poet, anarchist, prose writer, painter and caricaturist
Karel Leopold Klaudy (1882–1894), Czech lawyer and politician
Jaroslav Durych (1886–1962), Czech prose writer, poet, playwright, publicist, Roman Catholic theologian and military doctor
Adina Mandlová (1910–1991), Czech actress from the 1930s and 1940s
Jiří Majer (1922–2008), founder of the Mining Museum

literature

Murchie, Alison & Geoff Howard: The Rough Guide to the Czech & Slovak Republics. ed. 6, Mark Ellingham. New York: Rough Guides, 2002. ISBN 1858289041