Trhová Kamenice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Pardubický kraj | ||||
| District : | Chrudim | ||||
| Area : | 2038 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 47 ' N , 15 ° 49' E | ||||
| Height: | 535 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 938 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 539 01 - 539 52 | ||||
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| Street: | Chrudim - Žďár nad Sázavou | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 7th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Pavel Kábele (as of 2009) | ||||
| Address: | Raisovo nám. 4 539 52 Trhová Kamenice |
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| Municipality number: | 572390 | ||||
| Website : | www.trhovakamenice.cz | ||||
Trhová Kamenice (German Markt Kamnitz ) is a minority town in Okres Chrudim , Czech Republic . As of December 31, 2008, 870 people lived here.
geography
Trhová Kamenice is located on an old ford across the Chrudimka River in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands , on the border between the Iron Mountains and the Saar Mountains . The city of Chrudim is located about 20 kilometers to the north. Neighboring towns are Kameničky in the west, Možděnice, Dřevíkov and Svobodné Hamry in the south and Petrkov in the east. Road No. 37, which connects the district towns of Chrudim and Žďár nad Sázavou , runs through the village .
history
The oldest mention of the place can be found on a deed of donation from 1242. The settlement was probably founded by the Benedictine monastery in nearby Vilémov . There was a fortress here in the Middle Ages, and the church of Saints Philip and Jacob is mentioned as early as the 14th century. At the end of the 14th century, iron smelting began in the area . The surrounding forests were cleared for the extraction of charcoal and settlements were created for forest workers. In 1499 Trhová Kamenice is mentioned as a small town with its own coat of arms, the market rights existed since at least 1460. In the 16th century sawmills, breweries, mills and ponds were built in the area on noble land.
After the decline in the Thirty Years War, the imperial captain Francois de Couriers acquired the town, and the half-abandoned town was rebuilt from the end of the 17th century. In the middle of the 19th century, 854 people lived here. In 1853 Trhová Kamenice received city rights. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the local trade with stone and semi-precious quarries, glass production and textile industry developed. The companies were nationalized in 1948 and partly liquidated. In 2006 Trhová Kamenice received the status of Městys.
Attractions
- The church of Saints Philip and Jacob was redesigned in the baroque style between 1737 and 1747.
- The former baroque parish is now a museum.
- Memorial to the victims of National Socialism
- Tomb for the wife of the Viennese builder František Šebek , designed by the architect Josef Hlávka
Personalities
- The civil engineer and mathematician Josef Šolín was born here in 1841.
- The writer Karel Václav Rais worked here as a teacher from 1877.
- The medieval historian František Šmahel was born here in 1934.
Community structure
The districts of Hluboká, Kameničky, Petrkov 3.díl, Polom, Rohozná, Trhová Kamenice and Zubří belong to the municipality.