Havlíčkův Brod
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Vysočina | ||
| District | Havlíčkův Brod | ||
| Commune | Havlíčkův Brod | ||
| Elevation | 422 m (1,385 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 49°36′21″N 15°34′43″E / 49.60583°N 15.57861°ECoordinates: 49°36′21″N 15°34′43″E / 49.60583°N 15.57861°E | ||
| Area | 64.95 km2 (25.08 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 23,306 (2015-01-01) | ||
| Density | 359/km2 (930/sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1234 | ||
| Mayor | Jan Tecl | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 580 01 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.muhb.cz | |||
Havlíčkův Brod (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦavliːtʃkuːf ˈbrot]), Německý Brod until 1945 (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɲɛmɛtskiː ˈbrot]; German: Deutschbrod) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It is also the capital of the Havlíčkův Brod district. It is located on the Sázava River in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and has a population of 24,321 as of 2003. It belongs to the historical land of Bohemia.
Settlement in Brod has been documented as far back as the 12th century. After silver was discovered in the area, the Bohemian nobleman Smil of Lichtenburk (Lichtenburg) invited German miners to settle the area; Brod received its city rights in 1257. Although the townspeople were German-speakers in a predominantly Czech-speaking land, the people of Brod became loyal subjects of the Bohemian crown. In the 13th and 14th centuries it was a center for silver mining, although its importance gradually declined in the latter century. Because the German townspeople supported King Sigismund during the Hussite Wars, Brod was sacked on 22 January 1422 by Jan Žižka. The town was resettled in 1429 and experienced a cultural flowering during the 16th and 17th centuries. Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the DEUTSCHBROD - NEMECKY BROD district, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.
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