Moravská Trebová
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Moravská Třebová (ˈmorafskaː ˈtr̝̊ɛbovaː; ) is a town in the Svitavy District
Svitavy District
Svitavy District is a district within Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is city Svitavy. As a part of Pardubice Region the district has borders with Ústí nad Orlicí District to the north and Chrudim District to the west.-External links:*...

 and lies in the Pardubice Region
Pardubice Region
Pardubice Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It is named after its capital Pardubice. "There are a total of 452 municipalities in the region...

, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. It has around 11,300 inhabitants.

Moravská Třebová is located on the Třebůvka River  in the landscape of the "Schönhengstgau".

It was the largest German linguistic enclave within Bohemia and Moravia. Some locations were just some kilometers apart from the other German-speaking areas. Until the expulsion of the Germans in 1945/46
Expulsion of Germans after World War II
The later stages of World War II, and the period after the end of that war, saw the forced migration of millions of German nationals and ethnic Germans from various European states and territories, mostly into the areas which would become post-war Germany and post-war Austria...

 it was exclusively inhabited by German population. Between 1850 and 1960 Moravská Třebová has been a district town.

Town development

Part of the town of Moravská Třebová are the incorporated villages of Borsǒv (Porstendorf), Sušise (Tschuschitz) and Udánky (Undangs).

Partner cities

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, Slovakia Staufenberg
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, Germany Vlaardingen
Vlaardingen
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, Netherlands

People

  • Alois Czerny (1847–1917), native country researcher
  • Carl Giskra (1820–1879), Austrian politician
  • Walther Hensel (1887–1956), music researcher
  • Ludwig (Lewis) Vincent Holzmaister (1849–1923), emigrant to the US, achieved prosperity and donated the former "Holzmaister-Museum"
  • Friedrich Lang
    Friedrich Lang
    Major Friedrich Lang was a German World War II Luftwaffe Stuka ace.For a list of Luftwaffe ground attack aces see List of German World War II Ground Attack aces He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...

     (1915-2003), Luftwaffe pilot
  • Gerhard Pieschl (born 1934), auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg
    The Diocese of Limburg is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany.It was erected in 1821 from the Diocese of Trier and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cologne. The Holy Cross Church in Bornheim, Frankfurt am Main, is a part of the diocese...

  • Rochus Schüch (1788–1844), naturalist and scientific advisor to the court of Princess Leopoldina of Brazil
    Princess Leopoldina of Brazil
    Princess Leopoldina of Brazil was a member of the Brazilian Imperial Family, the third child and second daughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and his consort Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies. By marriage she was Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Duchess in Saxony...

  • Franz Spina
    Franz Spina
    Franz Spina was German-Czechoslovakian right-wing and activist politician of the First Republic Era. Franz Spina was chairman of Bund der Landwirte, or Union of Farmers and Rural Enterprises, right-wing party of German-speaking countryside of Czechoslovakia...

     (1868–1938), German-Czechoslovakian politician
  • Gert Wilden
    Gert Wilden
    Gert Wilden is a German film composer. From 1956 through his retirement, he scored music for more than 50 feature films in numerous genres...

    (born 1917), composer and conductor

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