Žamberk
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Žamberk (ˈʒambɛrk; ) is a town 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...

 of the 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 about 6,100 inhabitants.

Museums and Historic Sites

  • Municipal Museum – Československé armády 472
  • House of Prokop Diviš – Helvíkovice 326
  • Litice - ancient castle
  • Kunvald
    Kunvald
    Kunvald is a village in 5 km north of Žamberk in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has over 1,000 inhabitants. The Unitas Fratrum was founded in Kunvald in 1457, when followers of the martyred Jan Hus found refuge on the estate of King George of...

     - place where Bohemian Brethren church was founded in 1457

Notable people associated with Žamberk

  • Prokop Diviš (1698–1765) - Inventor, catholic priest
  • Theodor Brorsen
    Theodor Brorsen
    Theodor Johan Christian Ambders Brorsen was a Danish astronomer best known for his discovery of five comets, including the lost periodic comet 5D/Brorsen and the periodic comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf.- Life :...

     (1819–1895) – Danish astronom and botanist
  • Eduard Albert
    Eduard Albert
    MUDr. Eduard Albert , was a Czech surgeon, professor and historian.- Life :Eduard Albert was born in Žamberk, Bohemia in the family of clockmaker František Albert and Kateřina Albertová...

     (1841–1900) - Austrian surgeon, born and died in Žamberk, associated with Albert's disease.
  • Pater Karel Chotovský (1842–1897) - catholic priest
  • August Seydler
    August Seydler
    August Jan Bedřich Seydler , aka August Johann Friedrich Seydler, was a distinguished Czech astronomer, theoretical physicist, and professor at Charles University in Prague. He was the founder of the Astronomical Institute of the Czech University . He was born in Žamberk to a commissioner of...

     (1849–1891) - astronomer
    Astronomer
    An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

    , theoretical physicist, and professor at Charles University in Prague
    Prague
    Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

  • Edmund Kirsch
    Edmund Kirsch
    Edmund Kirsch , was Czech businessman, and translator.-Life:Edmund Kirsch was born in Brno on November 16, 1866. His father was managing director in one textile factory in Moscow. After graduating from textile school in Brno he was invited by his uncle Edmund Pintner to get practice in textile...

     (1866–1954) - businessman
  • Oldřich Marek
    Oldrich Marek
    Oldřich Marek was a Czech entomologist and teacher, member of Czechoslovak entomological society in Prague since 1940.-Life:Oldřich Marek was born on April 3, 1911 in Ústí nad Orlicí. He attended Primary school in Dolní Čermná and secondary school in Česká Třebová...

     (1911–1986) - Entomologist and teacher
  • Petr Eben
    Petr Eben
    Petr Eben was a Czech composer of modern and contemporary classical music.-His life:Born in Žamberk in northeastern Bohemia, Eben spent his youth in Český Krumlov in southern Bohemia. There he studied piano, and later cello and organ...

     (1929–2007) - composers

Sister cities

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Fresagrandinaria
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Nowa Sól
Nowa Sól is a town on the Oder River in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It is the capital of Nowa Sól County and had a population of 40,351 as of 2006.-History:...

 (Poland) Püttlingen
Püttlingen
Püttlingen is a town and a municipality in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approx. 10 km northwest of Saarbrücken....

 (Germany) Rice Lake
Rice Lake
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Saint-Michel-sur-Orge
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Senftenberg
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 (Germany) Senftenberg
Senftenberg, Austria
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 (Austria) Veszprém
Veszprém
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(Hungary)

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