- Žamberk
Geobox | Settlement
name = Žamberk
other_name =
category = Town
image_caption =
symbol = Žamberk CoA CZ.svg
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country = Czech Republic
country_
state =
region = Pardubice
region_type = Region
district = Ústí nad Orlicí
district_type = District
municipality = Žamberk
municipality_type = Little District
part =
river = Divoká Orlice
location =
elevation = 418
lat_d = 50
lat_m = 05
lat_s = 09
lat_NS = N
long_d = 16
long_m = 27
long_s = 52
long_EW = E
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area = 16.91
area_round = 2
population = 6079
population_date = 2006-07-03
population_density = auto
established = 1332
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Tomáš Kalous
timezone =
map_background = Czechia - background map.png
map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
map_locator = Czechia
commons = Žamberk
statistics =
website = [http://www.zamberk-city.cz/ www.zamberk-city.cz]
footnotes =Žamberk (IPA2|ˈʒambɛrk; _de. Senftenberg) is a town in the
Pardubice Region of theCzech Republic . It has cca 6,100 inhabitants.General Information
*ZIP code: 56401
Geography
Žamberk is located at coor dms|50|05|09|N|16|27|52|W|city
Museums and Historic Sites
* Municipal Museum – Československé armády 472
* House of Prokop Diviš – Helvíkovice 326
* Litice - ancient castle
*Kunvald - place where Bohemian Brethren church was founded in 1457Notable people associated with Žamberk
*
Prokop Diviš (1698-1765) - Inventor, catholic priest
*Eduard Albert (1841-1900) - Austrian surgeon, born and died in Žamberk, associated with Albert's disease.
*Oldřich Marek (1911-1986) - Entomologist and teacher
*Pater Karel Chotovský (1842-1897) - catholic priest
*August Seydler (1849 -1891 ) -astronomer ,theoretical physicist , and professor atCharles University inPrague Publications
* Albert/Chotovský - Paměti města Žamberka
Sister Cities
*
Fresagrandinaria (Italy)
*Miharu (Japan)
*Nowa Sól (Poland)
*Püttlingen (Germany)
*Rice Lake (Wisconsin, USA)
*Saint-Michel-sur-Orge (France)
*Senftenberg (Germany)
*Senftenberg (Austria)
*Veszprém (Hungary)External links
* [http://www.zamberk.cz/ Municipal website (in Czech)]
* [http://www.vets.estranky.cz/clanky/vpm-okres-usti-nad-orlici/zamberk Pomníky obětem válek]
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