Žamberk

Geobox | Settlement
name = Žamberk
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category = Town


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country = Czech Republic
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state =
region = Pardubice
region_type = Region
district = Ústí nad Orlicí
district_type = District
municipality = Žamberk
municipality_type = Little District
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river = Divoká Orlice
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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
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commons = Žamberk
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website = [http://www.zamberk-city.cz/ www.zamberk-city.cz]
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Žamberk (IPA2|ˈʒambɛrk; _de. Senftenberg) is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech 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 1457

Notable 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 at Charles University in Prague

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]