Golčův Jeníkov

Geobox | Settlement
name = Golčův Jeníkov
other_name =
category = Town


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symbol = Golcuv jenikov-znak.jpg
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country = Czech Republic
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state =
region = Vysočina
region_type = Region
district = Havlíčkův Brod
district_type = District
commune = Havlíčkův Brod
municipality = Golčův Jeníkov
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elevation = 376
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 48
lat_s = 58.54
lat_NS = N
long_d = 15
long_m = 28
long_s = 36.7
long_EW = E
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area = 27.49
area_round = 2
population = 2639
population_date = 2005
population_density = auto
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mayor = Pavel Kopecký
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map_background = Czechia - background map.png map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
map_locator = Czechia
commons = Golčův Jeníkov
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/568635 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.golcuv-jenikov.cz// www.golcuv-jenikov.cz/]
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Golčův Jeníkov (IPA2|ˈgoltʃu:f ˈjɛɲi:kof; German: "Goltsch-Jenikau") is a town in the Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 2,600 inhabitants.

Villages

Kobylí Hlava, Nasavrky, Římovice, Sirákovice, Stupárovice and Vrtěšice are administrative parts of Golčův Jeníkov.

History

Jewish history

People

* Jonas Altar, Jonathan Ha-Levi Altar (1755 - March 25, 1855, Goltsch-Jenikau), Bohemian rabbi ( [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1321&letter=A] )
** Meir Ha-Levi Altar (1803, Goltsch-Jenikau - 1868, Goltsch-Jenikau), ( [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1322&letter=A] )
* Aaron Kornfeld (August 2, 1795, Goltsch-Jenikau - October 26, 1881, Goltsch-Jenikau), Bohemian-Austrian Talmudist ( [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=370&letter=K] )
* Zsigmond Kornfeld, Hungarian banker
* Jarmila Kratochvilova, track and field athlete

External links

* [http://www.golcuv-jenikov.cz/ Town website] (cz)
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1237&letter=B Bohemia (Jewish Encyclopedia)]