Humpolec

Geobox | Settlement
name = Humpolec
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category = Town


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country = Czech Republic
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region = Vysočina
region_type = Region
district = Pelhřimov
district_type = District
commune = Humpolec
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elevation = 527
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 32
lat_s = 30
lat_NS = N
long_d = 15
long_m = 21
long_s = 26
long_EW = E
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area = 51.49
area_round = 2
population = 10928
population_date = 2006-07-03
population_density = auto
established = 13th century
established_type = Founded
mayor = Jiří Kučera
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map_locator = Czechia
commons = Humpolec
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/547999 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.mesto-humpolec.cz/ www.mesto-humpolec.cz]
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Humpolec (IPA2|ˈɦʊmpolɛts; German: "Gumpolds" or "Humpoltz") is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic, situated south-east of Prague and roughly halfway between the Czech capital and Brno, on the northwestern edge of the Bohemian-Moravian highlands ("Českomoravská Vrchovina").

Humpolec was founded at the beginning of the 13th century, becoming a town status some 100 years later. Humpolec is birthplace of Aleš Hrdlička, well-known American anthropologist, Jan Zábrana, one of the greatest Bohemian writers and translators of 20th century, Ivan Martin Jirous, poet, underground writer and member of anticommunist opposition.

Twin towns

* Münsingen, Switzerland

External links

* [http://www.mesto-humpolec.cz/ Official website (in Czech)]
* [http://www.travel.cz/guide/141/index_en.html Brewery in Humpolec (in English)]
* [http://humpolecko.humpolak.cz/ Humpolec - photos and stories (in Czech)]