Prostějov

Geobox | Settlement
name = Prostějov
other_name =
category = Town


image_caption = Town Hall


symbol = Prostejov CoA CZ.png etymology =
official_name =
motto =
nickname =
country = Czech Republic
country_

state =
region = Olomouc
region_type = Region
district = Prostějov
district_type = District
commune = Prostějov
municipality =
part =
river = Hloučela
river1 = Romže
location =
elevation = 223
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 28
lat_s =
lat_NS = N
long_d = 17
long_m = 5
long_s =
long_EW = E
highest =
highest_elevation =
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lowest =
lowest_elevation =
lowest_lat_d =
lowest_long_d =
area = 46.58
area_round = 2
population = 46436
population_date = 2006-10-02
population_density = auto
established = 1141
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Jan Tesař
timezone =

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map_background = Czechia - background map.png map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
map_locator = Czechia
commons = Prostějov
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/589250 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.mestopv.cz// www.mestopv.cz/]
footnotes =

Prostějov (IPA2|'proscɛjof, German: "Prossnitz") is a city in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Today the city is known for its fashion industry and special military forces based there.

People

* Ignaz Brüll, great composer
* Meir Eisenstadt, rabbi
* Jonathan Eybeschutz, rabbi
* Edmund Husserl, philosopher
* Lukas Krajicek, NHL hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
* Henrieta Nagyová
* Karel Nováček
* Vlastimil Petržela
* Nathan Porges, rabbi
* Paulina Porizkova
* Moses Sofer, rabbi
* Nina Škottová
* Moritz Steinschneider, rabbi, Jewish studier, bibliographer, orientalist
* Otto Wichterle
* Jiří Wolker

External links

* [http://www.mestopv.cz/ Municipal website (in Czech, English and German)]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=49.474096,17.116613&spn=0.041096,0.059197&t=k&hl=en Satellite photo from Google Maps]