- Prostějov
Geobox | Settlement
name = Prostějov
other_name =
category = Town
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image_caption = Town Hall
symbol = Prostejov CoA CZ.png
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 =
highest_lat_d =
highest_long_d =
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 =
map_background = Czechia - background map.png
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 theCzech 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 theVancouver 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]
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