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- summer (DST)
  
CEST (UTC+2)

Area
  
16.91 km²

Elevation
  
418 m

Local time
  
Monday 3:42 AM

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind N at 19 km/h, 73% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Tyršova rozhledna (Rozálka), Městské muzeum Žamberk, Muzeum starých strojů a te

Žamberk ( [ˈʒambɛrk]; German: Senftenberg in Böhmen) is a town in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,100 inhabitants.

Contents

Map of Zamberk, Czechia

General information

  • ZIP code: 56401

    • Museums and Historic Sites

  • Municipal Museum – Československé armády 472
  • House of Prokop Diviš – Helvíkovice 326
  • Litice (castle) – ancient castle
  • Kunvald – place where Bohemian Brethren church was founded in 1457

    • Notable people associated with Žamberk

  • Prokop Diviš (1698–1765) – Inventor, catholic priest
  • Theodor Brorsen (1819–1895) – Danish astronomer and botanist
  • Eduard Albert (1841–1900) – Austrian surgeon, born and died in Žamberk, associated with Albert's disease.
  • August Seydler (1849–1891) – astronomer, theoretical physicist, and professor at Charles University in Prague
  • Edmund Kirsch (1866–1954) – businessman
  • Oldřich Marek (1911–1986) – Entomologist and teacher
  • Petr Eben (1929–2007) – composer

    • Publications

  • E. 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)

    • Exchange program

  • Gymnasium Žamberk – Minkema College Woerden

    • References

    Žamberk Wikipedia
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