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Boskovice

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- summer (DST)
  
CEST (UTC+2)

Area
  
27.83 km²

Elevation
  
381 m

Local time
  
Thursday 8:00 PM

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind W at 24 km/h, 52% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Westernové městečko Boskovic, Schloss Boskovice, Hrad Boskovice, Muzeum regionu Boskovic, Židovský obecní dům

Boskovice ( [ˈboskovɪtsɛ]; German: Boskowitz) is a town in the Czech Republic.

Contents

Map of Boskovice, Czechia

Location

The town is in the Drahanská Highlands, about 30 to 40 kilometres (19 to 25 mi) north of Brno, the most important city of Moravia.

History

Boskovice was probably founded in the 11th century and received its town charter in the 14th century. It used to have one of the largest Jewish communities in Moravia.

Until 1918, BOSKOWITZ - BOSKOVICE (BOSKOWIZ in 1850) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.

Monuments

  • Ruin of a 13th-century Gothic castle
  • St. Jacob´s church
  • The Empire Chateau
  • The Jewish cemetery of Boskovice which belongs to the largest ones in the Czech Republic, founded in the 17th century
  • The Big Synagogue

    • Cultural activities

  • Unijazz Praha - a festival held regularly every year in July
  • Hradhouse Festival - a dance festival held regularly every year, usually in August

    • Twin towns

    Boskovice is twinned with:

  • Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland
  • Levice, Slovakia
  • Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, Belgium

    • People

  • Karel Absolon
  • Josef Augusta
  • Hirsch Bär Fassel
  • Josef Koudelka
  • Moses Sofer
  • Solomon H. Sonneschein
  • Tomáš Špidlík
  • Hermann Ungar
  • Hermann Wassertrilling
  • Otakar Kubín

    • References

    Boskovice Wikipedia
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