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Mnichovo Hradiště

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- summer (DST)
  
CEST (UTC+2)

Area
  
34.32 km²

Number of airports
  
1

Elevation
  
240 m

Local time
  
Wednesday 3:49 AM

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Weather
  
4°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 88% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Drábské světničky, Schloss Mnichovo Hradiště, Příhrazské skály, Muzeum města Mnichovo, Tančící Les ‑ Dneboh

Mnichovo Hradiště ( [ˈmɲɪxovo ˈɦraɟɪʃcɛ]; German: Münchengrätz) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic. Its population is 8,500.

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History

The town was first mentioned in 1279 and contains a Renaissance castle which used to belong to the Wallenstein family. The remains of Albrecht von Wallenstein were moved from Jičín to the castle of Mnichovo Hradiště in 1723.

Until 1918, MÜNCHENGRÄTZ - MNICHOVO HRADIŠTĚ was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the district with the same name, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.

In 2010 was in Mnichovo Hradiště opened a factory producing cola-based drink Kofola.

Notable people

  • Emanuel Arnold
  • Vaclav Budovec of Budov
  • Josef Dürich
  • Karel Hruša
  • František Arnošt Koller
  • Leopold Kompert
  • Jan Kvicala
  • Miloslav Rechcigl, Sr. was born 7 kilometres (4 mi) from here in the village of Chocnejovice.
  • Jan Šverma
  • Jiří Tancibudek
  • Adam Zalužanský ze Zalužan

    • Twin towns — sister cities

    Mnichovo Hradiště is twinned with:

  • Erzhausen, Germany
  • Chojnów, Poland

    • References

    Mnichovo Hradiště Wikipedia
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