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Vysoké Mýto

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CEST (UTC+2)

Area
  
42.07 km²

Number of airports
  
1

Elevation
  
284 m

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:58 PM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 88% Humidity

Neighborhoods
  
Vanice, Domoradice, Knířov, Svařeň, Lhůta, Brteč

Points of interest
  
Vysoké Mýto Regional, Muzeum českého karosářství, Městská galerie Vysoké M, Muzeum Karosa‑IVECO

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Vysoké Mýto ( [ˈvɪsokɛː ˈmiːto]; German: Hohenmaut, also Hohenmauth) is a town in the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic. Founded in 1262 by the Bohemian king, Přemysl Otakar II, it is situated near its original location, called Vraclav. Vysoké Mýto is a centre of tourism, due to its architectural monuments and the nature that surrounds it. Industrial companies in the city include an Iveco bus factory (brand name Karosa). There is also a football club, SK Vysoké Mýto. The town square is exceptionally beautiful and it is one of the largest examples of its type in Bohemia.

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Map of 566 01 Vysoke Myto, Czechia

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History

1262 – foundation of the city by the Bohemian king, Přemysl Otakar II

Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the HOHENMAUTH district, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.

Notable people

  • Bedřich Bridel (1619–1680), writer, poet and missionary
  • Dismas Hataš (1724-1777), violinist andcomposer
  • Hermenegild Jireček (1827–1909), jurisconsult
  • Josef Jireček (1825–1888), scholar
  • Karel Škorpil (1859–1944), and Hermann Škorpil (1858–1923), fathers of Bulgarian archaeology and Varna museum of archaeology (1888)
  • Alois Vojtěch Šembera (1807–1882), linguist, historian of literature, writer, journalist, and Czech nationalist
  • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Vysoké Mýto is twinned with:

  • Korbach, Hesse, Germany
  • Varna, Bulgaria
  • Pyrzyce, Poland
  • References

    Vysoké Mýto Wikipedia