Habry (german: Habern) is a town in

Havlíčkův Brod District Havlíčkův Brod District ( cs, okres Havlíčkův Brod) is a district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Havlíčkův Brod. Administrative division Havlíčkův Brod District is divided into three adminis ...

in the

Vysočina Region The Vysočina Region (; cs, Kraj Vysočina "Highlands Region", , ) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located partly in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia and partly in the south-west of the his ...

of the

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. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Frýdnava, Lubno and Zboží are administrative parts of Habry.

Etymology

The name literally means '

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s'.

Geography

Habry is located about north of

Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; german: Deutschbrod) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law ...

. It lies in the Upper Sázava Hills. The highest point is at above sea level. The Sázavka Stream flows through the town. The town is situated on the shore of Haberský Pond.

History

The first written mention of Habry is in ''

Chronica Boemorum The ''Chronica Boemorum'' (Chronicle of the Czechs, or Bohemians) is the first Latin chronicle in which the history of the Czech lands has been consistently and relatively fully described. It was written in 1119–1125 by Cosmas of Prague. The ...

'' and refers to the year 1101, when Duke Ulrich I passed through Habry. It was a market settlement on an ancient trade route. In 1351, Habry was promoted to a

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. In 1909, it was promoted to a town.

Demographics

Transport

The I/38 road (the section from Havlíčkův Brod to Kutná Hora) passes through the town.

Sights

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary has an early Gothic core. Its present appearance is from 1678 and is in the

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style. The tower was added in the 18th century. Next to the church is a Neoclassical cemetery chapel. There is a small Baroque castle in the town centre. It was built in 1718. Today it serves as an institute of social welfare. Among the landmarks of the town belongs the town hall. It is a large early Neoclassical building which dates from 1770. The Jewish cemetery was allegedly founded in the 14th century, but is documented only in the first half of the 17th century. The oldest preserved tombstone dates from 1740.

Notable people

* František Ladislav Chleborád (1839–1911), economist

References

External links

* {{authority control Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Havlíčkův Brod District