Chrudim District

Okres Chrudim ( German district Chrudim) is located in the Pardubice Region (Czech Republic) and occupies an area of 1,030 km ², on the approximately 103,000 residents living in 108 communities, of which one-third lives in the cities Chrudim and Hlinsko. More cities will be Skuteč, Heřmanův Městec, Luže, Nasavrky, Seč u Nasavrk, Slatiňany, Chrast, Třemošnice and Ronov nad Doubravou.

The area of ​​arable land occupies 62 %, forest areas further 18 %. Crops are cereals, potatoes and sugar beet, added dairy, cattle and pig breeding and processing of eggs. Industrial centers are Chrudim (mechanical engineering, food industry, textile industry), Hlinsko (electrical engineering, fur industry, food), Skuteč ( leather and textile industries ), Nasavrky (textile), Prachovice ( building materials), Třemošnice ( Mechanical Engineering), Chrast ( food and wood processing), Hrochův Týnec (sugar production, building materials). Thanks to the growth of small businesses, the number of employees grows in construction. With 9.4% of the district is one of the regions with the highest unemployment.

In addition to investments in the commercial sector, especially tourism to be boosted. In addition to numerous reconstructions in the cities and monuments were restored and opened to the public.

Attractions

Among the main attractions

• The district town of Chrudim dum with its historic center with the Church Assumption of the Virgin and the Puppet Museum in Mydlářův.
• The Staatshof Slatiňany and his stud with attached hippologischem Museum
• Ruins of the castle Košumberk, castle Lichnice, castle and castle Rychmburk Oheb
• Church of St. Bartholomew with a wooden bell in Kočí
• Jewish area in Heřmanův Městec
• Monument to the Victims of National Socialism in lagers.
• Exhibition of Folk Architecture in the highlands na Veselém Kopci and around Hlinecko.
• Natural sights make the district also become a frequently visited destination for water -, summer - and winter sports enthusiasts

Some famous personalities were born here or have worked here:

• Educator and philosopher Wilhelm Jerusalem
• Inventor of the propeller Josef Ressel
• Writer Karel Václav Rais, Jaroslav Vrchlický
• Composer Zdeněk Fibich, Vítězslav Novák
• Painter Antonín Chittussi, Adolf Košárek, Antonín Slavíčka.

On 1 January 2007 the municipalities Leština, Novohradský, Řepníky, Stradouň and Vinary changed in the Okres Ústí nad Orlicí.

Cities and Towns

Běstvina - Biskupice - Bítovany - Bojanovský - Bor u Skutče - Bořice - Bousov - Bylany - Chrudim - Ctětín - Čankovice - České Lhotice - Dědová - Dolni Bezděkov - Dřenice - Dvakačovice - Hamry - Heřmanův Městec - Hlinsko - Hluboká - Hodonín - Holetín - Honbice - Horka - Horni Bradlo - Hošťalovice - Hrochův Týnec - Hroubovice - Chrast - Chroustovice - Chrudim - Jenikov - Jenišovice - Kameničky - Kladno - Klešice - Kněžice - Kočí - Kostelec u Heřmanova Městce - Krasne - Krouna - Křižanovice - Lany - Leštinka - Libkov - Liboměřice - Licibořice - Lipovec - Lozice - Lukavice - Luže - Míčov - Sušice - Miřetice - Mladoňovice - Morašice - Mrákotín - Nabočany - Načešice - Nasavrky - Orel - Ostrov - Otradov - Perálec - Podhořany u Ronova - Pokřikov - Prachovice - Proseč - Prosetín - Předhradí - Přestavlky - Rabštejnská Lhota - Raná - Ronov nad Doubravou - Rosice - Rozhovice - Řestoky - Seč - Skuteč - Slatiňany - Smrček - Sobětuchy - Stolany - Střemošice - Studnice - Svídnice - Svratouch - Tisovec - Trhová Kamenice - Trojovice - Třemošnice - Třibřichy - Tuněchody - Úherčice - Úhřetice - Vápenný Podol - Včelákov - Vejvanovice - Vítanov - Vojtěchov - Vortová - Vrbatův Kostelec - Všeradov - Highlands - Vyžice - Zaječice - Zájezdec - Zderaz - Žlebské Chvalovice - Žumberk

Okres Chrudim | Okres Pardubice | Okres Svitavy | Okres Ústí nad Orlicí

49.8615.84Koordinaten: 49 ° 52 ' N, 15 ° 50'

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