Miřetice is a municipality and village in
Chrudim District in the
Pardubice Region
Pardubice Region ( cs, Pardubický kraj; , ; pl, Kraj pardubicki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The villages of Bošov, Čekov, Dachov, Dubová, Havlovice, Krupín and Švihov are administrative parts of Miřetice.
Demographics
Sights
The area of the former village
Ležáky
Ležáky (german: Ležak, from 1939: ''Lezaky''), in the Miřetice municipality, was a village in Czechoslovakia. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, it was razed by Nazi forces as reprisal for Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich's ass ...
, destroyed during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, is part of Miřetice-Dachov. The events are commemorated in the Museum of Ležáky.
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Villages in Chrudim District
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