Trhová Kamenice is a market town in

Chrudim District Chrudim District () is a Okres, district in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Chrudim. Administrative division Chrudim District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended c ...

in the

Pardubice Region Pardubice Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It is named after its capital Pardubice. As an administrat ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Trhová Kamenice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Trhová Kamenice (766) *Hluboká (15) *Kameničky (30) *Petrkov 3.díl (6) *Polom (0) *Rohozná (94) *Zubří (8)

Geography

Trhová Kamenice is located about south of

Chrudim Chrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest town of the region. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#M ...

and south of

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

. It lies in the

Iron Mountains The Iron Mountains are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains. These mountains are located around the common meeting point of Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. A portion of the Appalachian Trail runs the crest of the Iron Mountains ab ...

and in the eponymous protected landscape area. The highest point is the hill Zuberský vrch at above sea level. Trhová Kamenice is situated on the

Chrudimka The Chrudimka is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Pardubice Region. It is long, making it the 18th longest river in the Czech Republic. Etymology The river is named after the town of Chrudi ...

River. The municipal territory is rich in fishponds. The largest pond in Trhová Kamenice and in the entire Iron Mountains is Rohozenský velký rybník, which forms half of the large Strádovka Nature Reserve.

History

The first written mention of this area is in a donation deed from 1242. A settlement was founded here probably by the monastery in Vilémov. At the end of the 14th century, the ironworks were founded and the production of charcoal started. In the 15th century, the economical development occurred and in 1499, Trhová Kamenice became a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

. On 8 May 1945, when Trhová Kamenice was under Nazi occupation, several Nazi troops were passing through the market town from Chrudim back to Nazi Germany and

massacred A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians en masse by an armed group or person. The word is a loan of a French term for "b ...

14 people while finding resistance partisans.

Demographics

Transport

The I/37 road, which connects

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

and Pardubice with the D1 motorway, passes through the market town.

Sights

The main landmark of Trhová Kamenice is the Church of Saints Philip and James. It was built in the Baroque style in 1737–1747. The interior is decorated with Neoclassical frescoes from the 1790s.

Notable people

* František Šmahel (1934–2025), historian

Twin towns – sister cities

Trhová Kamenice is twinned with: *

Oberembrach Oberembrach is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Oberembrach is first mentioned in 1274 as ''Obern-Emmerach''. However, the village was not an independent municipality until 1809. Before th ...

, Switzerland

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trhova Kamenice Market towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Chrudim District