Trhová Kamenice is a market town 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

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. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages and hamlets of Hluboká, Kameničky, Petrkov 3.díl, Polom, Rohozná and Zubří are administrative parts of Trhová Kamenice.

Geography

Trhová Kamenice is located about south of

Chrudim Chrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest town of the region. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Admi ...

and south of Pardubice. It lies in the Iron Mountains 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 River. The territory is rich in ponds. The largest pond in Trhová Kamenice and in the entire Iron Mountains is Rohozenský velký, 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 rural ...

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 the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...

14 people while finding resistance partisans.

Notable people

František Šmahel František Šmahel (born 17 August 1934 in Trhová Kamenice) is a Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history, known for his works about Hussitism, universities in the Middle Ages, humanism, and Monarch representation in the Mid ...

(born 1934), 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 t ...

, Switzerland

References

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