Trpín is a municipality and village in

Svitavy District Svitavy District () is a district in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Svitavy. Administrative division Svitavy District is divided into four administrative districts of municipalities with extended competenc ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Trpín consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Trpín (357) *Hlásnice (55)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Trpa, meaning "Trpa's (court)".

Geography

Trpín is located about south of

Svitavy Svitavy (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. It is the birthplace of Oskar Schindler and the centre of the Czech Esperanto movement. The historic town centre is well pr ...

and north of

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

. It lies in the

Upper Svratka Highlands The Upper Svratka Highlands (, ) is a mountain range in Moravia, Czech Republic. The Highlands, together with the Křižanov Highlands threshold, form the Western-Moravian part of Moldanubian Zone – east south part of Bohemian Massif. Geogra ...

. The highest point is the hill Panský vrch at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Trpín is from 1349. The village of Hlásnice was first mentioned in 1437.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Trpín is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It was consecrated in 1689, but the construction was not completed until 1720. There is a wooden belfry next to the church.

Notable people

Otakar Sedloň Otakar Sedloň (1885–1973) was a Czech realistic painter living in Prague. Otakar Sedloň was born on 30 August 1885 in Trpín in eastern Bohemia, formerly part of Austria-Hungary. Otakar attended primary school in Doudleby nad Orlicí and foll ...

(1885–1973), painter

Twin towns – sister cities

Trpín is twinned with: * Palkonya, Hungary

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trpin Villages in Svitavy District