Moravská Třebová

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Moravská Třebová (IPA: [ˈmorafska: ˈtr̝̊ɛbova:]; German: Mährisch Trübau) is a town of the district of Svitavy and lies in the region of Pardubice, Czech Republic. It is located at around 49°45′0″N, 16°40′0″E. It has 11.300 inhabitants.

Moravská Třebová is located on the Třebůvka (German: Mährische Triebe) in the landscape of the "Schönhengstgau". It was the largest German linguistic enclave within Bohemia and Moravia. Some locations were just some kilometers apart from the other German-speaking areas. Untill the expulsion of the Germans in 1945/46 it was exclusively inhabited by German population. Between 1850 and 1960 Moravská Třebová has been a district town.

Town development

Part of the town of Moravská Třebová are the incorperated villages of Borsǒv (Porstendorf), Sušise (Tschuschitz) and Udánky (Undangs)

Partner cities

• Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

• Staufenberg, Germany

• Vlaardingen, Netherlands

Well-known sons or sisters of the town

• Ludwig(Lewis) Vincent Holzmaister, an emigrant to the US - achieved prosperity and donated the former "Holzmaister-Museum"

• Gerhard Pieschl, suffragan of Limburg

• Walther Hensel, music researcher

• Gert Wilden, well known composer and conductor

• Franz Spina , Dr.,Professor in Prague , minister of the Czechoslovakia republic