Prostějov
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Prostějov | |||
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Country | Czech Republic | ||
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Region | Olomouc | ||
District | Prostějov | ||
Commune | Prostějov | ||
Rivers | Hloučela, Romže | ||
Elevation | 223 m (732 ft) | ||
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Area | 46.58 km² (17.98 sq mi) | ||
Population | 46,436 (2006-10-02) | ||
Density | 997 /km² (2,582 /sq mi) | ||
First mentioned | 1141 | ||
Mayor | Jan Tesař | ||
Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
- summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Postal code | 796 01 | ||
Wikimedia Commons: Prostějov | |||
Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
Website: www.mestopv.cz/ | |||
Prostějov (IPA: ['proscɛjof], German: Prossnitz) is a city in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Today city is known for its fashion industry and special military forces based here.
[edit] People
- Ignaz Brüll, great composer
- Meir Eisenstadt, rabbi
- Jonathan Eybeschutz, rabbi
- Edmund Husserl, philosopher
- Lukas Krajicek, NHL hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
- Henrieta Nagyová
- Karel Nováček
- Vlastimil Petržela
- Nathan Porges, rabbi
- Paulina Porizkova
- Moses Sofer, rabbi
- Nina Škottová
- Moritz Steinschneider, rabbi, Jewish studier, bibliographer, orientalist
- Otto Wichterle
- Jiří Wolker