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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Liberec | ||
| District | Semily | ||
| Commune | Semily | ||
| Elevation | 340 m (1,115 ft) | ||
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| Area | 16.31 km2 (6.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 8,736 (2010-12-31) | ||
| Density | 536 / km2 (1,388 / sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1352 | ||
| Mayor | Jan Farský | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 513 01 | ||
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Location in the Czech Republic
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| Wikimedia Commons: Semily | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.semily.cz | |||
Semily (Czech pronunciation: [ˈsɛmɪlɪ]; German: Semil) is a town in the Semily District, Liberec Region, of northern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It has about 9,000 inhabitants. One important landmark is the St Peter and Paul Church, from the beginning of the previous century. The town has two notable museums: the Museum and Regional Gallery and the newly opened Museum of Raspers. The important politician Fratišek Ladislav Rieger was born in Semily in 1818. Also born here was Ivan Olbracht, a popular Czech writer during the time of the First Czechoslovak Republic. Jizara River and its left-hand tributary the Oleska River flows through Semily .
In 1942 during the II World War Finnish soldiers received hospital treatment in Burg Waldstein ,Ruckers Glatz . (Tuberculosis and lung problems were treated ) The patients came by boat to Libau or Danzig from Hanko ( Finland). Along with the patients arrived also a Finnish nurse .
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Semily Semily] at Wikimedia Commons
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