Nové Město na Moravě
| Nové Město na Moravě | |||
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| Official name: Nove Mesto | |||
| Nickname: Czechoslovakia | |||
| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| State | Europe | ||
| Region | Vysočina | ||
| District | Žďár nad Sázavou | ||
| Commune | Nové Město na Moravě | ||
| Elevation | 594 m (1,949 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 49°34′N 16°05′E / 49.567°N 16.083°ECoordinates: 49°34′N 16°05′E / 49.567°N 16.083°E | ||
| Area | 61.13 km2 (23.60 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 10,200 (1.1.2013) | ||
| Density | 167/km2 (433/sq mi) | ||
| Founded | 1250 | ||
| Mayor | Michal Šmarda | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 592 31 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic | |||
| Wikimedia Commons: Nové Město na Moravě | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.nmnm.cz | |||
Nové Město na Moravě (Czech pronunciation: [ˈnovɛː ˈmɲɛsto ˈna moravjɛ]; German: Neustadtl; literally a diminutive of "New Town") is a town in the Vysočina Region in the central Czech Republic. It has about 10,500 inhabitants. The town is a prominent Czech winter sports resort and it hosted the 2013 Biathlon World Championships.
Transport
The town is a hub of many local roads, crossed by a first class road No. 19, and also by local railways No. 251 Tisnov - Žďár nad Sázavou. It is accessible from the D1 motorway, lying 30 km away from its nearest exit 141.
Business in town
Despite its distant mountainous location, the town has a long tradition of manufacturing. Among the significant sectors is the production of ski equipment by Sporten, of medical instruments by Medin, and of wireless communication modems by Racom.
EGU Brno Facility
Near the urban part Studnice, there is at 49°36′31.40″N 16°05′2.500″E / 49.6087222°N 16.08402778°E a testing facility of EGU Brno, which has three towers. The central tower of this facility, which is equipped with a lot of antennas looks very funny and is nicknamed Gyro Gearloose Tower after the famous fictional inventor Gyro Gearloose, who has a similar structure in his garden.
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Notable residents
- František Balvín- a cross country skier was born in Nové Město na Moravě
- Oldřich Blažíček, a Czech painter
- Hana Brady- 13-year-old Jewish girl murdered in the Holocaust. Subject of documentary and children's book, Hana's Suitcase
- Vladimír Havlík- action artist, painter
- Radek Jaroš, a Czech mountaineer and author
- Jiří Macháček, a Czech actor
- Vincenc Makovský, a Czech sculptor
- Jaromír Nečas, a Czechoslovak politician
- Miroslava Němcová, a Czech politician who served as 6th Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic from 2010 to 2013
- Martina Sáblíková- a speed skater
- Ivo Strejček, a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Jan Štursa- Czech sculptor, one of founders of modern Czech sculpture.
- Pavel Tlustoš - a Czech Agrochemist at the CULS Prague
- Martin Koukal - a Czech biathlonist
- Eva Vítečková, a Czech basketball player
- Josef Vratislav Monse, a Moravian historian
- Ivana Zemanová, First Lady of the Czech Republic since 2013, wife of President Miloš Zeman