Prostějov

Prostějov
Town
Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Olomouc
District	Prostějov
Commune	Prostějov
Rivers	Hloučela, Romže
Elevation	223 m (732 ft)
Coordinates	CZ 49°28′N 17°5′E / 49.467°N 17.083°E / 49.467; 17.083Coordinates: CZ 49°28′N 17°5′E / 49.467°N 17.083°E / 49.467; 17.083
Area	46.58 km2 (17.98 sq mi)
Population	44,094 (2015-01-01)
Density	947/km2 (2,453/sq mi)
First mentioned	1141
Mayor	Alena Rašková
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	796 01
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Prostějov
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.mestopv.cz/

Prostějov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈproscɛjof]; German: Proßnitz, Yiddish: פראסטיץ‎ Prostitz) is a city in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic, in the historical region of Moravia. Today the city is known for its fashion industry and AČR special forces unit 601. skss based there. The historical core of the town has been declared a historical town preserve.

Notable people

• Petra Cetkovská, tennis player
• Gideon Brecher, medical doctor, writer
• Ignaz Brüll, composer
• Meir Eisenstadt, rabbi
• Jonathan Eybeschutz, rabbi
• Edmund Husserl, philosopher
• Lukas Krajicek, NHL hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers
• Henrieta Nagyová
• Karel Nováček
• Vlastimil Petržela
• Nathan Porges, rabbi
• Paulina Porizkova
• Moses Sofer, rabbi
• Nina Škottová
• Moritz Steinschneider, rabbi, Jewish scholar, bibliographer, orientalist
• Otto Wichterle
• Jiří Wolker
• Ludek Miklosko, former national football goalkeeper and goalkeeper for West Ham United FC

Administration

Prostějov consists from seven administrative parts: Čechovice, Čechůvky, Domamyslice, Krasice, Prostějov, Vrahovice and Žešov.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Prostějov.

• Official website
•  "Prossnitz". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. 
• Jewish history

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