Stříbro

Stříbro
Town
Town centre
Flag
Coat of arms
Country Czech Republic
Region Plzeň
District Tachov
Commune Stříbro
Municipalities Butov (Czech Republic)
River Mže
Center Náměstí Svobody
 - elevation 399 m (1,309 ft)
 - coordinates 49°45′16.1″N 12°59′59″E / 49.754472°N 12.99972°E / 49.754472; 12.99972Coordinates: 49°45′16.1″N 12°59′59″E / 49.754472°N 12.99972°E / 49.754472; 12.99972
Area 47.78 km2 (18.4 sq mi)
Population 7,746 (2015-01-01)
Density 162/km2 (420/sq mi)
First mentioned 1183
Mayor Bohuslav Červený
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 349 01
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Stříbro
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.mustribro.cz
Stříbro
Municipality with Extended Competence
Country Czech Republic
Region Pilsen
Parts Bezdružice, Stříbro
Area 430.75 km2 (166.31 sq mi)
Population 16,609 (2005-31-12)
Density 39/km2 (101/sq mi)
Stříbro
Municipality with Commissioned Local Authority
Country Czech Republic
Region Pilsen
Little District Stříbro
Municipalities Benešovice, Černošín, Erpužice, Kladruby (Tachov District), Kostelec (Tachov District), Kšice, Olbramov, Ošelín, Prostiboř, Skapce, Stříbro, Sulislav, Svojšín, Sytno, Trpísty, Únehle, Vranov nad Dyjí, Záchlumí (Tachov District), Zhoř (Tachov District)
Area 328.08 km2 (126.67 sq mi)
Population 13,891 (2005-12-31)
Density 42/km2 (109/sq mi)

Stříbro (Czech pronunciation: [ˈstr̝̊iːbro]; German: Mies) is a town in the Pilsen Region of the Czech Republic.

Geography

The mining town is located on the Mže river in the west of the historic Bohemia region, some 25 km (16 mi) to the west from the region capital of Plzeň.

Stříbro is also the seat of the Municipality with Extended Competence.

The Czech name derives from silver (Czech: stříbro), which used to be mined there. The German name Mies comes from the name of the river Mies/Mže (Latin: Misa).

History

According to the 16th century chronicler Wenceslaus Hajek, the mining settlement in the Duchy of Bohemia was founded by the Přemyslid duke Soběslav I in 1131. Located on an important trade route (Zlatá cesta, "Golden Road") from Prague to Nuremberg, it was first documented in 1183, when Duke Frederick and his consort Elizabeth of Hungary dedicated the first parish church to the Order of Malta. In 1243 King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia left the commandry to the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star. Mies received town privileges in 1263. The Czech name Stříbro is documented from the 14th century onwards.

During the Hussite Wars, the town was besieged by the troops of Jan Žižka in 1421, though it was not occupied until in 1427. Shortly afterwards, the Hussite forces under Prokop the Great could repel an attack by the Crusaders in the Battle of Mies. In 1541 the citizens turned Protestant. Silver mining was resumed under the Habsburg king Ferdinand I in 1554. Upon the Battle of White Mountain, the town was subdued to the measures of the Counter-Reformation.

Until 1918, Mies in Böhmen (previously Mies) was part of the Habsburg Monarchy and of the Cisleithanian ("Austrian") side after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. It was the administrative centre of a district (Bezirk) with the same name, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.[1] From 1918, Stříbro belonged to Czechoslovakia. After World War II the remaining German population was expelled.

Twin towns

Town hall

Stříbro is twinned with:

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967

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