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Key facts
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Region
- Moravian-Silesian
- District
- Nový Jičín
- Mayor
- Stanislav Kopecký
- Total
- 36.52 km (14.10 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 285 m (935 ft)
- Density
- 622.7/km (1,613/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- 741 01
- Website
- www .novyjicin .cz
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Nový Jičín
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Population
- 23005
- Area
- 36.521371
- Elevation
- 285
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Jičínka
- Capital of
- Nový Jičín District
- Shares border with
- Lešná
- Official website
- www.novyjicin.cz
- Image
- Neutitschein01.jpg
- Licence plate code
- T
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- twinned administrative body
- Vénissieux
- Commons category
- Nový Jičín
- postal code
- 741 01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Nový Jičín
- topic's main category
- Category:Nový Jičín
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Nový Jičín
- time of earliest written record
- 1313-01-17
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- historical region
- Moravia
- P8168
- Victor Papanek
- native label
- Nový Jičin
- P6482
- Nový Jičín
- number of houses
- 2880
- mean age
- 43.2
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Encyclopedic overview
Nový Jičín ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈnoviː ˈjɪtʃiːn]; German: Neutitschein) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Jičínka River in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills.
Nový Jičín was probably founded around 1280. It is an industrial town, known mainly for the hat-making industry, which is why it is nicknamed "the town of hats". The historic centre of Nový Jičín is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. Among the main landmarks are the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Žerotínský Castle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nový Jičín” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.