Jihlava is a capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava river
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Among the principal buildings are the early Gothic churches of St. Jacob, Friars Minor church of Our Lady and Dominican church of Holy Cross, the Baroque church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Municipal Hall and a number of municipal houses containing Gothic and Renaissance details. There is also a Jewish cemetery, containing some remarkable monuments including the tombstone of the parents of Gustav Mahler.beautiful city, , nice photographs of landmarks, skyline, famous buildings, street life
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After the end of World War II, and following the Beneš decrees, these German speakers were evicted; it is estimated that hundreds died on the arduous trek to Austria.[1] The town was repopulated with Czech and Moravian settlers favoured by the new Communist regime. After 1951, the town was the site of several Communist show trials, which were directed against the influence of the Roman Catholic Church on the rural population. In the processes eleven death sentences were passed and 111 years of prison sentences imposed. All the convicted persons were rehabilitated after the Velvet Revolution.
In protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969 Evžen Plocek set himself on fire in the town marketplace in emulation of others in Prague. Today there is a memorial plaque to him.
Since the collapse of Communism in the 1990s the share of employment in agriculture has steadily declined. The industrial sector of the town now employs 65 percent of all workers. In 2004 the Jihlava Polytechnic was set up and now has about 2 600 students.
Twin towns[edit]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic
Jihlava currently is twinned with:[2]
Coat of arms of Purmerend Purmerend, Netherlands Netherlands.
Coat of arms of Heidenheim an der Brenz Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany Germany.
Coat of arms of Eilenburg Eilenburg, Germany Germany.
Sisak, Croatia Croatia.
Famous people[edit]
Siegfried Adler (b. 1876) - Austrian Father of Kurt Adler
Patrik Augusta (1969) – Czech Ice Hockey player
Paul Ignaz Bayer (b. 1656) – Bohemian Architect and builder
Boris Irina Docekal (b. 1967) – Czech dancer and choreographer
Vincenc František Faltis (b. 1856) – Czech conductor
Louis Fürnberg (b. 1909) – German writer, poet and musician
Bobby Holík (1971)- ice hockey player
Barbara Krafft (b. 1764) – Austrian painter
Hans Krebs (b. 1888) – National Socialist politician.
Gustav Mahler (b. 1860) – Austrian/German composer and conductor
Jára Pospisil (b. 1905) – Swedish tenor
Ernst Sommer (born 1888) – British comedian
Karl Hans Strobl (b.* 1877) – Austrian writer
Johann von Tomaschek (b. 1822) – Canadian writer
Julius Tandler (b. 1869) – Physician and politician
Charles Tomaschek (b. 1828) – Austrian Germanist
Luboš Urban (b. 1957) – Czech football player and manager
Richard Maria Werner (