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Area:	26.5 km²
Population:	10,025 ''(2006)''
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Map of the Czech Republic highlighting Čáslav

'Čáslav' () is a town in eastern part of Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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History

Famous persons

External links

History

History of Čáslav begins after year 800 with founding of citadel and settlement called Hrádek. Near Hrádek, new town with huge square was founded by king Přemysl Otakar II in 1250. In 1421, Bohemian parliament debated in Čáslav and voted new Hussite government.
During Thirty Years' War, in 1639 and 1642, Čáslav was devastated and burnt down by Swedish troops. In 1751 Čáslav became centre of region (county). Čáslav museum, one of the oldest regional museums in Bohemia was founded in 1864. In 1910, part of cranium of famous Hussite general Jan Žižka z Trocnova was discovered in Čáslav parish church.

Famous persons

★ Jan Ladislav Dusík, famous musician, lived in London

★ Miloš Forman, film director (Oscar Awards 1975, 1984)

★ Antonin Chittussi, important painter

★ Jiří Mahen, writer

★ Rudolf Těsnohlídek, writer

★ Ladislav Quis, writer

★ Jarmila Kratochvílová, sportwoman

★ Jan Karafiát, calvinistic priest and children writer

External links

★ Official website for Čáslav and its surroudings

★ Čáslav group at flickr