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Havlíčkův Brod

Vysocina, Czechia · Europe

About Havlíčkův Brod

Havlíčkův Brod is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Lípa, 26km from Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora.

Havlíčkův Brod is in Vysocina, Czechia, with about 24,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lípa, about 6 km away.

Havlíčkův Brod (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦavliːtʃkuːv ˈbrot], until 1945 Německý Brod; German: Deutschbrod) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Sázava River in the Upper Sázava Hills. The town is a road and railway hub

Read more and has a tradition in the textile industry. Havlíčkův Brod was founded in the mid-13th century. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. The most valuable buildings, protected as national cultural monuments, are the Old Town Hall and the Štáfl Cottage.

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What is there to see near Havlíčkův Brod?

Within an hour or so of Havlíčkův Brod: Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora (26 km), Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary (44 km), Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church) (45 km), Sedlec Ossuary (45 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.

Where is Havlíčkův Brod?

Havlíčkův Brod is in Vysocina, Czechia, about 6 km from Lípa.

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Quick Information

Population
24,356
Continent
Europe
Country
Czechia
Region
Vysocina
Timezone
Europe/Prague
Coordinates
49.6069, 15.5794

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Czechia

Police
158
Ambulance
155
Fire
150
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.

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Worth the detour from Havlíčkův Brod

5 notable places within an hour's drive.

cathedral

Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora

Jan Santini's 1722 masterpiece of 'Baroque Gothic' above Žďár nad Sázavou: a five-pointed star-plan church inside a star-shaped cloister, built entirely around the symbolism of the number five. UNESCO-listed and eerily geometric.

26 km · about 30 min drive

landmark

Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary

UNESCO-listed medieval silver-mining town featuring the famous Bone Church decorated with the remains of over 40,000 people.

44 km · about 50 min drive

landmark

Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church)

A hauntingly decorated chapel adorned with the bones of approximately 40,000 people arranged into elaborate artistic displays.

45 km · about 50 min drive

cathedral

Sedlec Ossuary

Chapel at Kutna Hora decorated with the arranged bones of tens of thousands of people, including a chandelier of human remains.

45 km · about 50 min drive

landmark

Telč

A picture-perfect UNESCO town centered around a main square lined with beautifully uniform Renaissance and baroque burgher houses.

48 km · about 55 min drive

Driving in Czech Republic

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.48/litre
Motorway tolls
None
Vignette
Required, around €11 for a short-stay sticker

When to drive here

April to October

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