Příbram is a city of 33,000 people (2023) in Central Bohemia mostly on the right bank of the Litavka River. It is well known for its mining museum. The Svatá Hora pilgrimage site above the town is the oldest and most important Marian pilgrimage site in Bohemia.
Understand
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[edit]Příbram is about 46 km (29 mi) southwest of Prague.
The national road No. 18 (from Rožmitál pod Třemšínem to Votice) runs through the town. The D4 motorway runs east of the town and bypasses the Bytíz exclave.
Intratown transport is run by Arriva Střední Čechy. company. The bus terminal is next to the railway station, the busiest hub for town buses is, however, in the Jiráskovy sady near the Pražská street.
Příbram is on the railway lin from Prague to Písek, and on the railway line of regional importance from Beroun to Blatná.
Get around
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See
[edit]- 1 Mining Museum Příbram (Hornické muzeum Příbram), náměstí Hynka Kličky 293. A large open-air museum of mining with historical buildings and expositions of mining history and mineralogy. It is in Příbram's Březové Hory quarter, a former important mining centre.
- 2 Památník Karla Čapka.
- 3 Červený Hrádek castle.
- 4 Husova kazatelna. A park.
- 5 Skanzen Vysoký Chlumec.
- 6 Drtinova rozhledna.
- 7 Vrškamýk Castle ruins (Vrškamýk).
- 8 Marie mine. Only a building is left from the mine, where one of the biggest mine accidents occurred. A permanent exhibition shows how in 19th century 319 miners died.
- 9NOT EXISTING IMAGE Dobříš.
- 10 Dobříšský park.
- 11 Smaragdové jezírko.
- 12 Pilský Rybník (Pilská nádrž).
- 13 Chateau Březnice (Březnice (zámek)).
- 14 Rožmitál pod Třemšínem Castle.
- 15 Svatá Hora at Příbram. Marian Pilgrimage site of European significance.
- 16 Ševčinský důl. A former (more than 1100m deep) mine. Nowadays a museum of mining.
- 17 Vojtěch mine.
Nazi and communist history
[edit]- 18NOT EXISTING IMAGE Vojna Memorial. Community working camp near Příbram
- 19 Lety concentration camp. Internment camp for Romani people from Bohemia and Moravia during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia
Do
[edit]- 1 Prčice.
- 2 Drbákov - Albertovy skály.
- 3 Týnčanský kras.
- 4 Orlík Reservoir (Vodní nádrž Orlík).
- 5 Maková hora. A pilgrimage site
- 6 Kocába river. A river used for rafting at times of higher water level.
- 7 Plešivec. A prominent hill with good panoramic views
- 8 Studený vrch mountain. A 661m high peak with a viewing tower at the top.
- 9 Kuchyňka mountain.
- 10 Dobříšský park.
- 11 Tok. Highest point of the region, although really just part of a plateau.
- 12 Padrťské rybníky.