Polička

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Polička is a historic town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic, known for its well-preserved medieval fortifications and as the birthplace of composer Bohuslav Martinů.

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Label Occurrences
Polička canonical 3
Politschka 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeStatus municipality with extended powers ⓘ
country Czech Republic ⓘ
distanceTo about 17 km west of Svitavy ⓘ
about 60 km southeast of Pardubice ⓘ
elevation approximately 555 metres above sea level ⓘ
foundedBy King Ottokar II of Bohemia ⓘ
foundedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
hasArea approximately 33 square kilometres ⓘ
hasCityRightsSince 1349 ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Bohuslav Martinů Centre ⓘ
Polička Municipal Museum and Gallery ⓘ
hasFortificationType stone town walls with bastions ⓘ
hasHistoricCore rectangular main square ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent large fire in 1845 ⓘ
hasLandmark Bohuslav Martinů birth room in St James church tower ⓘ
Church of Saint James the Greater ⓘ
medieval town walls ⓘ
hasNameInCzech Polička ⓘ
hasNameInGerman Politschka ⓘ
linked to: Polička
hasNotablePerson Bohuslav Martinů ⓘ
Jan Karel Pippich ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.policka.org/ ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 8,900 inhabitants ⓘ
hasRegionCapital Pardubice ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Church of Saint James the Greater ⓘ
Church of Saint Michael ⓘ
hasTownHall Polička Town Hall ⓘ
hasTwinTown Bretton, United Kingdom ⓘ
Liptovský Hrádok, Slovakia ⓘ
linked to: Liptovský Hrádok

Mikołów, Poland ⓘ
Pelhřimov, Czech Republic ⓘ
Solec Kujawski, Poland ⓘ
heritageStatus urban monument zone ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of composer Bohuslav Martinů ⓘ
well-preserved medieval fortifications ⓘ
locatedIn Pardubice Region ⓘ
Svitavy District ⓘ
historical land of Bohemia ⓘ
locatedOn Bílý Brook ⓘ
postalCode 572 01 ⓘ
regionCode CZ-PA ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bohuslav Martinů → buriedIn → Polička ⓘ
Polička → hasNameInCzech → Polička ⓘ
Polička → hasNameInGerman → Politschka ⓘ
linked to: Polička