Nymburk
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Country | Czech Republic | ||
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Region | Central Bohemian | ||
District | Nymburk | ||
Commune | Nymburk | ||
River | Elbe | ||
Elevation | 193 m (633 ft) | ||
Coordinates | CZ 50°11′N 15°02′E / 50.183°N 15.033°ECoordinates: CZ 50°11′N 15°02′E / 50.183°N 15.033°E | ||
Area | 20.54 km2 (7.93 sq mi) | ||
Population | 14,614 (2011) | ||
Density | 711/km2 (1,841/sq mi) | ||
Founded | 1275 | ||
Mayor | Ing. Tomáš Mach | ||
Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
- summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Postal code | 288 02 | ||
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Wikimedia Commons: Nymburk | |||
Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
Website: www.mesto-nymburk.cz | |||
Nymburk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈnɪmburk]; German: Nimburg, Neuenburg) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located 45 km east of Prague on the Elbe River. It is also home to the Czech men's basketball team ČEZ Basketball Nymburk. The city is part of the Prague metropolitan area.
The city was founded in around 1275 by Přemysl Otakar II.
Sport
The city is home to ČEZ Basketball Nymburk, a club that won the last 13 Czech Basketball Championships. It plays its home games at the Sportovní Centrum. For some of its highlight games, the club moves to the Tipsport Arena (Prague).
19–20 September 2015 an international rink bandy tournament was scheduled to take place.[1]
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Nymburk is twinned with:
See also
References
External links
- Official website (Czech)
- Community site (Czech)
- Basketball Team ČEZ Basketball Nymburk
- International Plastic Modeller´s Society Nymburk
Photo gallery
- The Church square
- The Church
- Hydro-electric power plant, walls
- Water tower
- The horse statue with nearby walls
- Labe in Nymburk - Flood
- Railway station
- Old railway buildings
- COP building, Secondary school
- Brewery, production of beer
- Cable bridge over the Labe
- Nymburk's medieval walls
- The rest of medieval fortification of Nymburk shortly after dawn
- Old fisher house in Nymburk
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