Location of Třešť in the Czech Republic

Třešť (German: Triesch) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 6,000 inhabitants. Image File history File links Location_of_Czech_city_Trest. ... Trest coat of arms This work is copyrighted. ... Vysočina Region (Czech: kraj Vysočina), also known as Jihlava Region, is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia and partly in the south-west of the historical region of Moravia. ...

Trest was founded in the break of 12th and 13th century. Joseph Schumpeter was born there in 1883. The Schumpeter family lived there from 15th century. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Joseph Schumpeter Joseph Alois Schumpeter (February 8, 1883 – January 8, 1950) was an economist from Austria and an influential political scientist. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...

Franz Kafka used to visit his uncle in Třešť. In a short story "A Country Doctor" his uncle's profession is reflected. Some also believe that the Třešť's castle is pictured in Kafka's famous novel The Castle. Kafka at the age of five Franz Kafka (IPA: ) (July 3, 1883 – June 3, 1924) was one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The article is about the German novel by Franz Kafka. ...

External links

• Municipal website (cz, en, de)
• Triesch in the Jewish Encyclopedia

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Coordinates: 49°18′N 15°29′E The Jewish Encyclopedia was an encyclopedia originally published between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...