Svitavy

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Svitavy is a town in the Czech Republic best known as the birthplace of Oskar Schindler, the industrialist who saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust.

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Svitavy canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
birthplaceOf Oskar Schindler
country Czech Republic
foundedBy German colonists
governedBy Svitavy municipal council
hasAreaCode +420 461
hasCemetery Jewish cemetery in Svitavy
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate
hasCulturalInstitution Municipal Museum and Gallery Svitavy
hasEconomicActivity light industry
services
hasEducationalInstitution secondary schools in Svitavy
hasGermanName Zwittau
hasMainSquare Svitavy main square
hasMayor mayor of Svitavy
hasMuseum Oskar Schindler Memorial Exhibition
hasNotableBuilding long arcaded square houses
hasNotablePerson Oskar Schindler
hasOfficialLanguage Czech
hasPopulation approximately 17000
hasPostalCode 568 02
hasRailwayConnectionTo Brno
Prague
Česká Třebová
hasRailwayStation Svitavy railway station
hasRegionCapital Pardubice
hasReligiousBuilding Church of Saint Giles
Church of Saint Joseph
Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
hasTownHall Svitavy Town Hall
hasTwinTown Biecz NERFINISHED
Langen
Písek
Rieti
Schorndorf
Svidník
hasUTCOffset +1
hasUTCOffsetDST +2
hasVehicleRegistrationCode SY
historicalRegion Bohemia
Moravia
isDistrictCapitalOf Svitavy District
locatedIn Bohemia–Moravia border area
Pardubice Region
Svitavy District
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedOnRiver Svitava River

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Oskar Schindler placeOfBirth Svitavy
Pardubice Region hasCity Svitavy
Starachowice hasTwinTown Svitavy
Svitava flowsThrough Svitavy
Schindler placeOfBirth Svitavy
subject surface form: Oskar Schindler
Brněnec hasNearbyCity Svitavy