Jáchymov

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municipality town

Jáchymov is a historic Czech mining town in the Ore Mountains, known for its silver and uranium mines and for giving its name to the "thaler," a precursor of the dollar.

Aliases (1)

municipal council of Jáchymov ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality → town →
associatedWith	Cold War uranium production → Joachimsthaler coinage → early modern European monetary system →
country	Czech Republic →
distanceFrom	about 20 km north of Karlovy Vary →
elevation	approximately 733 metres →
foundedIn	1516 →
gaveNameTo	Joachimsthaler → dollar (via thaler) → thaler →
governedBy	municipal council of Jáchymov →
grantedTownRightsIn	1516 →
hasClimate	humid continental climate →
hasEconomicActivity	mining → spa tourism →
hasGermanName	Sankt Joachimsthal →
hasMineType	silver mine → uranium mine →
hasNotableSite	Church of St. Joachim → Jáchymov Spa → Royal Mint (historical) →
hasPostalCode	362 51 →
hasRegionCode	CZ-41 →
hasUNESCOStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region" →
hasVehicleRegistrationCode	K →
historicallyUsedLanguage	German →
historicalRegion	Kingdom of Bohemia →
knownFor	origin of the thaler coin → radon spa → silver mining → uranium mining →
languageUsed	Czech →
locatedIn	Bohemia → Karlovy Vary District → Karlovy Vary Region → Ore Mountains →
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
locatedOnRiver	Bystřice River →
namedAfter	Saint Joachim →
nearBorderWith	Germany →
partOf	Czechoslovakia (historically) → Habsburg Monarchy (historically) NERFINISHED →
partOfMountainRange	Krušné hory (Ore Mountains) →
population	approximately 2500 →
UNESCOInscriptionYear	2019 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Krušné hory → Ore Mountains →	contains
Jáchymov ("municipal council of Jáchymov") →	governedBy
Klinovec →	hasRoadAccessFrom
Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region →	hasSignificantTown