Kunvald

Kunvald

Infobox City
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image_caption = St. George church in Kunvald


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Czech Republic
subdivision_type1 = Region
subdivision_name1 = Pardubice
subdivision_type2 = District
subdivision_name2 = Ústí nad Orlicí
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Paďour Josef Ing.
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population_total = 1019
latd = 50
latm = 07
lats = 47
latNS = N
longd = 16
longm = 30
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 561 82
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Kunvald ( _de. Kunewalde, Kunwald) is a village in 5 km north of Žamberk in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has over 1,000 inhabitants. The Unitas Fratrum (Brüdergemeine/Moravian Church) was founded in Kunvald in 1457, when followers of the martyred Jan Hus/John Hus found refuge on the estate of King George Podiebrad.

People

Natives

*Jan Černý-Nigranus (c. 1500-1565), historian, priest, bishop of Jednota bratrská
*Jan Michalička - teacher and musician
*Jan Evangelista Mitvalský - physician
*Ludvík Vacátko - painter
*František Bílek - hippologian, who saved the Przewalski breed of wild horse
*Karel Režný - gymnasium professor
*František Trejtnar - military pilot, member of 310th Czechoslovakian wing during World War II in Great Britain
*Josef Jindra - European and world champion in aerobatics

Other residents

* Bohuslav Balbín (1621-1688), baroque poet and historian, member of the Jesuit order

ister City

A sister city relationship between Lititz, Pennsylvania and Kunvald was established on June 11, 2006, during the celebration of the 250th anniversary naming of Lititz. The ceremony took place in Lititz Springs Park.

See also

* Unity of the Brethren
* Moravian Church

Image Gallery

External links

* http://www.orlicko.cz/Kunvald/


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