Havlíčkův Brod
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
About the place: Havlíčkův Brod is a historic district town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic, situated along the Sázava River in the Upper Sázava Hills. It serves as an important transportation hub and a cultural and economic center of the region.
Flag Description: The flag of Havlíčkův Brod consists of a rectangular field with an aspect ratio of 2:3, divided horizontally into white over red. In the canton (the hoist half of the upper white stripe) is a red embattled masonry wall with an open gate with yellow door wings between two red embattled towers; above the gate rests a yellow escutcheon charged with two crossed black ragged staves (raguly logs).
Symbolism: The white and red field colors reflect both traditional Bohemian colors and the primary tinctures of the municipal coat of arms (silver field and red masonry). The embattled wall with two towers and an open gate represents the historical town fortifications, municipal liberties, strength, and hospitality. The yellow escutcheon bearing crossed black ragged staves (ostrve) honors the town's 13th-century founders and lords, the noble House of Lichtenburg (notably Smil of Lichtenburg), whose ancestral coat of arms bore this distinctive charge.
Flag Description: The flag of Havlíčkův Brod consists of a rectangular field with an aspect ratio of 2:3, divided horizontally into white over red. In the canton (the hoist half of the upper white stripe) is a red embattled masonry wall with an open gate with yellow door wings between two red embattled towers; above the gate rests a yellow escutcheon charged with two crossed black ragged staves (raguly logs).
Symbolism: The white and red field colors reflect both traditional Bohemian colors and the primary tinctures of the municipal coat of arms (silver field and red masonry). The embattled wall with two towers and an open gate represents the historical town fortifications, municipal liberties, strength, and hospitality. The yellow escutcheon bearing crossed black ragged staves (ostrve) honors the town's 13th-century founders and lords, the noble House of Lichtenburg (notably Smil of Lichtenburg), whose ancestral coat of arms bore this distinctive charge.
Statistics
Area
64.93 km²
Population
23,791