# Zbiroh > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Zbiroh > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Zbiroh.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbiroh > Source revision: 1329317575 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | name = Zbiroh | other_name = | settlement_type = [Town](/source/Obec) | image_skyline = Zámek Zbiroh 3.jpg | image_caption = Zbiroh Castle with the town | image_flag = Flag of Zbiroh.svg | image_shield = Zbiroh - CoA.jpg | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CZE}} | subdivision_type1 = [Region](/source/Regions_of_the_Czech_Republic) | subdivision_name1 = [Plzeň](/source/Plze%C5%88_Region) | subdivision_type2 = [District](/source/Districts_of_the_Czech_Republic) | subdivision_name2 = [Rokycany](/source/Rokycany_District) | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Czech Republic | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic | coordinates = {{coord|49|51|37|N|13|46|22|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Josef Štícha | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1230 | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 31.94 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 414 | population_as_of = 2025-01-01 | population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=[Czech Statistical Office](/source/Czech_Statistical_Office)|date=2025-05-16}} | population_total = 2541 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone1 = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 338 08 | area_code_type = | area_code = | website = {{URL|https://www.zbiroh.cz/}} | footnotes = }} '''Zbiroh''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈzbɪrox}}) is a town in [Rokycany District](/source/Rokycany_District) in the [Plzeň Region](/source/Plze%C5%88_Region) of the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic). It has about 2,500 inhabitants. ==Administrative division== Zbiroh consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=[Czech Statistical Office](/source/Czech_Statistical_Office)|language=cs|date=2022}} {{div col|colwidth=12em}} *Zbiroh (2,301) *Chotětín (15) *Jablečno (29) *Přísednice (43) *Třebnuška (32) {{div col end}} ==Geography== Zbiroh is located about {{convert|18|km}} northeast of [Rokycany](/source/Rokycany) and {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} northeast of [Plzeň](/source/Plze%C5%88). It lies in the [Křivoklát Highlands](/source/K%C5%99ivokl%C3%A1t_Highlands). The highest point is the Kohoutov hill at {{convert|596|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The stream Zbirožský potok flows through the town. ===Climate=== Zbiroh's climate is classified as [humid continental climate](/source/humid_continental_climate) ([Köppen](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification): ''Dfb''; [Trewartha](/source/Trewartha_climate_classification): ''Dcbo''). Among them, the annual average temperature is {{convert|8.5|C}}, the hottest month in July is {{convert|18.4|C}}, and the coldest month is {{convert|-0.9|C}} in January. The annual precipitation is {{convert|585.7|mm}}, of which June is the wettest with {{convert|83.7|mm}}, while February is the driest with only {{convert|26.6|mm}}. The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from {{convert|-25.0|C}} on 22 December 1969 to {{convert|38.6|C}} on 27 July 1983.{{cite web |title=Teplota vzduchu v jednotlivé kalendářní dny|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=T&analysis=MD_T|access-date=2025-02-25|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs}} {{Weather box |location = Zbiroh, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1964–present |metric first = Y |single line = Y |collapsed = Y |Jan record high C = 16.8 |Feb record high C = 18.7 |Mar record high C = 23.2 |Apr record high C = 29.2 |May record high C = 32.4 |Jun record high C = 36.2 |Jul record high C = 38.6 |Aug record high C = 37.2 |Sep record high C = 32.8 |Oct record high C = 27.0 |Nov record high C = 21.0 |Dec record high C = 16.5 |year record high C = 38.6 |Jan high C = 1.9 |Feb high C = 3.9 |Mar high C = 8.5 |Apr high C = 14.6 |May high C = 19.4 |Jun high C = 22.7 |Jul high C = 24.9 |Aug high C = 24.9 |Sep high C = 19.4 |Oct high C = 13.1 |Nov high C = 6.4 |Dec high C = 2.5 |year high C = 13.5 |Jan mean C = -0.9 |Feb mean C = 0.0 |Mar mean C = 3.6 |Apr mean C = 8.6 |May mean C = 13.1 |Jun mean C = 16.6 |Jul mean C = 18.4 |Aug mean C = 18.0 |Sep mean C = 13.1 |Oct mean C = 8.2 |Nov mean C = 3.3 |Dec mean C = -0.0 |year mean C = 8.5 |Jan low C = -3.6 |Feb low C = -3.2 |Mar low C = -0.3 |Apr low C = 3.1 |May low C = 7.2 |Jun low C = 10.8 |Jul low C = 12.6 |Aug low C = 12.3 |Sep low C = 8.5 |Oct low C = 4.6 |Nov low C = 0.7 |Dec low C = -2.4 |year low C = 4.2 |Jan record low C = -23.8 |Feb record low C = -23.8 |Mar record low C = -19.6 |Apr record low C = -9.0 |May record low C = -3.6 |Jun record low C = -1.3 |Jul record low C = 2.9 |Aug record low C = 2.5 |Sep record low C = -2.1 |Oct record low C = -8.3 |Nov record low C = -15.2 |Dec record low C = -25.0 |year record low C = -25.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 30.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 26.6 |Mar precipitation mm = 36.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 34.5 |May precipitation mm = 64.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 83.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 81.6 |Aug precipitation mm = 74.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 44.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 41.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 34.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 33.1 |year precipitation mm = 585.7 |Jan snow cm = 17.5 |Feb snow cm = 15.3 |Mar snow cm = 9.2 |Apr snow cm = 1.6 |May snow cm = 0.0 |Jun snow cm = 0.0 |Jul snow cm = 0.0 |Aug snow cm = 0.0 |Sep snow cm = 0.0 |Oct snow cm = 0.5 |Nov snow cm = 7.2 |Dec snow cm = 12.6 |year snow cm = 63.8 |humidity colour = green |Jan humidity = 85.2 |Feb humidity = 80.0 |Mar humidity = 75.7 |Apr humidity = 69.1 |May humidity = 70.6 |Jun humidity = 70.8 |Jul humidity = 69.5 |Aug humidity = 70.3 |Sep humidity = 77.0 |Oct humidity = 83.1 |Nov humidity = 87.9 |Dec humidity = 87.2 |year humidity = 77.2 |source 1 = [Czech Hydrometeorological Institute](/source/Czech_Hydrometeorological_Institute){{cite web |title=Průměrná teplota vzduchu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=T&analysis=MY_T|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-25}}{{cite web |title=Úhrn srážek v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=R&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-25}}{{cite web |title=Množství nového sněhu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=N&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-25}}{{cite web |title=Průměrná relativní vlhkost vzduchu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=H&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225034938/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L2ZBIR01&type=H&analysis=MY|archive-date=2025-02-25}}}} ==History== The first written mention of Zbiroh is from 1230. It was a market village which was promoted to a [market town](/source/M%C4%9Bstys) in 1369. During the rule of the [Rosenberg family](/source/Rosenberg_family), Zbiroh developed and acquired various rights. In 1897, Zbiroh was promoted to a town by [Franz Joseph I](/source/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria).{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.zbiroh.cz/mesto/nase-mesto/historie/|publisher=Město Zbiroh|language=cs|access-date=2022-09-27}} The first [kill house](/source/kill_house) in [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia) was built in 1947 in a police school in Zbiroh by World War II veterans of the [Czechoslovak Army](/source/Czechoslovak_Army) that had been trained in Great Britain.{{cite web |title=Kdo vystřelí první, ten vyhrává!|url=https://www.armadninoviny.cz/kdo-vystreli-prvni-ten-vyhrava.html|publisher=Armádní noviny|language=cs|date=2023-05-16|access-date=2023-05-17}} ==Demographics== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |1869|2577 |1880|2484 |1890|2317 |1900|2212 |1910|2236 |1921|2082 |1930|1999 |1950|1852 |1961|2220 |1970|2053 |1980|2560 |1991|2437 |2001|2593 |2011|2567 |2021|2420 |source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=[Czech Statistical Office](/source/Czech_Statistical_Office)|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=[Czech Statistical Office](/source/Czech_Statistical_Office)|date=2021-03-27}}}} ==Transport== There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality. The [D5 motorway](/source/D5_motorway_(Czech_Republic)) from [Prague](/source/Prague) to [Plzeň](/source/Plze%C5%88) runs south of the town just outside the municipal territory. ==Sights== thumb|Church of Saint Nicholas The most important monument is the Zbiroh Castle. The original Romanesque-Gothic castle was built at the end of the 12th century{{cite web |title=Zbiroh Chateau|url=https://www.zbiroh.com/|publisher=Zbiroh Chateau|language=cs|access-date=2022-09-27}} or in the early 13th century, and belongs to the oldest aristocratic residences in the country. At the end of the 16th century, it was rebuilt into its current appearance of a large Renaissance castle. The landmark of the original castle part is the oldest detached watch tower in the Czech Republic. The [well](/source/well) located in Zbiroh Castle, {{convert|163|m|ft|abbr=on}} deep, is one of the deepest castle wells in Europe.{{cite web |title=Zbiroh – Mysterious Castle of Three Emperors|url=http://www.tresbohemes.com/2019/09/zbiroh-mysterious-castle-of-three-emperors/|publisher=TresBohemes|date=2019-09-22|access-date=2020-08-03}} The Church of Saint Nicholas was originally a Gothic building, rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1719–1720.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Mikuláše|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-mikulase-18781631|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-07-25}} ==Notable people== *[Josef Václav Sládek](/source/Josef_V%C3%A1clav_Sl%C3%A1dek) (1845–1912), poet ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|Zbiroh}} *{{official|https://www.zbiroh.cz/}} {{Rokycany District}} {{authority control}} Category:Cities and towns in the Plzeň Region Category:Populated places in Rokycany District --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Zbiroh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbiroh) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbiroh?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.