Trhová Kamenice

Trhová Kamenice is a market town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The villages and hamlets of Hluboká, Kameničky, Petrkov 3.díl, Polom, Rohozná and Zubří are administrative parts of Trhová Kamenice.

Geography
Trhová Kamenice is located about 18 km south of Chrudim and 27 km south of Pardubice. It lies in the Iron Mountains and in the eponymous protected landscape area. The highest point is the hill Zuberský vrch at 651 m above sea level.

Trhová Kamenice is situated on the Chrudimka River. The municipal territory is rich in fishponds. The largest pond in Trhová Kamenice and in the entire Iron Mountains is Rohozenský velký, which forms half of the 46 ha large Strádovka Nature Reserve.

History
The first written mention of this area is in a donation deed from 1242. A settlement was founded here probably by the monastery in Vilémov. At the end of the 14th century, the ironworks were founded and the production of charcoal started. In the 15th century, the economical development occurred and in 1499, Trhová Kamenice became a market town.

On 8 May 1945, when Trhová Kamenice was under Nazi occupation, several Nazi troops were passing through the market town from Chrudim back to Nazi Germany and massacred 14 people while finding resistance partisans.

Transport
The I/37 road, which connects Hradec Králové and Pardubice with the D1 motorway, passes through the market town.

Sights
The main landmark of Trhová Kamenice is the Church of Saints Philip and James. It was built in the Baroque style in 1737–1747. The interior is decorated with Neoclassical frescoes from the 1790s.

Notable people

 * František Šmahel (born 1934), historian

Twin towns – sister cities
Trhová Kamenice is twinned with:
 * Oberembrach, Switzerland