Habry
Habry (Habern) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.
Habry
- Name
- Habry
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Habry. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Habry • Settlement Type — Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Vysočina • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Havlíčkův Brod • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Pavel Víšek • Established Title — First mentioned • Established Date — 1101 • Area Total Km2 — 27.45 • Elevation M — 468 • Population As Of — 2026-01-01 • Population Total — 1319 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Timezone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal codes • Postal Code — 582 81, 582 82, 582 91 • Website — https: www.habry.cz/
Administrative division
Administrative division
Habry consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): • Habry (983) • Frýdnava (97) • Lubno (27) • Zboží (163)
Etymology
Etymology
In Czech, the name Habry literally means 'hornbeams'.
Geography
Geography
Habry is located about 18 km north of Havlíčkův Brod. It lies in the Upper Sázava Hills. The highest point is at 547 m above sea level. The Sázavka Stream flows through the town. The town is situated on the shore of the fishpond Haberský rybník.
History
History
The first written mention of Habry is in Chronica Boemorum and refers to the year 1101, when Duke Ulrich I passed through Habry. It was a market settlement on an ancient trade route. In 1351, Habry was promoted to a market town. In 1909, it was promoted to a town.
Transport
Transport
The I/38 road (the section from Havlíčkův Brod to Kutná Hora) runs through the town.
Sights
Sights
• Illustration — Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary has an early Gothic core. Its present appearance is from 1678 and is in the Mannerist style. The tower was added in the 18th century. Next to the church is a Neoclassical cemetery chapel. There is a small Baroque castle in the town centre. It was built in 1718. Today it serves as an institute of social welfare. Among the main landmarks of the town is the town hall. It is a large early Neoclassical building that dates from 1770. The Jewish cemetery was allegedly founded in the 14th century, but is documented only in the first half of the 17th century. The oldest preserved tombstone dates from 1740.
Notable people
Notable people
• František Ladislav Chleborád (1839–1911), economist
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Habry, revision 1375506530 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Czech Statistical Office. Population in municipalities as at 1. 1. DataStat. 2026-05-18.
- 2.Czech Statistical Office. Public Census 2021 – basic data. Public Database. 2022.
- 3.Město Habry. Historie.
- 4.Czech Statistical Office. Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011. 2015-12-21.
- 5.Czech Statistical Office. Population Census 2021: Population by sex. Public Database. 2021-03-27.
- 6.National Heritage Institute. Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie s pohřební kaplí.
- 7.National Heritage Institute. Zámek.
- 8.National Heritage Institute. Radnice.
- 9.National Heritage Institute. Židovský hřbitov.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 26 September 2026.
Elsewhere in General
22,760 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' SchoolOrganisation
- Haberdashers' Hatcham CollegeOrganisation
- Habiganj DistrictPlace
- HaboroPlace
- Habsburg monarchyPlace
- Habsburg NetherlandsPlace
- Hacettepe University Ankara State ConservatoryOrganisation
- HachestonPlace
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Habry?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.