Zbiroh

• Name — Zbiroh • Settlement Type — Town • 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 Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Plzeň • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Rokycany • Pushpin Map — Czech Republic • Pushpin Relief — 1 • Pushpin Map Caption — Location in the Czech Republic • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Josef Štícha • Established Title — First mentioned • Established Date — 1230 • Area Total Km2 — 31.94 • Elevation M — 414 • Population As Of — 2026-01-01 • Population Total — 2500 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Timezone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 338 08 • Website — https: www.zbiroh.cz/ Zbiroh is a town in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.

Zbiroh consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): • Zbiroh (2,301) • Chotětín (15) • Jablečno (29) • Přísednice (43) • Třebnuška (32)

The initial name of the town was Zbirov. The name was derived either from the Czech verb zbíti ('beat up') or zbýti ('remain') and probably originated as a mocking nickname. From the 14th century, the names Zbirov and Zbiroh were used alternately, and it was only in 1913 that the name settled into its current form.

Zbiroh is located about 18 km northeast of Rokycany and 30 km northeast of Plzeň. It lies in the Křivoklát Highlands. The highest point is the hill Kohoutov at 596 m above sea level. The stream Zbirožský potok flows through the town.

Zbiroh's climate is classified as humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb; Trewartha: Dcbo). Among them, the annual average temperature is 8.5 C, the hottest month in July is 18.4 C, and the coldest month is -0.9 C in January. The annual precipitation is 585.7 mm, of which June is the wettest with 83.7 mm, while February is the driest with only 26.6 mm. The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from -25.0 C on 22 December 1969 to 38.6 C on 27 July 1983.

The first written mention of Zbiroh is from 1230. It was a market village which was promoted to a market town in 1369. During the rule of the Rosenberg family, Zbiroh developed and acquired various rights. In 1897, Zbiroh was promoted to a town by Franz Joseph I. The first kill house in Czechoslovakia was built in 1947 in a police school in Zbiroh by World War II veterans of the Czechoslovak Army that had been trained in Great Britain.

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality. The D5 motorway from Prague to Plzeň runs south of the town just outside the municipal territory.

• Illustration — 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 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 main landmark of the original castle part is the oldest detached watch tower in the Czech Republic. The well located in Zbiroh Castle, 163 m deep, is one of the deepest castle wells in Europe. The Church of Saint Nicholas was originally a Gothic building, rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1719–1720.

• Josef Václav Sládek (1845–1912), poet