Zirovnice, Czech Republic
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N 49° 14.936 E 015° 10.645
33U E 512912 N 5455144
Žirovnice is a town in the Vysocina Region, Czech Republic.
Waymark Code: WMWHJG
Location: Kraj Vysočina, Czechia
Date Posted: 09/07/2017
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The town was built around a castle of the same name. First written account is from year 1358. Žirovnice was traditionally town of weavers, but in 1863, manufacturing of buttons from nacre was introduced. In 1940s, nearly 100 nacre-processing manufactures existed in the small town. After Communists seized power in 1948, these manufactures were nationalized and transformed into one company, which still exists. In castle Žirovnice there is a museum of button-manufacturing and nacre-processing.
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