located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity kamenice nad lipou
Obec ( plural : " obce " or " obcí ") is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality ( both in the ___MASK36___ , ___MASK45___ and abroad ). The literal meaning of the word is " commune " or " community ". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives . Cities are also municipalities . The council is called " obecní zastupitelstvo / obecné zastupitestvo " or " zastupitelstvo msta / mestské zastupitestvo " or " zastupitelstvo mstyse ", the office is called " obecní úad / obecný úrad " or " úad msta / mestský úrad " or " úad mstyse ". An obec can have its own flag and coat of arms . An obec is composed of one or more cadastral areas (" katastrální území / katastrálne územia "). Obec can have several settlements or parts whether villages or hamlets . The ___MASK36___ , also known by the short name Czechia , is a nation state in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west , Austria to the ___MASK42___ , ___MASK45___ to the east and Poland to the northeast . The ___MASK36___ covers an area of with mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate . It is a unitary parliamentary republic , has 10 . 5 million inhabitants and the capital and largest city is Prague , with over 1 . 2 million residents . The ___MASK36___ includes the historical territories of Bohemia , Moravia , and Czech Silesia . Pelhimov is a town located approximately halfway between ___MASK78___ and ___MASK38___ . It is known as  the Gateway to the Highlands  because ___MASK39___ its location in the westernmost tip ___MASK39___ the Bohemian - Moravian Highlands . The altitude is 498 . 63 meters above sea level at the foot ___MASK39___ the tower ___MASK39___ the Church ___MASK39___ St . Bartholomew , and 509 . 7 meters at the railway station . Jindichv Hradec is a town in the ___MASK42___ Bohemian Region ___MASK39___ the Czech Republic . It has approximately 22 , 700 inhabitants . Vítzslav Novák ( 5 December 1870  18 July 1949 ) was one ___MASK39___ the most respected Czech composers and pedagogues , almost singlehandedly founding a mid - century Czech school ___MASK39___ composition . Stylistically , he was a leading figure in the neoromantic movement , and his music has been occasionally considered an early example ___MASK39___ Czech modernism . ___MASK42___ Bohemia is an administrative unit (" kraj ") ___MASK39___ the Czech Republic , located mostly in the southern part ___MASK39___ its historical land ___MASK39___ Bohemia , with a small part in southwestern Moravia . The western part ___MASK39___ the ___MASK42___ Bohemian Region is former Prachens ( Práchesko ), a huge archaic region with distinctive features with its capital , Písek . In 2011 , there were 623 municipalities in the region , whereof 54 had a status ___MASK39___ town . ___MASK38___ ( German : " Brünn ") is the second largest city in the ___MASK36___ by population and area , the largest Moravian city , and the historical capital city ___MASK39___ the Margraviate ___MASK39___ Moravia . ___MASK38___ is the administrative ___MASK80___ ___MASK39___ the South Moravian Region in which it forms a separate district ( ___MASK38___ - City District ). The city lies at the confluence ___MASK39___ the Svitava and Svratka rivers and has about 400 , 000 inhabitants ; its greater metropolitan area is home to more than 800 , 000 people while its larger urban zone had a population ___MASK39___ about 730 , 000 in 2004 . The ___MASK64___ Region (" Highlands Region "), is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic , located partly in the south - eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia and partly in the south - west of the historical region of Moravia . Its capital is Jihlava . Kamenice nad Lipou ( Czech pronunciation : ( kamts nadlpou  ) ) is a small town situated in the Bohemian - Moravian Highlands between Pelhimov and Jindichv Hradec . Its ___MASK51___ important sight is a castle . It took part ___MASK39___ its name after an ancient lime tree that still grows in the garden adjacent to the castle ( `` nad lipou '' means `` above a lime tree '' ) . The tree is believed to be 700 -- 900 years old . Kamenice nad Lipou is a birthplace ___MASK39___ the Czech 19th - century composer Vítzslav Novák . A famous Jindichv Hradec to Obrata narrow gauge railway runs through the town . ___MASK35___ is a district (" okres ") within the Vysoina Region of the Czech Republic . Its administrative center is the town of Pelhimov . Obrata is a village and municipality (" obec ") in ___MASK35___ in the Vysoina Region of the Czech Republic . ___MASK78___ is the capital and largest city ___MASK39___ the Czech Republic . It is the 14th largest city in the European Union . It is also the historical capital ___MASK39___ Bohemia . Situated in the north - west ___MASK39___ the country on the Vltava river , the city is home to about 1 . 26 million people , while its larger urban zone is estimated to have a population ___MASK39___ nearly 2 million . The city has a temperate climate , with warm summers and chilly winters .