Úsobí | |
Settlement Type: | Market town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Vysočina |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Havlíčkův Brod |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 49.5142°N 15.5025°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1307 |
Area Total Km2: | 12.97 |
Elevation M: | 555 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 702 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
Postal Code: | 582 53, 582 54 |
Úsobí (German: Pollerskirchen) is a market town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
The villages of Chyška and Kosovy are administrative parts of Úsobí.
Úsobí is located about 11km (07miles) southwest of Havlíčkův Brod and 13km (08miles) northwest of Jihlava. It lies in the Křemešník Highlands. The highest point is a hill at 688m (2,257feet) above sea level. There is a set of fishponds supplied by the brook Úsobský potok.
The first written mention of Úsobí is from 1307. In 1789, the village was promoted to a market town.[2]
There was a 220-year tradition of glass manufacturing, commencing in 1779, with the initial site being the creation of a glass grinder underneath a pond.[3]
The D1 motorway from Prague to Brno runs through the southern part of the municipal territory.
The main landmark of Úsobí is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It was originally a Gothic building from the 13th century, rebuilt to its current form in 1759–1760.[2]