Vimperk

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Vimperk

Total population

7,383

Coordinates49.05°, 13.77°

Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Vimperk is a town in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,300 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

A

Andreas Hartauer

Austrian lyricist (1839–1915)

R

Rudolf Maros

Hungarian composer (1917–1982)

J

Jan Šejna

Czech politician (1927-1997)

Josef Bartík

Czechoslovak legioneer and general (1897–1968)

Otto Herbert Hajek

German sculptor (1927–2005)

Wilhelm Kralik

Austrian entrepreneur (1807–1877)

František Kahuda

Czech politician and educator

Alois Zucker

(1842-1906)

Jan Evangelista Chadt-Ševětínský

Czech historian, forester and science writer (1860-1925)

Václav Kojzar

Czech warrior (1916-2006)

František Foltýn

Czech painter (1891-1976)

Jan Cais

Czech roman catholic priest (1878-1950)

S

Stanislav Kovář

Czech painter (1931-2017)

F

František Martan

František Blahovec

Czech member of Czech council and roman catholic priest

J

Josef Hanzal

Czech historian and archivist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Bohemian

• Hrabice
  1 mi away · pop. 183
• Buk
  3.4 mi away · pop. 229
• Bohumilice
  3.6 mi away · pop. 322
• Bošice
  3.9 mi away · pop. 121
• Budilov
  4.3 mi away · pop. 89
• Nový Svět
  5.7 mi away · pop. 36
• Benešova Hora
  5.9 mi away · pop. 164
• Krušlov
  6.5 mi away · pop. 60
• Nahořany
  6.6 mi away · pop. 75
• Horní Vltavice
  6.8 mi away · pop. 376
• Borová Lada
  6.8 mi away · pop. 234
• Zadov
  6.8 mi away

Browse all places in South Bohemian →

Recently spotted species

interrupted clubmoss

Spinulum annotinum

Seen 2026-09-12

Sheathed Woodtuft

Kuehneromyces mutabilis

Seen 2026-09-12

Red-banded Polypore

Fomitopsis pinicola

Seen 2026-09-12

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-12

common bonnet

Mycena galericulata

Seen 2026-09-12

Royal fly agaric

Amanita regalis

Seen 2026-09-12

yellowfoot dapperling

Lepiota magnispora

Seen 2026-09-12

porcelain mushroom

Oudemansiella mucida

Seen 2026-09-10

stag's-horn clubmoss

Lycopodium clavatum

Seen 2026-09-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers