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Region of the Czech Republic
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The Highlands region (Czech: Kraj Vysočina, literally Highlands Region) is a region in the Czech Republic. It is a part of Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, an extensive and long range of hills and low mountains over 150 kilometres long, hence the name.
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Jihlava is in Bohemian-Moravian Highlands.
the historic town centre is well preserved
Havlíčkův Brod town in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands of the Czech Republic.
Humpolec is in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. It lies between Prague and Brno.
Nové Město na Moravě is a town in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands of the Czech Republic. It has 10,464 inhabitants.
Pelhřimov is a small district capital (16,000 people) in Vysočina with a nice town square and historical centre. With a fountain in the middle of the square and historical buildings around it is a beautiful place to stop when travelling from the highway (exit 90 - Humpolec) towards České Budějovice.
Telč (German: Teltsch) is a town of around 5,100 inhabitants (2020) in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands of the Czech Republic. It is the best preserved of all the Bohemian and Moravian Renaissance towns and the historical heart of the town was registered in 1992 on the UNESCO's List of World Cultural Heritage sites.
Třebíč is a city in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands of the Czech Republic.
Třešť is a town of 5,600 people (2022) in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands half way between Jihlava and Telč. Třešť is known as a town of Christmas nativity scenes.
Žďár nad Sázavou is a city at the frontier of Bohemia and Moravia in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands of the Czech Republic. It is in the centre of the protected landscape area of Žďárské vrchy.
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