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Jáchymov

town in the Czech Republic
Organization municipality_of_the_czech_republic Q830418

Facts

28 properties
Instance of
municipality of the Czech Republic, municipality with town privileges in the Czech Republic, mining community[6][7]
Inception
1516[25]
Founder
Stephan Schlick[15]
Country
Czech Republic[4]
Official website
www.mestojachymov.cz[26]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 50.359°, 12.935°
Area
+50.773227
Contains settlement
Popov, Zálesí[46][47]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Mariánská, Nové Město, Suchá, Vršek, Jáchymov[16][17][18][19][20]
Described by source
Vlastenský slovník historický, Otto's encyclopedia, Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42][43][44][45]
Elevation above sea level
+596
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Map of Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District
Has characteristic
municipal building authority
Historical region
Bohemia
Licence plate code
KV, K[24]
List of monuments
cultural monuments in Jáchymov
Located in or next to body of water
Jáchymovský potok[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Karlovy Vary District, Ostrov (administrative district)[2][3]
Mean age
+45.4
Native label
Jáchymov
Number of houses
724 (640–1.2k, n=15)
Official name
Jáchymov
P14586
78195
Population
2.8k (2.2k–7.6k, n=29)[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
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Postal code
362 51, 363 01[22][23]
Shares border with
Merklín, Boží Dar, Ostrov, Abertamy, Krásný Les, Loučná pod Klínovcem, Oberwiesenthal[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Time of earliest written record
1510[41]
Twinned administrative body
Schneeberg[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jáchymov ar يَاخِمُوف ar ياخموف ar يخيموف ar يَخِيمُوف el Γιάχιμοφ es Jachymov fa یاخیموو fi Jachymov fi Joachimstal fi Joachimsthal fi Sankt Joachimsthal fr Sankt-Joachimsthal fr Jachymov he יחימוב it Jachimov it Jachymov ja ザンクト・ヨアヒムスタール ja ヤーヒモフ nl Jachymov
🔖 Identifiers · 37
VIAF cluster ID
132631591
Library of Congress authority ID
n88145740
GND ID
4096521-1, 5123491-9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jáchymov radnice muzeum.JPG ↗
Alvin ID
alvin-place:6685
ArchINFORM location ID
14981
BHCL UUID
257c727c-15b7-42ed-bbfa-11e38a55a24a, 5592ed11-cb07-4878-80f6-b50a5023b6d8, 099662dd-194c-40b3-bf53-374ad8b2d4d0
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12376937p
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
jachymov
Czech Registration ID (IČO)
00254622
Czech municipality ID
555215
Email address
mailto:podatelna@mestojachymov.cz
Show all 37 identifiers +25
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Jachymov
FAST ID
1250102
FactGrid item ID
Dahmetal
Freebase ID
/m/04njnz
GNS Unique Feature ID
-546233
GeoNames ID
3074587
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Jáchymov
ISDS ID
3m5b7tw
IdRef ID
108939944
Image Archive, Herder Institute
Jáchymov
LAU
CZ555215
Mapy.com ID
muni&id=1264
Museum-digital place ID
5797, 78549
Münzkabinett ID
location/989
NE.se ID
jachymov
NL CR AUT ID
ge134251
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007567197305171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3916156
OpenStreetMap relation ID
439473
RKD thesaurus ID
96108
SVKKL authority ID
0251761-Jachymov-Karlovy-Vary-cesko
Topic's main category
Category:Jáchymov
Wellcome Collection concept ID
dfrgawxs
Who's on First ID
101824105
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfcRtkr7pDthgP3tC8jYP

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🔗 Connections
← Type locality (geology) 17
fluorite, uraninite, bornite, acanthite, millerite, mixite, argentopyrite, uranopilite +9 more
Shares border with 7
Oberwiesenthal, Ostrov, Abertamy, Boží Dar, Krásný Les, Merklín, Loučná pod Klínovcem
← Shares border with 7
Oberwiesenthal, Ostrov, Abertamy, Boží Dar, Krásný Les, Merklín, Loučná pod Klínovcem
People born here 6
Johannes Praetorius, Gabriel Zwilling, Erwin Schneider, Johann Major, David Funck, Michael Neander
Contained subdivisions 3
Klínovec, Božídarský Špičák, Suchá
Instance of 2
municipality of the Czech Republic, mining community
Named after 2
Joachimsthaler, jáchymovite
People who died here 2
Johannes Mathesius, Nikolaus Herman
← Work location 2
Johannes Mathesius, Stephan Schlick
Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Suchá
Country 1
Czech Republic
FactGrid item ID 1
Dahmetal
Founder 1
Stephan Schlick
Historical region 1
Bohemia
Image Archive, Herder Institute 1
Jáchymov
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Karlovy Vary District
Topic's main category 1
Category:Jáchymov
Twinned administrative body 1
Schneeberg
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Jáchymov
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Karlovy Vary District
← Image Archive, Herder Institute 1
Jáchymov
← Location of creation 1
Joachimsthaler
← Twinned administrative body 1
Schneeberg
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Summary

Jáchymov is a municipality of the Czech Republic[1].

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Jáchymov include Joachimsthaler[48], a currency[49] and jáchymovite[50], a mineral species[51].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Jáchymov include Joachimsthaler[48], a currency[49] and jáchymovite[50], a mineral species[51].

Related Entities

Czech Republic

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [3] ↑ . Register of territorial identification, addresses and real estates. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Czech location identification system. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Czech location identification system. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Czech location identification system. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [22] ↑ . Register of territorial identification, addresses and real estates. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Register of territorial identification, addresses and real estates. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Population in municipalities – 1 January 2014. wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . Historical lexicon of municipalities in the Czech Republic – 1869–2011. wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2005. wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 78195
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 78195, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  2. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0251761-Jachymov-Karlovy-Vary-cesko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0251761-Jachymov-Karlovy-Vary-cesko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  3. 24w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Founder → Stephan Schlick
    Located in → —
    Category for honorary citizens of entity → Wikidata item
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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