Czech Highlands

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.

Cities

• 1 Jihlava. The region center and the ancient royal mining town  
• 2 Chotěboř.  
• 3 Havlíčkův Brod.  
• 4 Humpolec.  
• 5 Nové Město na Moravě.  
• 6 Pelhřimov.  
• 7 Telč. This town has a perfectly preserved Renaissance town centre surrounded by shallow man-made lakes and is one of the prettiest towns in the Czech Republic  
• 8 Třebíč. Has one of Europe's best presereved Jewish areas  
• 9 Třešť.  
• 10 Velká Bíteš. A historical town at the border of Highlands and South Moravia, by the country's major highway  
• 11 Velké Meziříčí.  
• 12 Žďár nad Sázavou. Contains a fine pilgrimage church  

Other destinations

• 1 Žďár Highlands (Žďárské vrchy).  
• 2 Iron Mountains (Železné hory).  

See

• 1 Ledeč nad Sázavou Castle.  

Go next

• Central Bohemia
• East Bohemia
• North Bohemia
• South Bohemia
• South Moravia

Českomoravská vrchovina