Klatovy

Klatovy is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic, known in German as Klattau. It has about 23,000 inhabitants and lies on the Úhlava River, where it developed as an industrial town and a railway junction. The town was established in the 13th century, and its historic town centre is well preserved and protected as an urban monument zone. The main landmark of Klatovy is the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary and of Saint Ignatius, which belongs to a complex of Jesuit monuments that also includes catacombs and a Latin school; the whole complex is protected as a national cultural monument. In the geography atlas Klatovy is placed with the cities of Eastern Europe, under Czechia.