Stříbro (; ) is a town in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The historic town centre with the Renaissance Stříbro bridge is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Villages of Butov, Jezerce, Lhota u Stříbra, Milíkov, Otročín and Těchlovice are administrative parts of Stříbro. Etymology The Czech name derives from "silver" (), which used to be mined there. The German name Mies comes from the name of the river Mies/Mže (). Geography Stříbro is located about west of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Jirná at above sea level. The Mže River flows through the town. The confluence of the river Mže and Úhlavka is located on the southern outskirts of the town. A part of the Hracholusky Reservoir, built on the Mže, lies in the eastern part of the territory. History According to the 16th century chronicler Wenceslaus Hajek, the mining settlement in the Duchy of Bohemia was founded by the Přemyslid duke Soběslav I in 1131. The first written mention of Stříbro is in a deed of Duke Frederick from 1183. It was a mining settlement located on an important trade route (Zlatá cesta, "Golden Road") from Prague to Nuremberg. Silver and later mainly lead were mined here, which accelerated the growth of the settlement. Between 1240 and 1250, the foundations of the new royal town were laid on a rocky promontory above the old settlement. Mies received town privileges in 1263. The Czech name Stříbro is documented from the 14th century onwards. During the Hussite Wars, the town was besieged by the troops of Jan Žižka in 1421, though it was not occupied until in 1426. Shortly afterwards, the Hussite forces under Prokop the Great could repel an attack by the Crusaders in the Battle of Tachov. In 1541 the citizens turned Protestant. Silver mining was resumed under the King Ferdinand I in 1554. Upon the Battle of White Mountain, the town was subdued to the measures of the Counter-Reformation. Until 1918, Mies was part of the Habsburg monarchy and of the Cisleithanian ("Austrian") side after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. It was the administrative centre of a district (Bezirk) with the same name, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia. From 1918, Stříbro belonged to Czechoslovakia. After World War II, the