from the 13th century was reconstructed in the early Renaissance style in the late 15th century. In 1611–1618 it was expanded with an arcade wing. The castle is one of the oldest Renaissance monument in the country. The historic town centre is formed by the regular rectangular T. G. Masaryka Square and adjacent streets. On the square is the plague column built in 1719–1720. The landmark of the square is the town hall. It is a late Gothic building from around 1520, reconstructed in the Renaissance style around 1560. The square includes series of Gothic and Renaissance burgher houses. The town fortifications were built in the early 16th century. Nowadays, only fragments of the walls and three bastions are preserved. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was a Gothic building from the 13th century. It was reconstructed in the Baroque style after the fire in 1726. it was a cemetery church until 1500, when the cemetery was relocated to the newly built Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on the Křížový vrch Hill. Notable people Carl Giskra (1820–1879), Austrian politician Walther Hensel (1887–1956), music researcher Magda B. Arnold (1903–2002), psychologist Friedrich Lang (1915–2003), Luftwaffe pilot Gert Wilden (1917–2015), composer and conductor Jaroslava Maxová (born 1957), opera singer and vocal coach Marcel Kolaja (born 1980), politician Roman Kreuziger (born 1986), road cyclist Leopold König (born 1987), road cyclist Twin towns – sister cities Moravská Třebová is twinned with: Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia Staufenberg, Germany Vlaardingen, Netherlands References External links Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Svitavy District Populated places established in the 1250s