Moravská Třebová (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,700 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administrative parts Moravská Třebová is made up of town parts of Město and Předměstí, and villages of Boršov, Sušice and Udánky. Geography Moravská Třebová is located about east of Svitavy and north of Brno. It lies mostly in the Podorlická Uplands. The westernmost part of the municipal territory extends into the Svitavy Uplands and includes the Rohová National Nature Reserve. In the nature reserve is located the highest point of Moravská Třebová, the hill Roh at above sea level. The town is situated on the Třebůvka River, which feeds the Moravská Třebová Pond on the southern outskirts of the town. History Moravská Třebová was founded around 1257 by Boreš of Rýzmburk as a typical colonization town. The greatest boom occurred during the rule of the Lords of Boskovice and Ladislav Velen of Zierotin between 1486 and 1622, when the town was the centre of humanistic scholarship and earned the nickname "Moravian Athens". In 1840 and 1844, the town was severely damaged by fires, which destroyed part of the castle and Renaissance façades of the houses. Since its foundation it was part of the Kingdom of Bohemia. In 1469 it passed under Hungarian rule, and in 1490 it returned to Bohemia. From 1804, along with Bohemia, it was ruled by the Austrian Empire, and after the compromise of 1867 it was part of the Austrian portion of Austria-Hungary, within which it was the seat of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia. Following World War I, from 1918, it formed part of newly independent Czechoslovakia. Moravská Třebová was located in the largest German linguistic enclave within Bohemia and Moravia. Until the expulsion of the Germans in 1945 according to the Beneš decrees and Potsdam Agreement, it was mainly inhabited by German-speaking population. During the German occupation (World War II), the occupiers operated the E391 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the town. The town was largely shaped by the textile industry. However, most factories eventually went bankrupt. Between 1850 and 1960, Moravská Třebová has been a district town. Demographics Sights The main landmark is the Moravská Třebová Castle. The original castle