The easiest way to this small town of miners get from Jihlava. There is also a bus service to Prague.

Havlíčkův Brod previously called German Brod due to the fact that settled there mostly Germans, who were the real masters of mining and helped the Czechs to master the difficult science of mining ore and silver. The Germans were invited to a village on the river Sázava from Saxony itself. The first settlers got here his farm in the XIII century.

Its modern name of the town was named after a native of these parts, a journalist who has lived and worked in the first half of the XIX century - Karel Havlicek Borovsky. He was a patriot, who disliked the Austrian authorities. A similar situation democratically minded opposition to the Czechs and the government formed after the Second World War. At that time it was decided to rename the city in honor of CG Borowski. On the square in the town Havlicek has a museum dedicated to the illustrious son of Havlíčkův Brod.

The main area is no different large size. But it is there that the most important focus city attractions. Among them are the two town halls, one over the other for almost two centuries. Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is relatively new: it was built in the XVII century on the site of earlier buildings affected by the fire. The same period applies Augustinian monastery, which adjoins the Church of St. Anthony.

Another interesting architectural monument is located on a nearby street. This house, dating back to XVI century, which is called Shtaflova cottage.