Žatec

Žatec

- founded in 1004
- North-West Bohemia, Ústecký region
- pop 19,700
- located on Ohře river
- driest region in Czech rep.
- 85 km (55 miles) NW from Prague
- 65 km (40 miles) SW from Ústí nad Labem
- 70 km (45 miles) NE from Karlovy Vary
- 80 km (50 miles) N from Plzeň
- 45 km (30 miles) E from german border (Reitzenhain)
- surrounded by hops
- world's smallest brewery
- director Jan Svěrák's birthplace