Editing Chrudim (section)

==History==
[[File:Chrudim, Resselovo nám., kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie (2018-07-01; 02).jpg|thumb|Church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary]]
The oldest archeological findings which provide first signs of the settlement in this area date back to the 5th millennium BC. Various cultures succeeded one on another in the territory of today's town of Chrudim and its vicinity. Since the 7th–8th century, the area is inhabited by [[Slavs]].<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.chrudim.eu/mesto/o-chrudimi/historie/|publisher=Město Chrudim|language=cs|access-date=2024-05-09}}</ref>

The first written mention of Chrudim is from 1055, when Duke [[Bretislav I]] died here according to ''[[Chronica Boemorum]]''. The royal town of Chrudim was founded in 1276 by King [[Ottokar II of Bohemia|Ottokar II]] for its location on a route from [[Prague]] to [[Moravia]]. From 1307, it became a [[dowry town]], administered by Bohemian Queens.<ref name=history/>

At the beginning of the [[Hussite Wars]], Chrudim sided with the anti-Catholic side and the German-speaking population left the town. Since then, Chrudim has been an almost exclusively Czech territory by nationality. The town was in opposition to the ruling Habsburgs during the failed [[The Estates Revolt in Bohemia in 1547|Estates Revolt]] in 1547 and [[Bohemian Revolt]] in 1618–1620, which always had serious consequences for it. Chrudim was also severely affected by the [[Thirty Years' War]], during which the evangelical population left as a result of re-Catholicization.<ref name=history/>

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Chrudim lost partly lost its economical and administrative importance, but it has become important educational and cultural centre, which led to its gain of the nickname "Athens of Eastern Bohemia". In 1871, the railway was built and the town regained economic significance.<ref name=history/><ref>{{cite web |title=About the city|url=https://en.chrudimsky.navstevnik.cz/|publisher=Město Chrudim|access-date=2021-10-18}}</ref>

Until 1918, the town was part of [[Austria-Hungary]], head of the Chrudim District, one of the 94 ''Bezirkshauptmannschaften'' in [[Bohemia]].<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Chrudim|volume=6|page=318}}</ref><ref>Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967</ref>