Třešť
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Třešť
Town
Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Vysočina
District	Jihlava
Commune	Jihlava
Municipality	Třešť
Elevation	545 m (1,788 ft)
Coordinates	49°17′35″N 15°29′4″E / 49.29306, 15.48444
Area	46.99 km² (18.14 sq mi)
Population	5,989 (2005)
Density	127 /km² (329 /sq mi)
First mentioned	1349
Mayor	Vladislav Nechvátal
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	589 01
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Třešť
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.trest.cz

Třešť (IPA: [ˈtr̝̊ɛʃc]; German: Triesch), originally Triesch, is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic, which was founded around the turn of the 13th century. It has around 6,000 inhabitants.

Economist Joseph Schumpeter was born there in 1883, when Triesch was a part of Moravia. Franz Kafka visited his uncle in Triesch, who was the subject of Kafka's story "A Country Doctor."^{citation needed} Some also believe that the Triesch castle was the inspiration behind Kafka's novel The Castle (novel).^{citation needed}

External links

• Municipal website (cz, en, de)
• Triesch in the Jewish Encyclopedia

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