ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA	CZECH REPUBLIC
Pardubický kraj	Pardubice region
Okres: Ústí nad Orlicí

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• de: Senftenberg • lv: Žamberka • lt: Žamberkas
• ru, sr: Жамберк
Žamberk (German: Senftenberg) is situated at an elevation of 418 m in the valley of the Divoká Orlica (Wilde Adler), about 14 km northeast of the district town Ústí nad Orlicí and about 50 km north-northwest of the regional capital, Pardubice. The municipality has a population of about 6,000 (2023).

The settlement probably originated in the second half of the 13th century on an important trade route from Moravia to the then Bohemian County of Glatz (today Kłodzko) and was first mentioned in 1332. Throughout the following centuries, the estates were owned by several noble families. In 1809, the estates were finally acquired by the princes Windischgrätz and iIn 1815 it was bought by Baron John Parish. The Parish family lived in Žamberk until 1948 and again since 1990.

The castle of Žamberk [left, no. 436: top left] was originally built before 1600 by Mikuláš of Bubo as a four-winged Renaissance building. Between 1653 and 1711, the castle underwent Baroque renovations. These mainly concerned the interiors and courtyards. Between 1809 and 1815, the castle underwent reconstructions, repairs and modernization in the Rococo style. At the same time, the castle park was reshaped into an English garden. The castle received its final appearance between 1881 and 1925 when it was renovated in the Art Nouveau style.

The town centre is dominated by the town hall [left, no. 436: bottom centre, and below, no. 4795: top picture], a building from 1812–1815. The building has been classified as a historical building since 1958.

In the centre of the market square, the Marian column [bottom picture: far left], a master piece of the Bohemian Baroque, was erected before 1712 in gratitude that the town was spared from the Plague.

The sport hall (Sokolovna) [left, no. 436: top right] was home of the Physical Education Club (Sokol), founded in 1877. The building depicted on the glass dates from 1894 and was only the fourth unit in Bohemia providing the local Sokol "with its own roof". During World War I the building was used as a hospital. Between 1921 and 1922, a rear wing with a stage, dressing rooms and a small hall were added. In 1925, a 6-meter-high "additional hall" was added, and a year later, the front wing was rebuilt and expanded.

The Albertinum [left, no.ኼ: bottom picture] was founded in 1905 as the first sanatorium for patients suffering from scrofula and tuberculosis in Bohemia, after the Association for the Establishment and Maintenance of Hospitals for Pulmonary Diseases had purchased the villa and estate of Eduard Albert, a surgeon and university professor and native of Žamberk, in honour of whom the institution was named Albertinum. The sanatorium was extended gradually by the addition of treatment pavilions and other buildings during the 1920s and 1930, reaching its final (and still contemporary) state in 1934.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDamberk; https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDamberk_(z%C3%A1mek); https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radnice_v_%C5%BDamberku; https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari%C3%A1nsk%C3%BD_sloup_(%C5%BDamberk); https://www.sokolskepamatky.eu/objekty/detail/sokolovna-zamberk; https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertinum_%C5%BDamber]