The Highlands region (Czech: Kraj Vysočina, literally Highlands Region) is a region in the Czech Republic. It is a part of Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, an extensive and long range of hills and low mountains over 150 kilometres long, hence the name.
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- Jihlava, 49.407°, 15.592°. The region center and the ancient royal mining town
- Chotěboř, 49.716°, 15.672°.
- Havlíčkův Brod, 49.607°, 15.578°.
- Humpolec, 49.543°, 15.358°.
- Nové Město na Moravě, 49.565°, 16.076°.
- Pelhřimov, 49.430°, 15.224°.
- Telč, 49.186°, 15.457°. This town has a perfectly preserved Renaissance town centre surrounded by shallow man-made lakes and is one of the prettiest towns in the Czech Republic
- Třebíč, 49.216°, 15.881°. Has one of Europe's best presereved Jewish areas
- Třešť, 49.289°, 15.480°.
- Velká Bíteš, 49.291°, 16.230°. A historical town at the border of Highlands and South Moravia, by the country's major highway
- Velké Meziříčí, 49.354°, 16.009°.
- Žďár nad Sázavou, 49.564°, 15.937°. Contains a fine pilgrimage church
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