The town of Humpolec is located in the Pelhřimov district in the Vysočina Region. About half way along the D1 motorway between Brno and Prague. Humpolec was founded as a guard place in the middle of border forests, where led an important trail leading from Prague to Moravia. The first written mention of Humpolec is from 1178, when the village was then donated by King Přemysl Soběslav II. The first known holder of the town is therefore the Teutonic Knights, then it was in 1325 Želiv Monastery and then the Red Star cruisers. Later the village belonged to the Lords of Lipá and later to Dubá, Leskovec, Trčková from Lípa and other noble families. Under the last owner - Count Wolkenstein-Troszburg - Humpolec was declared a free town in 1807.
Municipal Cultural and Information Center:
- tourist center, Havlíčkovo nám. 91, tel .: +420 565 532 479
- museum, tel .: 565 532 115
- cinema, tel .: 565 532 067
- library, tel .: 565 533 181
- exhibition hall.
Sport:
- Sokol hall and sports hall
- winter stadium
- tennis Hall
- climbing Center
- football field
- summer swimming pool Žabák.
Monuments, culture:
- St. Nicholas Parish Church
- synagogue
- Jewish cemetery
- Honey's villa
- Monument to the anthropologist Aleš Hrdlička, a native of Prague, and his museum
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Memorial and many other interesting sights and places.
The Valley of Beautiful Frogs was shot in Humpolec and Good Pigeons Return. At a nearby ruin of Orlík Castle a film fairy tale How to Wake the Princess.