The Urban Planning and Development Institute of the City of Pilsen has been established to provide a wide range of documents for the future development of the city. It is principally in charge of analytic documents, urban planning documentation, urban studies and documentation for sector-specific…

Legal Form: State-funded organisationFounder: Chartered City of PilsenThe organisation was established based on a resolution no. 64 passed by the Pilsen City Council on September 24, 1991. The establishment of the organization was published in the Gazette of the Czech Republic, section 1, on March…

The issue of regional planning is covered in Act No. 183/2006 Coll., on Regional Planning and the Building Code (Construction Act). Regional planning is dealt with in detail in Decree No. 500/2006 Coll., on Regional Analytical Source Materials, Regional Planning Documentation and the Method for…

EUROPAN is a prestigious competition of young architects from all Europe, which deals with development areas in individual cities. Its target is to help young architests of the age up to 40 to develop and present innovative ideas. For the eighth EUROPAN competition, taking part between 2004 and…

Hist.Urban = "Revitalization of Historical Towns To Promote Sustainable Development" Depopulation of cities, few grassed areas, automobile traffic and a lack of parking lots in the city centre – these are the problems bothering not just the City of Pilsen. That is why these problems are the basic…

"Final aim of creation of Japanese gardens is to render through the plainest things the secret of Nature and its creation." – Sóami, 16th century On June 12th 2004, Showa-en Japanese Garden was opened within the area of Zoological and Botanical Garden of the City of Pilsen. This act crowned more…

The Pilsen Region Business News (originally Invest in the Pilsen Region and Investments in the Pilsen Region Newsletter) has been in publication since 2007 and is issued twice per year. Reporting on news from the Pilsen region, it is distributed mostly electronically in English and Czech. The…

Sports and sport facilities Largest sports complexes: City sports complex in Štruncovy sady and Luční Street, City Sports Hall and City Swimming Pool in Slovany, City of Pilsen Winter Stadium (ČEZ Arena) Publicly accessible sports facilities: Škodaland at Bory Dam (skate park, inline skating…

BIC Pilsen, Riegrova 1, tel.: 377 235 379www.bic.cz BIC Pilsen – Business and Innovation Centre – is a company established by the City of Pilsen to support small and mid-sized business. It has extensive knowledge of support programmes and helps businesses take advantage of these programmes,…

Audits and tax consulting services There is a number of companies offering tax consulting and training as well as accounting services in Pilsen. Some companies also offer issuing financial statements in English and/or German. There are three important professional associations operating in the…

Irena Vostracká Director Office no. 50 Tel (+420) 378 035 000 vostracka@plzen.eu Stanislava Maronová Economic Department and Statement Coordination Manager Office no. 53 Tel (+420) 378 035 019 maronova@plzen.eu Jitka Hánová Urban Planning Department Manager Office no. 70 Tel (+420) 378…

The Urban Planning and Development Institute of the City of Pilsen is located in the city centre, just off of Americká Street which joins the Main Train Station with Klatovská Street. If you are driving from Prague, enter the city along Rokycanská Street (I/26), which leads you directly to U…

The Technical Library of the Urban Planning and Development Institute of the City of Pilsen is the most extensive technical library in the Pilsen Region. The library has material from the disciplines of construction, architecture and related branches, capital construction law, dictionaries and…