Příbram, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

🇨🇿 Příbram is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is well known for its mining history and more recently its new venture into economic restructuring. The town is the third-largest in the Central Bohemian Region (behind Kladno and Mladá Boleslav), and is a natural administrative and cultural centre of the south-western part of the region, although it also tends to be largely influenced by the economy and lifestyle of Prague.

The Svatá Hora ("Holy Mount") pilgrimage site is located just above the town, while the Mining Museum Příbram, including the communist labor camp Vojna memorial, is another tourism attraction.

Economy Příbram's economy was determined by the mining industry and supplying companies for hundreds of years. At the end of the 1980s, when the mining was slowly derogating, the basic Příbram corporations included the Uranium Mines (Czech: Uranové doly full name Czech State Uranium Industry Czech: Český státní uranový průmysl), the Ore Mines (Czech: Rudné doly) and suppliers such as ZRUP – Základna rozvoje uranového průmyslu English: Base of Uranium Industry Development) and others.

After 1989, the economy restructured because of the closure of mines and privatisation. The nationwide important branch office of state enterprise Diamo is the successor of the Uranium Mines; the office is named the Administration of Uranium Deposits (Czech: Správa uranových ložisek). Several of the supplying companies continue their activities under new owners.

As of 2021, the list of the Příbram's biggest companies includes: • RAVAK a.s. – the biggest producer of baths and shower-baths in central and eastern Europe; • ZAT, a. s. – production of control systems for power engineering and industry; • Kovohutě Příbram nástupnická, a.s. – recycling and production of lead and precious metals; • CVP Galvanika s.r.o. – surface treatment of metals; • Uzeniny Příbram, a.s. – meat processing plant.

The District Economic Chamber Příbram was founded in 1993.

As of May 2020, the unemployment in the town was around 4.5%.