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Bílina
Bílina (; ) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It is known for its destination spa, spas and as a source of the strongly mineralized water, Bílinská kyselka. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Bílina consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Bílina (537) *Chudeřice (7) *Mostecké Předměstí (954) *Pražské Předměstí (2,230) *Teplické Předměstí (8,418) *Újezdské Předměstí (1,958) Etymology The name of the town originates from the adjective ''bílý'' (''bielý'' in Czech language#Medieval/Old Czech, Old Czech), meaning 'white'. The term ''Bielina'' ('white/bald place') is etymologically derived either from fact there was an area without any wood or from sparkling waters of the Bílina river (formerly called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bílina (river)
The Bílina (; ) is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is long. The river flows through a densely populated area with a high concentration of industry. It is infamously known as the dirtiest Czech river, even though water quality has improved significantly in the 21st century. Etymology The name of the river is derived from the Czech word ''bílá'' (i.e. 'white'). Names of rivers with this colour in the name often referred to the stony or Pebble, pebbly nature of the river bed. Characteristic The Bílina originates in the territory of Blatno (Chomutov District), Blatno in the Ore Mountains at an elevation of and flows to Ústí nad Labem, where it enters the Elbe River at an elevation of . It is long. Its drainage basin has an area of . The longest tributaries of the Bílina are: Settlements The river flows through the densely populated area of the Most Basin. The most notable settlements on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teplice District
Teplice District () is a Okres, district in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Teplice. Administrative division Teplice District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence, administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Teplice and Bílina. List of municipalities Cities and towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bílina - Bořislav - Bystřany - Bžany (Teplice District), Bžany - Dubí - Duchcov - Háj u Duchcova - ''Hostomice (Teplice District), Hostomice'' - Hrob - Hrobčice - Jeníkov (Teplice District), Jeníkov - Kladruby (Teplice District), Kladruby - Košťany - Kostomlaty pod Milešovkou - Krupka - Lahošť - Ledvice - Lukov (Teplice District), Lukov - Měrunice - Mikulov (Teplice District), Mikulov - Modlany - Moldava (Teplice District), Moldava - Novosedlice - Ohníč - Osek (Teplice District), Osek - Proboštov - Rtyně nad Bílinou - Srb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most (city)
Most (; ) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 63,000 inhabitants. Most is an industrial city with a long tradition of lignite mining. Due to mining, the historic city was demolished and replaced by a planned city. In locations where mining has ended, Most is an example of successful landscape revitalization. Administrative division Most consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Most (58,591) *Čepirohy (462) *Komořany (4) *Rudolice (234) *Souš (543) *Starý Most (45) *Velebudice (227) *Vtelno (840) Etymology The name Most means 'bridge' in Czech language, Czech. It first appeared as translation of the German language, German name "Brüx" (derived from the German word for 'bridge', ''Brücke''). The city was named after the system of bridges that crossed the swamps in this area in the 10th century. Geography Most is located about southwest of Ústí nad Labem and northwest of Prague. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ústí Nad Labem Region
Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region () is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad Labem. It covers the majority of the former Administrative divisions of Czechoslovakia, North Bohemia province () and is part of the broader area of North Bohemia. The region borders the regions of Liberec Region, Liberec (east), Central Bohemian Region, Central Bohemia (south), Plzeň Region, Plzeň (southwest), Karlovy Vary Region, Karlovy Vary (west) and the German region of Saxony to the north. The Ústí nad Labem Region comprises a range of very different types of landscape. Between the high escarpment of the Ore Mountains range and the České středohoří, Bohemian Central Uplands with many volcanic hills, there are vast areas devastated by surface coal mining (the Most Basin), partly being recultivated into an artificial landscape with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bořeň
Bořeň (; 539 m) is a phonolite hill two kilometres south of Bílina in northwest Bohemia, Czech Republic. When seen from the northwest side, the hill has the shape of a lying lion. It is a structure similar to the Devils Tower in Wyoming, and is the largest phonolite structure of its kind in Europe. Bořen dominates both the town Bílina and the Czech Central Mountains, with its distinctive silhouette visible from a number of remote locations. There are also Mineral water, mineral water springs which are the source of Bílinská Kyselka water. References External links Climbing guide – Stanislav Emingr, Ladislav VörösVirtual panorama from the top of the Bořeň {{DEFAULTSORT:Boren Rock formations of the Czech Republic Mountains and hills of the Czech Republic Geography of the Ústí nad Labem Region Teplice District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bilina may refer to: * Bílina, a town in the Czech Republic * Bílina (river), a river in the Czech Republic * Bilina, Croatia, a historic settlement in inland Dalmatia, Croatia * Bilina, a pharmaceutical drug composition of Levocabastine and other components often used in eye-drops See also * Bil'in Bil'in () is a Palestinian village located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, west of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Bil'in had a population of 2,137 in 2017. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most Basin
The Most Basin (also known as North Bohemian Basin; , ) is a structural basin and geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is named after the city of Most. It forms the southwestern and central parts of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is among the richest European deposits of lignite, which has been extracted here since the second half of 19th century, mostly by extensive surface mining. Geomorphology The Most Basin is a mesoregion of the Podkrušnohorská Macroregion within the Bohemian Massif. It is further subdivided into the microregions of Žatec Basin and Chomutov-Teplice Basin. A flat landscape without peaks is typical for the Most Basin. The highest point of the territory is a contour line near Libouchec, at above sea level. There are several low hills with an elevation of 350–380 in the southwestern part of the basin. Adjacent landscapes The basin lies between the Central and Eastern Ore Mountains to the north and the Rakovník Uplands to the south. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gord (archaeology)
A gord is a medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, usually built on strategic sites such as hilltops, riverbanks, lake islets or peninsulas between the 6th and 12th centuries in Central and Eastern Europe. A typical gord consisted of a group of wooden houses surrounded by a wall made of earth and wood, and a palisade running along the top of the bulwark. Etymology The term ultimately descends from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root '' ǵʰortós'' 'enclosure'. The Proto-Slavic word ''*gordъ'' later differentiated into grad (Cyrillic: град), gorod (Cyrillic: город), gród in Polish, gard in Kashubian, etc. It is the root of various words in modern Slavic languages pertaining to fences and fenced-in areas (Belarusian гарадзіць, Ukrainian городити, Slovak ohradiť, Czech ohradit, Russian оградить, Serbo-Croatian ograditi, and Polish ogradzać, grodzić, to fence off). It also has evolved into words for a garden in certain l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
České Středohoří
The České středohoří (), also known as Central Bohemian Uplands or Central Bohemian Highlands,e.g. ''The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 31'', Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998, p. 371 is a geomorphological region in northern Bohemia of the Czech Republic. Geography The region is about 80 km long, extending from Česká Lípa in the northeast to Louny in the southwest and from Litoměřice in the south to Děčín in the north, and is intersected by the river Elbe. The mountains, which are of volcanic origin, have distinctively sharp solitary peaks. Protection The eponymous protected landscape area covers most of the uplands' territory; consequently, construction through the area of the D8 motorway (part of European route E55 between Dresden and Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phonolite
Phonolite is an uncommon shallow intrusive or extrusive rock, of intermediate chemical composition between felsic and mafic, with texture ranging from aphanitic (fine-grained) to porphyritic (mixed fine- and coarse-grained). Phonolite is a variation of the igneous rock trachyte that contains nepheline or leucite rather than quartz. It has an unusually high (12% or more) Na2O + K2O content, defining its position in the TAS classification of igneous rocks. Its coarse grained (phaneritic) intrusive equivalent is nepheline syenite. Phonolite is typically fine grained and compact. The name ''phonolite'' comes from the Ancient Greek meaning "sounding stone" due to the metallic sound it produces if an unfractured plate is hit; hence, the English name ''clinkstone'' is given as a synonym. Formation Unusually, phonolite forms from magma with a relatively low silica content, generated by low degrees of partial melting (less than 10%) of highly aluminous rocks of the lower crust su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obec
(, ; plural ) is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality (in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia and abroad). The literal meaning of the word is " commune" or " community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities and towns are also municipalities. Definition The legal definition (according to the Czech code of law with similar definition in the Slovak code of law) is: ''"The municipality is a basic territorial self-governing community of citizens; it forms a territorial unit, which is defined by the boundary of the municipality."'' Every municipality is composed of one or more cadastral areas. Every municipality is also composed of one or more municipal parts (), which are usually town quarters or villages. A municipality can have its own flag and coat of arms. Czech Republic Almost the entire area of the Czech Republic is divided into municipalities, with the only exception being military training areas. The smaller mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lignite
Lignite (derived from Latin ''lignum'' meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35% and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat content. When removed from the ground, it contains a very high amount of moisture, which partially explains its low carbon content. Lignite is mined all around the world and is used almost exclusively as a fuel for steam-electric power generation. Lignite combustion produces less heat for the amount of carbon dioxide and sulfur released than other ranks of coal. As a result, lignite is the most harmful coal to human health. Depending on the source, various toxic heavy metals, including naturally occurring radioactive materials, may be present in lignite and left over in the coal fly ash produced from its combustion, further increasing health risks. Characteristics Lignite is brownish-bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
