Břasy
Břasy (german: Bschas) is a municipality and village in the Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Darová, Kříše, Stupno and Vranovice are administrative parts of Břasy. Etymology The name is derived from the folk name for " heather" (in Czech ''vřes''). Geography Břasy is located about north of Rokycany. It lies in the Plasy Uplands at largely deforested plateau, which falls sharply towards the valley of Berounka River in the west. The highest point is the hill Přešov at . The Berounka forms the western municipal border. The Dírecký Stream is a minor watercourse that flows across the municipality into the Berounka. The slopes along Berounka and both above-mentioned brooks are largely covered with forest, while central part of Břasy is largely forestless, except for scattered woods between the Břasy proper, Vranovice, Kříše and Stupno which replaced the abandoned coal mines a ...
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Emanuel Famíra
Emanuel Famíra (15 November 1900, Hlinsko – 6 January 1970, Prague), was a Czech sculptor and painter. In 1933 a statue in memory of miners by Famíra was built in village of Vranov in Břasy. Demolished by German authorities in 1941. Famíra, lifelong communist, became one of prominent artists of socialist realism. In 1968–1969 Famíra was member of ultraleft group of Czech communists who supported the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia refers to the events of 20–21 August 1968, when the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by four Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, the People's Rep .... References 1900 births 1970 deaths Czechoslovak communists 20th-century Czech sculptors Czech male sculptors 20th-century Czech painters Czech male painters People from Hlinsko 20th-century Czech male artists {{CzechRepublic-painter-stub ...
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