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Chroustovice
Chroustovice () is a market town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. Administrative parts The villages of Březovice, Holešovice, Lhota u Chroustovic, Mentour, Městec and Poděčely are administrative parts of Chroustovice. Etymology The settlement was originally called Chrústovice. The name was derived from the personal name Chrúst, meaning "the village of Chrúst's people". Geography Chroustovice is located about east of Chrudim and southeast of Pardubice. It lies mostly in the Svitavy Uplands, only the northern part of the municipal territory extends into the East Elbe Table. The Novohradka River flows through the market town. History The first written mention of Chroustovice is from 1349. In 1418, it became a market town. Until the 16th century, the estate was owned by various lower noblemen and the owners often changed. In the 16th century, Chroustovice was bought by the Slavata of Chlum family, who annexed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdeněk Černohorský
Zdeněk Černohorský (27 December 1910 – 5 September 2001) was a Czech lichenologist and educator. Life and career Zdeněk Černohorský was born in a poor family of a village baker in the village Chroustovice (east Bohemia). Černohorský attended Charles University in Prague. He graduated in 1933 with a degree in natural sciences with a specialisation in lichenology. Following university he taught in several schools–first, a primary school in Chroustovice, and later, secondary schools in Český Krumlov, Mělník and Prague. In 1938 he lost a lot of his property following involuntary resettlement resulting from the Munich Agreement. After WWII, Černohorský was able to start his professional career at the University of Agriculture and Forestry (now the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague). In 1949 he received his habilitation, and that same year was appointed professor at the Faculty of Education at Charles University. In 1959, he was transferred to the Faculty of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolph Novak
Rudolph Novak (January 29, 1887, in Chroustovice – October 16, 1968, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was a gymnastics director at Olivet College and raised the popularity of the sport there. As a gymnast, he was a member of Cedar Rapids Sokol. Following his performance in the 1924 Summer Olympics, he was aboard the RMS Homeric RMS ''Homeric'', originally launched as ''Columbus'', was an ocean liner built for Norddeutscher Lloyd and launched in 1913 at the F. Schichau yard in Danzig, Germany (now Gdańsk, Poland). ''Columbus'' was ceded to Great Britain in 1919 as part ... when it encountered a hurricane and he was nearly swept overboard. References External links * 1887 births 1968 deaths People from Chrudim District American male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for the United States Gymnasts at the 1924 Summer Olympics Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States American people of Czech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrudim District
Chrudim District ( cs, okres Chrudim) is a district ('' okres'') within Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Chrudim. Overview The district has mostly flat terrain with slopes of Iron Mountains appearing on the south. Seč Dam is the largest water surface in the district (2.2 km2), Chrudimka is the longest river in the district (104 km). Industrial centres are Chrudim (mechanical engineering, textile, food industry), Hlinsko (electrotechnical, textile) and Skuteč (textile). Climatic conditions and terrain make the area convenient for agriculture. Tourism is concentrated on Seč Dam and historical architecture. Of note is historical centre of Chrudim, hippology museum in Slatiňany, castles Košumberk, Lichnice, Rychmburk and Oheb, war memorial in Ležáky and Veselý Kopec Skansen. Among notable persons associated with the district are inventor Josef Ressel, composers Zdeněk Fibich and Vítězslav Novák, writers Karel Václav R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Městys
Městys (or, unofficially or obsolete, městečko (literally "small town")), translated as "market town", is a status conferred on certain municipalities in the Czech Republic, lying in terms of size and importance higher than that of simple ''obec'' (municipality), but lower than that of ''město'' (city, town). Historically a ''městys'' was a locality which had the right to stage livestock markets (and some other "extraordinary" and annual markets), and it is therefore translated as "market town". The term went out of official use in Czechoslovakia in 1954, but was reintroduced in the Czech Republic in 2006. As of September 2020, there are 228 municipalities on which the status of ''městys'' has been re-admitted. In all cases, these are municipalities that have requested the return of their former title. This title has not been newly awarded to any municipality that would not have it in the past, the law does not even set any specific criteria for it, only procedural competenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Čáslav
Čáslav (; german: Tschaslau) is a town in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 10,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Čáslav is made up of town parts of Čáslav-Nové Město ("New Town") and Čáslav-Staré Město ("Old Town"), and of village of Filipov. History The history of Čáslav begins after the year 800 with the founding of a citadel and settlement called Hrádek. Near Hrádek, a new town with a huge square was founded by King Ottokar II of Bohemia in around 1250. In 1421, Bohemian parliament debated in Čáslav and voted in a new Hussite government. Two large fires in 1452 and 1522 severely damaged the town. During the Thirty Years' War, in 1639 and 1642, Čáslav was devastated and burnt down by Swedish troops. The town however recovered and in 1715, Čáslav became the centre of a region. Jewish population From the 14th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Socialist Republic
The Czech Socialist Republic ( cs, Česká socialistická republika, ČSR) was a republic within the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The name was used from 1 January 1969 to November 1989, when the previously unitary Czechoslovak state changed into a Constitutional Act on the Czechoslovak Federation, federation. From 1990 to 1992, the Czech Republic ( cs, Česká republika, ČR) existed as a federal subject within the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, which later became the independent Czech Republic. History Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1969–89) After the Prague Spring, occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968, liberalisation reforms were stopped and reverted. The only exception was the federalization of the country. The former centralist state Czechoslovakia was divided in two parts: the ''Czech Socialist Republic'' and the ''Slovak Socialist Republic'' by the Constitutional Law of Federation of 28 October 1968, which went into effect on 1 January 1969. New national parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Pitra
František Pitra (13 November 1932 – 2 January 2018) was the Prime Minister of the Czech Socialist Republic (then part of Czechoslovakia) from October 11, 1988, through February 6, 1990. Like his four predecessors, he was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Pitra attended an agricultural engineer in the years 1951–1955 graduated from the University of Agriculture in Brno. He obtained his degree in agricultural engineer from the University of Agriculture in Brno (today Mendel University Brno Mendel University in Brno is located in Brno, Czech Republic. It was founded on 24 July 1919 on the basis of the former Tábor Academy. It now consists of five faculties and one institute - the Faculty of AgriSciences, Faculty of Forestry and W ...). References 1932 births 2018 deaths People from Chrudim District Members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Members of the Chamber of the People of Czechoslovakia (1976–1981) Membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Formal Garden
The French formal garden, also called the (), is a style of garden based on symmetry and the principle of imposing order on nature. Its epitome is generally considered to be the Gardens of Versailles designed during the 17th century by the landscape architect André Le Nôtre for Louis XIV and widely copied by other European courts. Éric Mension-Rigau, "Les jardins témoins de leur temps" in '' Historia'', n° 7/8 (2000). History Renaissance influence The ''jardin à la française'' evolved from the French Renaissance garden, a style which was inspired by the Italian Renaissance garden at the beginning of the 16th century. The Italian Renaissance garden, typified by the Boboli Gardens in Florence and the Villa Medici in Fiesole, was characterized by planting beds, or parterres, created in geometric shapes, and laid out symmetrical patterns; the use of fountains and cascades to animate the garden; stairways and ramps to unite different levels of the garden; grottos, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and ''trompe-l'œil'' frescoes to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama. It is often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement. The Rococo style began in France in the 1730s as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Louis XIV style. It was known as the "style Rocaille", or "Rocaille style". It soon spread to other parts of Europe, particularly northern Italy, Austria, southern Germany, Central Europe and Russia. It also came to influence the other arts, particularly sculpture, furniture, silverware, glassware, painting, music, and theatre. Although originally a secular style primarily used for interiors of private residences, the Rococo had a spiritual aspect to it which led to its widespread use in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostel Sv
Kostel may refer to: * Kostel, Kostel, a settlement in the Municipality of Kostel, Slovenia * Municipality of Kostel, Slovenia * Kostel, Croatia, a village near Pregrada, Croatia * Kostel, German name of the Czech town of Podivín * Kostel Pribićki, a village near Krašić, Croatia * Kostel, Bulgaria, a village in Elena Municipality * Pietrapelosa {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
České Dráhy
České dráhy (English: ''Czech Railways''), often shortened to ČD, is the major railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services. Overview The company was established in 1993, after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, as a successor of the Czechoslovak State Railways. It is a member of the International Railway Union (UIC Country Code for the Czech Republic is 54)Community of European Railwaysand the Organization for Railway Cooperation (Asia and Europe). With twenty-four thousand employeesAnnual Report of České dráhy, a.s. for the Year 2014, auditor Deloitte Audit s.r.o. ČD Group is the fifth largest Czech company by the number of employees. Until 1 July 2008, České dráhy was the biggest employer in the Czech Republic. After experiencing regular losses and requiring government subsidy, the railway reported its first ever profit in 2007 while still receiving government subsidy. Attempts to make it more efficient are currently ongoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uhersko
Uhersko a municipality and village in Pardubice District Pardubice District ( cs, okres Pardubice) is a district (''okres'') within the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Pardubice. Overview Pardubice District is the smallest district of the region but has the highest po ... in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. History The first written mention of Uhersko is from 1308. Demographics Sights The main landmark of Uhersko is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was built in the Baroque style in 1704. References External links * Villages in Pardubice District {{Pardubice-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
