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Dobruška
Dobruška (; german: Gutenfeld) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,500 inhabitants. The town is known as the birthplace of Czech patriotic writer František Ladislav Hek, whose career was described in Alois Jirásek's novel ''F. L. Věk''. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Villages of Běstviny, Chábory, Domašín, Křovice, Mělčany, Pulice and Spáleniště are administrative parts of Dobruška. Geography Dobruška is located about northeast of Hradec Králové. It lies mostly in the Orlice Table. The eastern part extends into the Podorlická Uplands and includes the highest point of Dobruška, the hill Tábor at . The town is situated at the confluence of two watercourses, river Dědina (also called Zlatý Brook) and Brtevský Brook. History The predecessor of Dobruška was a market settlement Lešno, located on the crossroads of two trade routes. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Beer
Alois Beer (February 27, 1833 – October 10, 1897) was a writer and painter born in Bohemia in the Austrian Empire. Information After his apprenticeship in 1849 he went to Vienna, Prague and Styria, all areas in the Austrian Empire. He briefly went to Bavaria. He then returned to the Austrian Empire and went to Venice, Verona and Milan and Ljubljana. In Ljubljana, he attended painting courses. After returning to Dobruška in 1858 he opened a business. In 1862 he married and in 1863 bought the house No. 100 in Opočenský street. In 1869 his first wife died and he married a second time, unhappily. Beer was a great promoter of technical innovations. In a small town, he was considered eccentric and often mocked. In 1886, he left his business to his son and devoted himself to painting. He participated in the organization of economic and industrial exhibitions in Dobruška in 1889 and 1892. Here he received recognition and finally gained some respect from the locals. He died th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radim Drejsl
Radim Drejsl (29 April 1923 – 20 April 1953) was a Czech composer, pianist and conductor. He is considered an important composer of politically engaged songs promoting visions of Czechoslovak communist regime in the 1950s. Drejsl applied the ideas of socialist realism in his music. Biography Drejsl was born in Dobruška. Following his graduation at the gymnasium in Rychnov nad Kněžnou in 1942 he continued his studies at the Prague Conservatory. From 1942 to 1946 he studied composition with Karel Janeček and Pavel Bořkovec; and conducting as a pupil of Pavel Dědeček. Later (from 1946 to 1950) he deepened his musical skills at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1949 he became director of the Vít Nejedlý Army Artistic Ensemble (Armádní umělecký soubor Víta Nejedlého) in Prague. He composed choruses, small cantatas and military songs for the performances of the ensemble. His composing style was partially conforming to the atmosphere and attitudes of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Jirásek
Alois Jirásek () (23 August 1851, Hronov, Kingdom of Bohemia – 12 March 1930, Prague) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of historical novels imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and justice. He was close to many important Czech personalities like M.Aleš, J.V. Sládek, K.V. Rais or Z.J. Nejedlý. He attended an art club in Union Cafe with them. He worked as a redactor in ''Zvon'' magazine and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1918, 1919, 1921 and 1930.Josef B. Michl, ''Laureatus Laureata'', ARCA JiMfa, Třebíč, 1995, str. 372-382 Biography Alois Jirásek was born on 23 August 1851 in Hronov, in the Kingdom of Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic), which was at that time part of the Austrian Empire. He was born into a family of small farmers and weavers of modest means. His father was J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region ( cs, Královéhradecký kraj, ; pl, Kraj hradecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové. The region neighbours the Pardubice Region in the south, the Central Bohemian Region in the south-west, and the Liberec Region in the west. It also shares a 208 km long international border with Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship in the north and the east. Administrative divisions After the state administration reform took place (1 January 2000); the Hradec Králové Region is divided into 5 districts: As for area, Trutnov District is the largest taking almost one fourth of the entire region's territory, followed by the Rychnov nad Kněžnou District with 21% and as for the three remaining districts each has about 18%. As of 2003, 15 municipalities with extended powers and 35 municipalities with a delegated municipal offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veľký Meder
Veľký Meder (1948–1990 ''Čalovo'', hu, Nagymegyer, yi, Magendorf) is a town in the Dunajská Streda District, Trnava Region in southwestern Slovakia. Etymology The name is derived from the name of the ancient Hungarian ''Megyer'' tribe. Geography Veľký Meder lies in the eastern part of Great Rye Island, on the western border of historical Komárom County, around 20 km southeast of Dunajská Streda and 35 km northwest of Komárno. Administratively, the town belongs to the Trnava Region, Dunajská Streda District. The town is renowned for its thermal spring. History In the 9th century, the territory of Veľký Meder became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The first written record about Veľký Meder was in 1248 under name ''Villa Meger''. The population of the town has been predominantly Hungarian at least since the Middle Ages. In the Middle and Modern Ages, the settlement was a little market town in the western part of Komárom county. In 1466, Hungarian kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rychnov Nad Kněžnou District
Rychnov nad Kněžnou District ( cs, okres Rychnov nad Kněžnou) is a district ('' okres'') within Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the town of Rychnov nad Kněžnou. List of municipalities Albrechtice nad Orlicí - Bačetín - Bartošovice v Orlických horách - Bílý Újezd - Bohdašín - Bolehošť - Borohrádek - Borovnice - Bystré - Byzhradec - ''Častolovice'' - Čermná nad Orlicí - Černíkovice (Rychnov nad Kněžnou District), Černíkovice - České Meziříčí - Čestice (Rychnov nad Kněžnou District), Čestice - Chleny - Chlístov (Rychnov nad Kněžnou District), Chlístov - Deštné v Orlických horách - Dobřany (Rychnov nad Kněžnou District), Dobřany - Dobré - Dobruška - ''Doudleby nad Orlicí'' - Hřibiny-Ledská - Jahodov - Janov (Rychnov nad Kněžnou District), Janov - Javornice - Kostelec nad Orlicí - Kostelecké Horky - Kounov (Rychnov nad Kněžnou District), Kounov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Radków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
__NOTOC__ Gmina Radków is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Radków, which lies approximately north-west of Kłodzko, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 9,048. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Radków is bordered by the town of Kudowa-Zdrój and the gminas of Gmina Kłodzko, Kłodzko, Gmina Nowa Ruda, Nowa Ruda and Gmina Szczytna, Szczytna. It also borders the Czech Republic. Villages Apart from the town of Radków, the gmina contains the villages of Gajów, Karłów, Pasterka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Pasterka, Raszków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Raszków, Ratno Dolne, Ratno Górne, Ścinawka Dolna, Ścinawka Górna, Ścinawka Średnia, Suszyna, Tłumaczów and Wambierzyce. Twin towns – sister cities Gmina Radków is Sister city, twinned with: * Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piława Górna
Piława Górna (german: before 1928: Ober-Peilau, then ''Gnadenfrei'') is a town in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, in the western part of the Wzgórza Strzelińskie hills. It lies approximately east of Dzierżoniów, and south of the regional capital Wrocław. According to official figures for 2019, the town has a population of 6,412. From 1975 to 1998 Piława Górna was in Wałbrzych Voivodeship. History The oldest historic mention of Piława Górna comes from the 12th century under the Latin name ''Pilava Superius''. Piława Górna was part of Piast-ruled Poland. Then the city came under the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Hungary, again Bohemia and the Habsburg monarchy. It was an agricultural village in Lower Silesia. After its annexation by the Kingdom of Prussia from Austria in the First Silesian War, German settlers developed a clothing industry in the village in 1743. A settlement congregation of the Moravian Brethr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hnúšťa
Hnúšťa ( hu, Nyustya) is a town and municipality in the Rimavská Sobota District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia. It is the birthplace of the well-known 19th-century Slovak writer and member of the Štúr generation, Ján Francisci-Rimavský. He is commemorated by a statue and a plaque near the town's main square. History The town was first mentioned in 1334. Geography Hnúšťa lies at an altitude of above sea level and covers an area of . It is located in the Slovenské rudohorie mountains, in the Rimava river valley near Rimavská Sobota. Demographics According to the 2001 census, 93.12% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 3.36% Roma, 1.07% Hungarians and 0.40% Czechs. The religious make-up was 36.40% Roman Catholics, 21.62% Lutherans and 35.44% people with no religious affiliation. Economy A factory for the production of chemicals was one of the main employers in Hnúšťa region. Now several middle sized companies are located in the town industrial p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obec
Obec (plural: ''obce'') is the Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, Slovak word for a municipality (in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia and abroad). The literal meaning of the word is "Intentional community, commune" or "community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities and towns are also municipalities. Definition 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 cadastre, cadastral areas. Every municipality is composed of one or more administrative parts, usually called town parts or villages. A municipality can have its own flag and coat of arms. Czech Republic Almost whole area of the republic is divided into municipalities, with the only exception be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Miejska Górka
__NOTOC__ Gmina Miejska Górka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Miejska Górka, which lies approximately north-east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 9,283 (out of which the population of Miejska Górka amounts to 3,128, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 6,155). Villages Apart from the town of Miejska Górka, Gmina Miejska Górka contains the villages and settlements of Annopol, Dąbrowa, Dłoń, Gostkowo, Jagodnia, Karolinki, Kołaczkowice, Konary, Melanowo, Niemarzyn, Oczkowice, Piaski, Roszkówko, Roszkowo, Rozstępniewo, Rzyczkowo, Sobiałkowo, Topólka, Woszczkowo, Zakrzewo, Zalesie and Zmysłowo. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Miejska Górka is bordered by the gminas of Bojanowo, Jutrosin, Krobia, Pakosław, Pępowo, Poniec and Rawicz Rawi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
