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Holýšov - Dům Dějin Holýšovska (čp
Holýšov (; german: Holleischen) is a town in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Dolní Kamenice is an administrative part of Holýšov. Geography Holýšov is located about southwest of Plzeň. It lies mostly in the Švihov Highlands, the western part of the municipal territory lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is a hill with an altitude of . The town is situated on the right bank of the Radbuza River. History The first written mention of Holýšov is in a deed of Pope Gregory X from 1273. Transformation from a small village to a town began after 1897, when one of the biggest glassworks in Austria-Hungary were founded and the population significantly increased. The glassworks went bankrupt due to the world crisis in the 1930s. During World War II, Holýšov was occupied by Germany. The glassworks building was rebuilt to an ammunition factory. In 1944, two subcamps ...
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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 ...
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Occupation Of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)
The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by the end of 1944 extended to all parts of Czechoslovakia. Following the ''Anschluss'' of Austria to Nazi Germany in March 1938 and after he had obtained the Munich Agreement in September 1938, Adolf Hitler annexed the ethnic Germans living in Czech regions. The loss of Sudetenland was detrimental to the defense of Czechoslovakia as the extensive Czechoslovak border fortifications were also located in the same area. As a consequence, the incorporation of the Sudetenland into Germany that began on 1 October 1938 left the rest of Czechoslovakia weak. Moreover, a small northeastern part of the borderland region known as Zaolzie was occupied and annexed to Poland ostensibly to "protect" the local ethnic Polish community and as a result of previous territorial claims ( Czech-Polish dispu ...
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Port, Switzerland
Port is a municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland, located in the Biel/Bienne administrative district. History Port is first mentioned in 1228 as ''Port''. The banks of the Zihl/Thielle river were inhabited since at least the neolithic. The remains of a neolithic Cortaillod culture stilt house village from the second quarter of the 4th Millennium BC were discovered in the Stüdeli area. The area was resettled often during the following millennia. From Bronze Age settlements a number of artifacts were discovered including swords, spearheads, axes and sickles. A Celtic settlement from the 2nd and 1st centuries BC left behind two helmets, metal vessels and about 120 swords and spearheads. However, most of the swords were broken or bent. One bent iron sword contains an engraving, in Greek letters, of the name Korisios. This is considered the oldest written document in Switzerland. Wooden pilings from the same era indicate that the settlement built a bridge over t ...
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Kümmersbruck
Kümmersbruck is a municipality in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 3 km southeast of Amberg. A division of the German Military is stationed here. Kümmersbruck is split up in 7 districts: Kümmersbruck, Haselmühl, Gärmersdorf, Moos, Haidweiher, Penkhof, Lengenfeld and Engelsdorf. The river Vils crosses the municipality. Town twinnings Kümmersbruck is twinned with: * Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland * Holýšov, Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ... References Amberg-Sulzbach {{AmbergSulzbach-geo-stub ...
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Sister City
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept The modern concept of town twinning has its roots in the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as the Coventry Blitz. First conceived by the then Mayor of Coventry, Alfred Robert Grindlay, culminating in his renowned telegram to the people of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in 1942, the idea emerged as a way of establishing solidarity links between cities in allied countries that went through similar devastating events. The comradesh ...
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Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500 to AD 1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early ..., lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, and disease, while some areas of what is now modern Germany experienced population declines of over 50%. Related conflicts include the Eighty Years' War, the War of the Mantuan Succession, the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659), Franco-Spanish War, and the Portuguese Restoration War. Until the 20th century, historians generally viewed it as a continuation of the religious struggle initiated by the 16th-century Reformation within the Holy Roman Empire. The 1555 Peace of Augsburg atte ...
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Holýšov - Dům Dějin Holýšovska (čp
Holýšov (; german: Holleischen) is a town in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Dolní Kamenice is an administrative part of Holýšov. Geography Holýšov is located about southwest of Plzeň. It lies mostly in the Švihov Highlands, the western part of the municipal territory lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is a hill with an altitude of . The town is situated on the right bank of the Radbuza River. History The first written mention of Holýšov is in a deed of Pope Gregory X from 1273. Transformation from a small village to a town began after 1897, when one of the biggest glassworks in Austria-Hungary were founded and the population significantly increased. The glassworks went bankrupt due to the world crisis in the 1930s. During World War II, Holýšov was occupied by Germany. The glassworks building was rebuilt to an ammunition factory. In 1944, two subcamps ...
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Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by population, third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 11th-largest city in the European Union. The Munich Metropolitan Region, city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Northern Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the population density, most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialects, Bavarian dialect area, ...
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Ministry Of The Interior (Czech Republic)
The Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic () is a government ministry tasked with responsibilities in public and internal security, citizenship, identity cards and social security numbers, as well as travel, border, immigration control and civil service among others. The ministry has under its jurisdiction police, Office for Foreign Relations and Information (ÚZSI), fire department and Czech Post. The current Minister of the Interior is Vít Rakušan, in office since 17 December 2021. Responsibilities * internal security * citizenship, identity cards, social security numbers * public archives and collections * firearms regulation * fire services * travel, border, immigration control See also * Law enforcement in the Czech Republic * Police of the Czech Republic * Crime in the Czech Republic * Human trafficking in the Czech Republic * Gun politics in the Czech Republic External links * Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a ...
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Domažlice District
Domažlice District ( cs, okres Domažlice) is a district ('' okres'') within Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Domažlice. Complete list of municipalities Babylon - Bělá nad Radbuzou - Blížejov - Brnířov - Čermná - Česká Kubice - Chocomyšl - Chodov - Chodská Lhota - Chrastavice - Díly - Domažlice - Drahotín - Draženov - Hlohová - Hlohovčice - Hora Svatého Václava - Horšovský Týn - Hostouň - Hradiště - Hvožďany - Kanice - Kaničky - Kdyně - '' Klenčí pod Čerchovem'' - Koloveč - Kout na Šumavě - Křenovy - Libkov - Loučim - Luženičky - Meclov - Mezholezy (former Domažlice District) - Mezholezy (former Horšovský Týn District) - Milavče - Mířkov - Mnichov - Močerady - Mrákov - Mutěnín - Nemanice - Němčice - Nevolice - Nová Ves - Nový Kramolín - Osvračín - Otov - Pařezov - Pasečnice - Pec - Pelechy - Poběžovice - Pocinovice - Poděvousy - Postřekov - Puclice ...
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Holy Cross Mountains Brigade
The Holy Cross Mountains Brigade ( pl, Brygada Świętokrzyska) was a tactical unit of the Polish National Armed Forces established on 11 August 1944. It did not obey orders to merge with the Home Army in 1944 and was a part of the Military Organization Lizard Union faction. Its soldiers fought simultaneously with the Nazi German and the communist underground. Second Polish Republic background In 1934, within the National Party (''Stronnictwo Narodowe'', SN), a secret radically right-wing faction emerged, known as the Internal Organization. They were critical in respect to the democratic traditions of the SN and in April 1934 gave rise to the splinter National Radical Camp (''Obóz Narodowo Radykalny'', ONR). The movement was quickly delegalized by the Sanation regime and many ONR activists ended up in the Bereza Kartuska camp for political opponents. In 1935 the ONR split further into the National Radical Camp Falanga and the National Radical Camp "ABC", the latter dominated ...
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