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Kdyně
Kdyně (; german: Neugedein) is a town in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Branišov, Dobříkov, Hluboká, Modlín, Nové Chalupy, Podzámčí, Prapořiště, Smržovice and Starec are administrative parts of Kdyně. Geography Kdyně is located about southeast of Domažlice and southwest of Plzeň. It lies mostly in the Cham-Furth Depression. The northeastern part of the municipality extends in to the Švihov Highlands and contains the highest point of Kdyně, the hill Koráb at above sea level. History The first written mention of Kdyně is from 1396, but the settlement was founded at the latest in the 13th century. In 1508, for the first time Kdyně is referred as a town. The oldest textile manufactory in Bohemia was founded here in 1696. Kdyně has been involved in textile production for hundreds of years. Demographics Transport The town features a train station on the railroa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plzeň Region
Plzeň Region ( cs, Plzeňský kraj; german: Pilsner Region) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň (English, german: Pilsen). In terms of area, Plzeň Region is 7,561 km2, the third largest region in the Czech Republic. However, with a population of about 585,000 inhabitants it is only the ninth most populous region. After the South Bohemian Region it is the second least densely populated region. The region can be roughly divided into two parts: a highly industrialized north-eastern part with a strong engineering tradition around Pilsen ( cs, Plzeň) and a more hilly and rural south-western part with smaller-sized manufacturing companies processing natural resources. The region borders the Karlovy Vary Region (to the north-west), Ústí nad Labem Region (to the north), Central Bohemian Region (north-east), South Bohemian Region (to the east) and with Bavaria (part of Germany) in the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...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] |
Cham-Furth Depression
The Cham-Furth Depression (german: Cham-Further Senke, cz, Všerubská vrchovina) is a lowland in the Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest that separates the Upper Palatinate Forest from the Bavarian Forest. At the same time it connects the Upper Palatinate with Bohemia. The German part has an area of 281 km², a length of 40 kilometres and a width of five to ten kilometres. The Czech part covers 206 km². The valley runs in a west-southwest-east northeast direction. It is divided into the Cham basin in the west at a height of 360 to 400 metres, which extends from Roding roughly as far as Arnschwang, and the smaller Furth depression in the east, which extends to Bohemia at heights of 400 to 500 metres. The Furth valley is bounded in the east by the European watershed. Its highest point is Kameňák (''Steinwald'', 751 m) near Svatá Kateřina (''St. Katharina''). The geologically ancient depression is filled with Pleistocene and alluvial sediments and drained by the river ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikveh
Mikveh or mikvah (, ''mikva'ot'', ''mikvoth'', ''mikvot'', or (Yiddish) ''mikves'', lit., "a collection") is a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity. Most forms of ritual impurity can be purified through immersion in any natural collection of water. However, some impurities, such as a zav, require "living water", such as springs or groundwater wells. Living water has the further advantage of being able to purify even while flowing, as opposed to rainwater which must be stationary to purify. The ''mikveh'' is designed to simplify this requirement, by providing a bathing facility that remains in contact with a natural source of water. In Orthodox Judaism, these regulations are steadfastly adhered to; consequently, the mikveh is central to an Orthodox Jewish community. Conservative Judaism also formally holds to the regulations. The existence of a mikveh is considered so important that a Jewish community is required to construct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Textile Industry
The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of yarn, cloth and clothing. The raw material may be natural, or synthetic using products of the chemical industry. Industry process Cotton manufacturing Cotton is the world's most important natural fibre. In the year 2007, the global yield was 25 million tons from 35 million hectares cultivated in more than 50 countries. There are five stages of cotton manufacturing: * Cultivating and Harvesting * Preparatory Processes * Spinning — giving yarn * Weaving — giving fabrics * Finishing — giving textiles Synthetic fibres Artificial fibres can be made by extruding a polymer, through a spinneret (polymers) into a medium where it hardens. Wet spinning (rayon) uses a coagulating medium. In dry spinning (acetate and triacetate), the polymer is contained in a solvent that evaporates in the heated exit chamber. In melt spinning (nylons and polyesters) the extruded polymer is cooled in gas or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smuggling
Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. There are various motivations to smuggle. These include the participation in illegal trade, such as in the drug trade, illegal weapons trade, prostitution, human trafficking, kidnapping, exotic wildlife trade, art theft, heists, chop shops, illegal immigration or illegal emigration, tax evasion, import/export restrictions, providing contraband to prison inmates, or the theft of the items being smuggled. Smuggling is a common theme in literature, from Bizet's opera ''Carmen'' to the James Bond spy books (and later films) '' Diamonds Are Forever'' and '' Goldfinger''. Etymology The verb ''smuggle'', from Low German ''smuggeln'' or Dutch ''smokkelen'' (="to transport (goods) illegally"), apparently a frequentative formation of a word meaning "to sneak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klatovy
Klatovy (; german: Klattau) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Klatovy is made up of 30 administrative parts (5 town parts and 25 villages): *Klatovy I *Klatovy II *Klatovy III *Klatovy IV *Klatovy V *Beňovy *Chaloupky *Čínov *Dehtín *Dobrá Voda *Drslavice *Habartice *Kal *Kosmáčov *Křištín *Kvaslice *Kydliny *Lažánky *Luby *Otín *Pihovice *Sobětice *Štěpánovice *Střeziměř *Tajanov *Točník *Tupadly *Věckovice *Vícenice *Vítkovice Habartice, Kvaslice and Vítkovice, and Dobrá Voda, Křištín and Střeziměř form two exclaves of the municipal territory. Etymology According to one theory, the name Klatovy was derived from the personal name Klát, meaning "Klát's (court)". The name Klát has then its origin in the Old Czech word ''klát'', which meant "stump" or "log". According to the second theor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Švihov Highlands in the Pardubice Region
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Švihov may refer to places in the Czech Republic: *Švihov (Klatovy District), a town in the Plzeň Region **Švihov Castle in the town * Švihov (Rakovník District), a municipality and village in the Central Bohemian Region *Švihov, a village and part of Drslavice (Prachatice District) in the South Bohemian Region *Švihov, a village and part of Miřetice (Chrudim District) Miřetice is a municipality and village in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. Administrative parts The villages of Bošov, Čekov, Dachov, Dubová, Havlovice, Krupín and Švihov are ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domažlice
Domažlice (; german: Taus) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administrative parts The town is made up of six town parts: Bezděkovské Předměstí, Dolejší Předměstí, Havlovice, Hořejší Předměstí, Město and Týnské Předměstí. Geography Domažlice is located about southwest of Plzeň. It lies on the Radbuza River. It lies on the Zubřina stream. It is situated in the Upper Palatine Forest Foothills. A small part on the southwest extends into the Cham-Furth Depression and includes the highest point of Domažlice, the hill Dmout at above sea level. History The first written mention of Domažlice settlement is in a deed of Duke Boleslaus II from 993. Purpose of its existence was related to the Bohemian-Bavarian border and important trade route to Regensburg. Near that settlement, a fortified royal town of Dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabitants. The city is known worldwide for Pilsner beer, created by Bavarian brewer Josef Groll in the city in 1842. Administrative division Plzeň is divided into ten boroughs, which are further divided into 25 administrative parts (in brackets): *Plzeň 1-Bolevec (Bolevec and Severní Předměstí) *Plzeň 2-Slovany (Božkov, Černice (partly), Doudlevce (partly), Hradiště, Koterov, Lobzy (partly) and Východní Předměstí (partly)) *Plzeň 3-Bory (Doudlevce (partly), Jižní Předměstí, Litice (partly), Nová Hospoda, Radobyčice, Skvrňany, Valcha, Vnitřní Město and Východní Předměstí (partly)) *Plzeň 4-Doubravka (Bukovec, Červený Hrádek, Doubravka, Lobzy (partly), Újezd and Východní Předměstí (partly)) *Plzeň 5-K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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