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Olza River
The ( cs, Olše, german: Olsa) is a river in Poland and the Czech Republic, a right (eastern) tributary of the River Oder. It flows from the Silesian Beskids mountains through southern Cieszyn Silesia in Poland and the Frýdek-Místek and Karviná districts of the Czech Republic, often forming the border with Poland. It flows into the Oder River north of Bohumín. The Olza-Oder confluence also forms a part of the border. The river is a symbol of the Zaolzie ( pl, Trans-Olza) region, which lies on its west bank, constituting a part of the western half of Cieszyn Silesia, as depicted in the words of the unofficial anthem of this region and of local Poles, '' Płyniesz Olzo po dolinie'' (Thou flowest, Olza, down the valley), written by Jan Kubisz. The Olza has also inspired many other artists. Among those who have written about the river are Adolf Fierla, Pola Gojawiczyńska, Emanuel Grim, Julian Przyboś, Vladislav Vančura, and Adam Wawrosz. The singer Jaromír Nohavica ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silesian Beskids
Silesian Beskids ( Polish: , Czech: , german: Schlesische Beskiden) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Most of the range lies in Poland. It is separated from the Moravian-Silesian Beskids by the Jablunkov Pass. The Polish part of the range includes the protected area called Silesian Beskids Landscape Park. The highest mountains Silesian Beskids have 20 mountains with a highest point above 1000 m, including three above 1200 m and nine above 1100 m. * Skrzyczne (1,257 m) - the highest mountain * Barania Góra (1,220 m) - the highest mountain of the Polish part of Upper Silesia * Małe Skrzyczne (1,211 m) * Wierch Wisełka (1,192 m) * Równiański Wierch (1,160 m) * Zielony Kopiec (1,152 m) * Malinowska Skała (1,152 m) * Magurka Wiślańska (1,140 m) * Klimczok (1,117 m) * Malinów (1,115 m) * Magura (1,109 m) * Magurka Radziechowska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Grim
Emanuel Grim (1 January 1883 – 18 October 1950) was a Polish Catholic priest, writer and journalist from the region of Cieszyn Silesia. He was one of the most important figures of the Polish-Catholic political camp in Cieszyn Silesia in the interwar period. He was born in the coal mining town of Karviná to a coal miner's family. Grim graduated in 1904 from Polish gymnasium in Cieszyn and later studied theological studies in Vidnava and Wrocław and on 23 August 1908 was ordained as a Catholic priest. Grim later worked as a vicar in Rychvald, Zebrzydowice, Jablunkov, Cieszyn and Brenna. He later worked as a priest in Górki Wielkie and then, in 1917-1935 and 1937-1950 in Istebna. Grim also worked briefly in 1935-1937 in Skoczów. Grim was a member of several organizations, including ''Związek Śląskich Katolików'' (Association of Silesian Catholics), of which he was a chairman in 1929-1939. Grim was active not only in spiritual and political life of Cieszyn Silesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jablunkov
Jablunkov (; pl, , german: Jablunkau) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. Polish minority makes up 16.4% of the population. It is inhabited by a large amount of Silesian Gorals. Geography Jablunkov lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, and is the easternmost town of the country. It is located mainly in the Jablunkovice Furrow lowland, but the municipal territory also extends to the Silesian Beskids on the east. The highest point is the hill Lysá at . Jablunkov lies at the confluence of the Lomná and the Olza rivers. History According to historians, the predecessor of Jablunkov is to be found in the place where the present-day village of Hrádek or Nýdek is located. The first written mention of Jablunkov is from 1435. After the village was destroyed by a Hungarian raid at least in 1447, a new settlement emerged, and the previous settlement was renamed Old Jablunkov. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Písek (Frýdek-Místek District)
( pl, , german: Piosek) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority. Etymology The name of the municipality is of topographic origins and literally means "sand". Historically it has been scribed as ''Piesek'' (1523), ''Pisek'' (1577, 1621), ''Pyßek''/''Pioßek'' (1643), ''Piasek'' (1652) and so on. Geography Písek is located about southeast of Frýdek-Místek and southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, a small part of the municipality borders with Poland. The Olza River flows through the municipality. The municipal territory is located on the border between two mountain ranges. The northern part lies in the Silesian Beskids, the southern part lies in the Jablunkov Intermontane. The highest point is the mountain Kyčera/Kiczory on the Czech-Polish border at above sea level. History Pí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukovec (Frýdek-Místek District)
( pl, , german: Bukowetz) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. Polish minority makes up 26.0% of the population. Etymology The name of the village is derived from ''buk'', i.e. "beech". It refers to the beech forests that grew there. Geography Bukovec is the easternmost municipality of the country and the first municipality in the Czech Republic through which the Olza River flows. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The Girová Mountain at is the highest peak of the municipality. History Bukovec was established by Casimir I, Duke of Cieszyn in 1353. The settlement initially served as an economic base for the local guardhouse on the southeastern border of the Duchy of Teschen. After 200 years, the village gained a farming-pasture character. The number of inhabitants rose very slowly. By 1647, only 20 people lived there. Settlers had many children a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istebna
Istebna is a large village and the seat of Gmina Istebna, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The village is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range, near the borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The Olza River flows through the village. Etymology The name is cultural in origin derived from the word , meaning a room in a (especially rural) house (see also izba). It is conjectured that the name was conveyed by settlers from Istebné who supposedly established the village. Historically it was also known as ''Gistebna'' (1621, 1629) or ''Istebne'' (1724; the name in plural form, meaning ''rooms''). History The village was first mentioned in the document from 1592 retrospectively mentioning the village ''Jistebne'' as existing in 1583. It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg monarchy. After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 = , s1 = Czech Republic , flag_s1 = Flag of the Czech Republic.svg , s2 = Slovakia , flag_s2 = Flag of Slovakia.svg , image_flag = Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg , flag = Flag of Czechoslovakia , flag_type = Flag(1920–1992) , flag_border = Flag of Czechoslovakia , image_coat = Middle coat of arms of Czechoslovakia.svg , symbol_type = Middle coat of arms(1918–1938 and 1945–1961) , image_map = Czechoslovakia location map.svg , image_map_caption = Czechoslovakia during the interwar period and the Cold War , national_motto = , anthems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate climate, temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proto-Slavic Language
Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages. It represents Slavic speech approximately from the 2nd millennium B.C. through the 6th century A.D. As with most other proto-languages, no attested writings have been found; scholars have reconstructed the language by applying the comparative method to all the attested Slavic languages and by taking into account other Indo-European languages. Rapid development of Slavic speech occurred during the Proto-Slavic period, coinciding with the massive expansion of the Slavic-speaking area. Dialectal differentiation occurred early on during this period, but overall linguistic unity and mutual intelligibility continued for several centuries, into the 10th century or later. During this period, many sound changes diffused across the entire area, often uniformly. This makes it inconvenient to maintain the traditional definition of a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenc Prasek
Vincenc Prasek (9 April 1843 in Milostovice – 31 December 1912 in Napajedla) was a Czech educator, linguist and historian active in the region of Silesia. He contributed to several Czech periodicals based in Opava and in 1883–1895 served as the first principal of Czech grammar school ( gymnasium) there. In 1863–1868 Prasek studied classical philology and slavistics at the University of Vienna, he also spent one semester at the University of Breslau. He began his teaching career in 1868 in Olomouc at the Czech gymnasium. Prasek was active in several school organizations. As a writer, Prasek focused mainly on publishing works about political history, ethnography and historical geography of Moravia and Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split .... In 1902–1909 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieszko, Duke Of Cieszyn
Mieszko I of Cieszyn ( pl, Mieszko cieszyński, cs, Měšek I. Těšínský, german: Mesko I (Teschen); also known as Mieszko I of Opole; 1252/56 – by 27 June 1315), was a Duke of Racibórz during 1282–1290 (with his brother as co-ruler) and the first Duke of Cieszyn since 1290 until his death. He was the oldest son of Władysław, Duke of Opole-Racibórz, by his wife Euphemia, daughter of Władysław Odonic, Duke of Greater Poland. Life Early years Little is known about the early years of Mieszko I's life. His first documented mention was on 21 October 1258, when he appears together with his father and two younger brothers in the consent of the foundation of a Cistercian abbey in Rudy. Duke of Racibórz After his father's death in 1282, and according to the custom during the fragmentation of Poland, Mieszko and his brothers divided the Duchy of Opole-Racibórz between them: Mieszko and his youngest brother Przemysław received together the district of Racibórz as co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromír Nohavica
Jaromír Nohavica or Jarek Nohavica (born 7 June 1953, in Ostrava) is a Czech recording artist, songwriter, lyricist and poet. Early life He was born in Ostrava and has played guitar since he was 13. He began studies at the Technical University of Ostrava but eventually left the school. He tried various jobs, including as a freelance lyricist. He gained fame with his first song for Marie Rottrová, ''Lásko, voníš deštěm'' (You Smell of Rain, My Love; actually a cover version of the song ''She's Gone'' by Black Sabbath). He lives in Ostrava with his wife and two children. Career In 1982, he started performing in public, and his songs gained popularity. His first album, ''Darmoděj'' (The Wastrel), released in 1988, sold out immediately. A mythical aura arose around Nohavica which survived even the crisis period of his treatment for alcoholism. He released the somewhat pessimistic ''Mikymauzoleum'' (Mickey Mausoleum), an album containing mainly melancholic songs. Meanw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
