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Philipp Oberländer
Philipp Jakob Oberländer (30 November 1875 – 3 March 1911) was a Czech big game hunter, traveller and trophy hunter. Born in a family of industrialists in Úpice, he made several expeditions around the world before he was killed by a cape buffalo in a hunting accident in the Sudan. Life and work Oberländer was born in Úpice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary to the German speaking Jewish industrialist family of Moritz Jakob (1831–1905) and Marie née Morawetz. The family owned a number of spinning mills. He took an interest in travel and adventure, becoming a pioneer of aviation in Bohemia. He supported the aviation pioneer Jan Kašpar and supported collecting expeditions including that of Rudolf Grauer (1870–1927). In 1903 he made a hunting expedition to India and Sri Lanka. In 1905 he went to the Americas. In 1906 he visited southeast Africa. In 1909 he visited Greenland along with Rudolf Kmunke (1866–1918) and Ludwig von Lorenz-Liburnau (1856–1943). In 1911, he was headi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip šlechtic Oberländer
Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip. The male name Filip comes from the Greek "philos" (love) and "hippos" (horse), which means "horse lover". In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Filip Barović (born 1990), Montenegrin basketball player * Filip Bergmark (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player * Filip David (1940–2025), Serbian writer and screenwriter * Filip Đorđević (born 1987), Serbian footballer * Filip Ekberg (born 2007), Swedish ice hockey player * * Filip Hološko (born 1984), Slovak footballer * Filip Cristian Jianu (born 2001), Romanian tennis player * Filip Marković (born 1992), Serbian footballer * Filip Minařík (1975–2023), Czech jockey * Filip Mișea (1873–1944), Aromanian activist, physician and politician * Filip Noga, Albanian politician * Filip Petrušev (born 2000), Serbian basketball player * * Filip Stanković ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úpice
Úpice () is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,400 inhabitants. Administrative division Úpice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Úpice (4,992) *Radeč (346) Etymology The name is a diminutive form of Úpa. Geography Úpice is located about southeast of Trutnov and northeast of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Giant Mountains Foothills. The highest point is at above sea level. The Úpa River flows through the town. History It is proven that Úpice existed already in the 11th century, however the first written mention is from 1358. It was a small town until the second half of the 19th century, when the textile and machinery industries developed. In 1975, the village of Radeč was joined to Úpice. Demographics Economy The largest employer based in the town is Kasper Kovo, a metal processor. Transport The I/14 road (the section from Trutnov to Náchod) passes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historically it could also refer to a wider area consisting of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the List of Bohemian monarchs, Bohemian kings, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, in which case the smaller region is referred to as Bohemia Proper as a means of distinction. Bohemia became a part of Great Moravia, and then an independent principality, which became a Kingdom of Bohemia, kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire. This subsequently became a part of the Habsburg monarchy and the Austrian Empire. After World War I and the establishment of an History of Czechoslovakia (1918–1938), independent Czechoslovak state, the whole of Bohemia became a part of Czechoslovakia, defying claims of the German-speaking inhabitants that regions with German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consisted of two sovereign states with a single monarch who was titled both the Emperor of Austria and the King of Hungary. Austria-Hungary constituted the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the Habsburg monarchy: it was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War, following wars of independence by Hungary in opposition to Habsburg rule. It was dissolved shortly after Dissolution of Austria-Hungary#Dissolution, Hungary terminated the union with Austria in 1918 at the end of World War 1. One of Europe's major powers, Austria-Hungary was geographically the second-largest country in Europe (after Russian Empire, Russia) and the third-most populous (afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kašpar
Jan Kašpar (20 May 1883 – 2 March 1927) was a Czechs, Czech aviator, aircraft constructor, designer and engineer. He is considered an aviation pioneer in the Bohemia, Czech lands. Biography Kašpar was born at Pardubice. From his early years, he was an enthusiastic fan of cycling and automobilism. After finishing his studies at secondary school in Pardubice, he moved to Prague. In 1907, Kašpar graduated at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Later, he continued his studies in Germany where he concentrated on aircraft engine construction. Following that, he has worked as a builder in the Laurin & Klement factory. Together with his colleague, engineer Otto Hieronimus, Kašpar participated in construction of the first aircraft engine in the Czech lands. His passion for aviation forced him to leave the company where, together with his cousin Evžen Čihák, he devoted himself solely to aircraft construction. His first attempts to construct a monoplane were inspired by the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Grauer
Rudolf Grauer (20 August 1870, Hellbrunn, Salzburg – 17 December 1927, Vienna) was an Austrian explorer and zoologist. He conducted zoological investigations in British East Africa (present-day Uganda) in 1905, German East Africa in 1907, and in the Belgian Congo (1910–11).The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson In 1910 he was among the first Europeans to come in contact with the Mbuti people, Mambuti. He died from actinomycosis, which he had contracted in Africa. His African collections are housed at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. Eponymy Birds: *Grauer's broadbill, ''Pseudocalyptomena graueri'' *Grauer's cuckooshrike, ''Coracina graueri'' *Grauer's swamp warbler, ''Brady ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filip Oberländer, Transport Těla
Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip. The male name Filip comes from the Greek "philos" (love) and "hippos" (horse), which means "horse lover". In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Filip Barović (born 1990), Montenegrin basketball player * Filip Bergmark (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player * Filip David (1940–2025), Serbian writer and screenwriter * Filip Đorđević (born 1987), Serbian footballer * Filip Ekberg (born 2007), Swedish ice hockey player * * Filip Hološko (born 1984), Slovak footballer * Filip Cristian Jianu (born 2001), Romanian tennis player * Filip Marković (born 1992), Serbian footballer * Filip Minařík (1975–2023), Czech jockey * Filip Mișea (1873–1944), Aromanian activist, physician and politician * Filip Noga, Albanian politician * Filip Petrušev (born 2000), Serbian basketball player * * Filip Stanković ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Štorch
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
