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Polná
Polná () is a town in Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Villages of Hrbov, Janovice, Nové Dvory and Skrýšov are administrative parts of Polná. Geography Polná is located about northeast of Jihlava. It lies in the Upper Sázava Hills. It is situated at the confluence of the small river Šlapanka and stream Ochozský. The territory is rich in fish ponds. The largest of them is Peklo, located next to the historic town centre. History Middle Ages Founded in the second half of the 12th century, the first written mention of Polná is from 1242. At that time, there was already a church in Polná. Originally, Polná was a forest collier settlement, and not far from it there was built a castle called Polná, originally Polmna. The town lies on the line between two historic Czech lands – Bohemia and Morav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilsner Affair
The Hilsner Affair (also known as the Hilsner Trial, Hilsner Case or Polná Affair) was a series of Anti-Semitism, anti-semitic trials following an accusation of blood libel against Jews, blood libel against Leopold Hilsner, a History of the Jews in the Czech Republic, Jewish inhabitant of the town of Polná in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary in 1899 and 1900. The affair achieved widespread media publicity at the time, and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, then professor at Charles University, Charles University in Prague also got involved in the case to defend Leopold Hilsner. Hilsner spent 19 years in prison before being pardoned by the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. Background The Anežka Hrůzová murder case Anežka Hrůzová was a 19-year-old Czechs, Czech Catholicism, Catholic girl, living in the village of Věžnička. She worked as a seamstress in Polná, away. On the afternoon of 29 March 1899, she left her place of employment as usual, but did not return to her home. Three days later (1 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Hilsner
The Hilsner Affair (also known as the Hilsner Trial, Hilsner Case or Polná Affair) was a series of anti-semitic trials following an accusation of blood libel against Leopold Hilsner, a Jewish inhabitant of the town of Polná in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary in 1899 and 1900. The affair achieved widespread media publicity at the time, and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, then professor at Charles University in Prague also got involved in the case to defend Leopold Hilsner. Hilsner spent 19 years in prison before being pardoned by the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. Background The Anežka Hrůzová murder case Anežka Hrůzová was a 19-year-old Czech Catholic girl, living in the village of Věžnička. She worked as a seamstress in Polná, away. On the afternoon of 29 March 1899, she left her place of employment as usual, but did not return to her home. Three days later (1 April) her body was found in a forest, her throat having been cut and her garments torn. Nearby was a pool of blood, some blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polna Hrad Zamek of Pskov Oblast, Russia
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Polna may refer to: *Polná, a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic ** Polná Affair, a series of anti-semitic trials around 1900 *Polná (Hazlov), a village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic *Polna, Poland, a village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland * Polna, Russia, a rural locality (a village) in Gdovsky District Gdovsky District (russian: Гдо́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #833-oz and municipalLaw #420-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Pskov Oblast, twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the ... [...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] |
Victor, Duke Of Münsterberg
Victor, Duke of Münsterberg also: ''Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava''; cz, Viktorin z Minsterberka; (29 May 1443 in Cieszyn – 30 August 1500 in Cieszyn) was an Imperial Count from 1459 and Count of Kladsko. From 1462 until his death, he was Duke of Münsterberg, and from 1465 to 1485 Duke of Opava. Family background Victor was the second son of the Bohemian king George of Poděbrady and his wife Kunigunde of Sternberg. In 1463 he married Margaret Ptáčková, the only daughter of Hynek Ptáček of Pirkstein, who died in 1472. Two years later he married Sophie, daughter of Duke Boleslaw II of Cieszyn. After her death in 1479, he married in 1480 Helena-Margarete Palaiologa, daughter of John IV, Marquess of Montferrat (d. 1496). From these marriages, he had several daughters: * Johanna (1463–1496), married to Duke Casimir II of Cieszyn * Magdalena (d. 1497), Cistercian in Trzebnica * Anna (d. 1498) * Uršula (died after 1534) until 1529 nun in the Magdalene con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Empire
The Swedish Empire was a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region during the 17th and early 18th centuries ( sv, Stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power"). The beginning of the empire is usually taken as the reign of Gustavus Adolphus, who ascended the throne in 1611, and its end as the loss of territories in 1721 following the Great Northern War. After the death of Gustavus Adolphus in 1632, the empire was controlled for lengthy periods by part of the high nobility, such as the Oxenstierna family, acting as regents for minor monarchs. The interests of the high nobility contrasted with the uniformity policy (i.e., upholding the traditional equality in status of the Swedish estates favoured by the kings and peasantry). In territories acquired during the periods of ''de facto'' noble rule, serfdom was not abolished, and there was also a trend to set up respective estates in Sweden proper. The Great Reduction of 1680 put an end to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havlíčkův Brod District
Havlíčkův Brod District ( cs, okres Havlíčkův Brod) is a district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Havlíčkův Brod. Administrative division Havlíčkův Brod District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Havlíčkův Brod, Chotěboř and Světlá nad Sázavou. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bačkov - Bartoušov - Bělá - Bezděkov - Bojiště - Boňkov - Borek - Břevnice - Čachotín - Čečkovice - ''Česká Bělá'' - Chotěboř - Chrtníč - Chřenovice - Číhošť - Dlouhá Ves - Dolní Krupá - Dolní Město - Dolní Sokolovec - Druhanov - Golčův Jeníkov - Habry - ''Havlíčkova Borová'' - Havlíčkův Brod - Herálec - Heřmanice - Hněvkovice - Horní Krupá - Horní Paseka - Hradec - Hurtova Lhota - Jedlá - Jeřišno - Jilem - Jitkov - Kámen - Kamenná Lhota - Klokočov - Knyk - K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...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] |
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas. It may refer to: * Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), first President of Czechoslovakia * Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), Czech footwear entrepreneur * Tomáš Berdych (born 1985), Czech tennis player * Tomáš Cibulec (born 1978), Czech tennis player * Tomáš Dvořák (born 1972), Czech athlete * Tomáš Enge (born 1976), Czech motor racing driver * Tomáš Fleischmann (born 1984), Czech ice hockey player * Tomáš Kaberle (born 1978), Czech ice hockey player * Tomáš Kramný, (born 1973), Czech ice hockey player * Tomas Kalnoky (born 1980), Czech/American singer/guitarist * Tomáš Kratochvíl (born 1971), Czech race walker * Tomas Mezera (born 1958), Czech/Australian racing driver * Tomáš Rosický (born 1980), Czech football player * Tomáš Šmíd (born 1956), Czech tennis player * Tomáš Verner (born 1986), Czech figure skater * Tomáš Vokoun (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player * Tomáš Zí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
