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Červená Voda (Ústí Nad Orlicí District)
Červená Voda () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Červená Voda consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Červená Voda (2,221) *Bílá Voda (177) *Dolní Orlice (170) *Horní Orlice (25) *Mlýnice (18) *Mlýnický Dvůr (74) *Moravský Karlov (68) *Šanov (116) Etymology The name literally means 'red water'. Its name derives from limonite contained in the local stream basin, which sometimes coloured it to brown or red. According to local legend, it was named after the bloodshed during the Hussite Wars, when the stream was coloured with blood. Geography Červená Voda is located about northwest of Šumperk and east of Ústí nad Orlicí. The municipality lies on the historic border between Moravia and Bohemia. The villages of Dolní Orlice and Horní Orlice are located in Bohemia, while the rest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obec
(, ; plural ) is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality (in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia and abroad). The literal meaning of the word is " commune" or " community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities and towns are also municipalities. Definition The 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 cadastral areas. Every municipality is also composed of one or more municipal parts (), which are usually town quarters or villages. A municipality can have its own flag and coat of arms. Czech Republic Almost the entire area of the Czech Republic is divided into municipalities, with the only exception being military training areas. The smaller mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlické Mountains
The Orlické Mountains (, , ) or Eagle Mountains are a mountain range located mainly in northeastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is a mesoregion of the Central Sudetes. They follow the border with Kłodzko Land in Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ... for . The highest point in the range is Velká Deštná at . Geology The mountains are mainly composed of crystalline rocks, consistent with the makeup of the northern rim of the highlands of Bohemia. Tourism The entire region has maintained its original natural character over the centuries and so beech primeval forests, protected landscape areas or nature parks and reserves are interwoven with trails, right next to chateaux and town parks and groomed rural gardens. The gentle rolling hills are interlace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of White Mountain
The Battle of White Mountain (; ) was an important battle in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War. It led to the defeat of the Bohemian Revolt and ensured Habsburg control for the next three hundred years. It was fought on 8 November 1620. An army of 21,000 Bohemians and mercenaries under Christian of Anhalt was defeated by 23,000 men of the combined armies of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, led by Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, and the German Catholic League led by Johann Tserclaes, later Count of Tilly, at Bílá Hora ("White Mountain") near Prague. Bohemian casualties were not severe but their morale collapsed and Imperial forces occupied Prague the next day. Prelude In the early 17th century most of the Bohemian estates, although under the dominion of the predominantly Catholic Holy Roman Empire, had large Protestant populations, and had been granted rights and protections allowing them varying degrees of religious and political freedom. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Zierotin
The House of Zierotin or House of Žerotín () was a Czech noble family in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, one of the oldest and most illustrious noble families from Bohemia and Moravia. The ancestors of the family were first mentioned around 1200. The family achieved the rank of Imperial Counts in the Holy Roman Empire. The family died out at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, but its indirect lines continue to exist. Several properties were returned to the Mornstein-Zierotin after fall of Communist rule in 1989. History According to romantic legend, the Zierotins were the offspring of Prince Oleg of Drelinia, brother of Vladimir I of Kiev, and therefore the family uses in its coat of arms a royal crown (or more properly the crown of Grand Prince) and princely mantling. The heraldic device is a blazon of arms in gules (red) with a lion sable (black), crowned, on three mountains argent (silver). The crest is the crowned lion rampant. The ancestors of the family were the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Králíky
Králíky (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Králíky consists of 11 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Králíky (3,128) *Červený Potok (76) *Dolní Boříkovice (189) *Dolní Hedeč (71) *Dolní Lipka (105) *Heřmanice (69) *Horní Boříkovice (3) *Horní Hedeč (7) *Horní Lipka (83) *Kopeček (2) *Prostřední Lipka (143) Etymology The similarity of the town's name with the modern Czech word ''králík'' (i.e. 'rabbit') is accidental. The oldest German name of the locality was derived from the personal German name Greulich, dialectally pronounced as Kralych. The Czech name was derived from this form. Geography Králíky is located about northeast of Ústí nad Orlicí and east of Pardubice, on the border with Poland. The Tichá Orli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruda Nad Moravou
Ruda nad Moravou () is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. Administrative division Ruda nad Moravou consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Ruda nad Moravou (1,025) *Bartoňov (114) *Hostice (Ruda nad Moravou), Hostice (415) *Hrabenov (671) *Radomilov (96) *Štědrákova Lhota (78) Etymology The origin of the name is connected with iron ore mining; ''ruda'' means 'ore' in Czech. The name appeared first in Latin as ''Ferreus Mons'' and in German as ''Eisenberg'', both meaning 'iron mountain'. From 1880, the municipality is named Ruda nad Moravou, literally "Ore above the Morava (river)" to distinguish from other places with the same name. Geography Ruda nad Moravou is located about west of Šumperk and northwest of Olomouc. The Morava (river), Morava River flows through the municipality. The built-up area around the Morava is located mainly in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Štíty
Štíty (; until 1949 Šilperk; ) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Štíty is known for its freestyle skiing centre. Administrative division Štíty consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Štíty (1,517) *Březná (235) *Crhov (72) *Heroltice (89) Etymology The original German name was ''Schildberg'' (meaning 'shield hill') and ''Šilperk'' in Czech (transcription from German). After World War II in 1947, the town was briefly renamed ''Žalkov'', but soon changed its name to ''Štíty''. The current name is derived from the original one and literally means 'shields'. Geography Štíty is located about west of Šumperk and northwest of Olomouc. The municipal territory is divided between several geomorphological units. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Červená Voda may refer to places: *Červená Voda (Ústí nad Orlicí District), a municipality and village in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic *Červená Voda, Sabinov District, a municipality and village in the Prešov Region of Slovakia See also *Stará Červená Voda Stará Červená Voda () is a municipality and village in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Administrative division Stará Červená Voda consists of two municipal parts (in brackets popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tichá Orlice
The Tichá Orlice () is a river in the Czech Republic, the secondary source river of the Orlice River. It flows through the Hradec Králové and Pardubice regions. It is long, making it the 21st longest river in the Czech Republic. Etymology The name Orlice is derived from the Slavic word ''orel'', i.e. 'eagle' (literally "female eagle"). The river probably got its name from the abundance of eagles, but it could also have just been the accidental catch of an eagle. The attribute ''tichá'' means 'silent' and refers to its character (compared to Divoká Orlice, i.e. "wild Orlice"). Characteristic The Tichá Orlice originates in the territory of Červená Voda in the Hanušovice Highlands at an elevation of and flows to Žďár nad Orlicí, where it merges with the Divoká Orlice at an elevation of and together they form the Orlice. It is long, making it the 21st longest river in the Czech Republic. Its drainage basin has an area of . The longest tributaries of the Tichá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia (country), Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. The Black Sea is Inflow (hydrology), supplied by major rivers, principally the Danube, Dnieper and Dniester. Consequently, while six countries have a coastline on the sea, its drainage basin includes parts of 24 countries in Europe. The Black Sea, not including the Sea of Azov, covers , has a maximum depth of , and a volume of . Most of its coasts ascend rapidly. These rises are the Pontic Mountains to the south, bar the southwest-facing peninsulas, the Caucasus Mountains to the east, and the Crimean Mountains to the mid-north. In the west, the coast is generally small floodplains below foothills such as the Strandzha; Cape Emine, a dwindling of the east end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north. It is more than long and wide, covering . It hosts key north European shipping lanes and is a major fishery. The coast is a popular destination for recreation and tourism in bordering countries, and a rich source of energy resources, including wind energy, wind and wave power. The North Sea has featured prominently in geopolitical and military affairs, particularly in Northern Europe, from the Middle Ages to the modern era. It was also important globally through the power northern Europeans projected worldwide during much of the Middle Ages and into the modern era. The North Sea was the centre of the Viking Age, Vikings' rise. The Hanseatic League, the Dutch Golden Age, Dutch Republic, and Kingdom of Great Britain, Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
