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Šlapanice
Šlapanice () is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Šlapanice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Šlapanice (7,460) *Bedřichovice (339) Geography Šlapanice is located about east of Brno. It lies in the Dyje–Svratka Valley. The Říčka stream flows through the town. History The first written mention of Šlapanice is from 1235. Demographics Economy The largest employer based in the town's territory is CCI Czech Republic, a branch of IMI plc. It produces valves for the oil, petrochemical and energy industries. Transport The D1 motorway (Czech Republic), D1 motorway from Brno to Ostrava runs around the town. Šlapanice is located on the railway line Brno–Uherské Hradiště. Sights The main landmark of Šlapanice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was originally a medieval Gothic church, rebui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Šterc
František Šterc (27 January 1912 – 31 October 1978) was a Czech people, Czech football player. He played club football for SK Židenice. He played two matches for the Czechoslovakia national football team, Czechoslovakia national team and was a participant at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. References * 1912 births 1978 deaths People from Šlapanice Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players Czechoslovakia men's international footballers FC Zbrojovka Brno players People from the Margraviate of Moravia Men's association football forwards Footballers from the South Moravian Region {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brno-Country District
Brno-Country District () is a Okres, district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Brno. The most populated town of the district is Kuřim. The district is made up of 187 municipalities, which is the highest number within all districts of the Czech Republic. Administrative division Brno-Country District is divided into seven Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence, administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Ivančice (administrative district), Ivančice, Kuřim (administrative district), Kuřim, Pohořelice (administrative district), Pohořelice, Rosice (administrative district), Rosice, Šlapanice (administrative district), Šlapanice, Tišnov (administrative district), Tišnov, and Židlochovice (administrative district), Židlochovice. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Babice nad Svitavou - Babice u Rosic - Běleč (Brno-Country Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libuše Šafránková
Libuše Šafránková (married ''Abrhámová''; 7 June 1953 – 9 June 2021) was a Czech actress. She played leading roles in many Czech films and, according to audience polls, was the most popular Czech actress of the 20th century. She is best known for the title role in the 1973 fairy-tale film '' Three Wishes for Cinderella'', which is a Christmas classic in many European countries. Her husband was actor Josef Abrhám. Biography Libuše Šafránková was born on 7 June 1953 in a hospital in Brno, but is a native of the nearby town of Šlapanice, where her family lived. Her family was Catholic, which lasted even during the times when the Czechoslovak communist regime tried to suppress the Catholic faith. Her mother was a teacher at a clothing industry school, but she was also involved in art and amateur theatre. Her father was a musician and music teacher. He provided musical accompaniment to the local amateur theatre troupe, and on that occasion Libuše Šafránková perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Kalvoda
Alois Kalvoda (15 May 1875 – 25 June 1934), was a Czech landscape painter. Biography Kalvoda was born in Šlapanice near Brno, the eighth of ten children. He attended the gymnasium in Brno and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague for five years, 1892–97, with Julius Mařák. In 1900 a scholarship allowed him to study in Paris, from where he moved to Munich in 1901. His time in Munich is credited with broadening his experience of contemporary trends. He first exhibited in Prague in 1901, and in 1902 exhibited at the Mánes Union of Fine Arts. He opened an art school in Prague in 1900, where his students included Josef Váchal. He moved this school in 1917 to a castle he had purchased in Běhařov. In 1907, he was one of the founding members of the Association of Moravian Artists. He was married first to Anna Fastrová (1905–29) and then to Božena Peloušková (from 1933). Paintings Kalvoda's paintings focused on Czech landscapes. His style was initially m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vratislav Štěpánek
Vratislav Štěpánek (18 June 1930, Vrútky – 21 July 2013, Šlapanice) was a clergyman, a bishop, and for a period from 1991 to 1994 the fifth patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. In 1989, he had been assigned as Bishop of the Brno diocese of the church, a position that he kept ten years until 1999. On 16 March 1991, he was also elected to the office of patriarch for three years until 1994, therefore, holding both offices in parallel during that period. His patriarchy was during the politically and socially aggravated period of the first phase of the post-communist changes in Czechoslovakia. He was also a Member of the Czech National Council The Czech National Council () was the legislative body of the Czech Republic from 1968, when it was created as a member state of Czechoslovakia, until 1992, when it was legally transformed into the Chamber of Deputies according to the Constitut ... from 1986 to 1990. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stepanek, Miroslav 1930 births 2013 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedřichovice
Bedřichovice is a village and an administrative part of Šlapanice in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. As of a census taken in 2011, it had 338 inhabitants. Geography Bedřichovice is located about to the east of Brno. It lies in the Dyje–Svratka Valley The Dyje–Svratka Valley () is a valley and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the South Moravian Region. Its name is derived from the rivers Thaya (Dyje) and Svratka. Geomorphology The Dyje–Svratka Valley .... It lies on the right bank of the stream Říčka. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bedrichovice Populated places in Brno-Country District Neighbourhoods in the Czech Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braine-l'Alleud
Braine-l'Alleud (; ; ) is a Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, about south of Brussels. The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-l'Alleud (including the hamlet of Sart-Moulin), Lillois-Witterzée, and Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac. Bordering Flanders, the town is home to a minority of Dutch speakers. The famous Lion of Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo, where the eponymous Battle of Waterloo, battle took place, is in the territory of Braine-l'Alleud. History Middle Ages Several archaeological finds point to prehistoric settlements in this area. The first historical mention of a parish on Braine-l'Alleud's current territory, then called ''Dudinsart'', dates from 1131, date at which Godfrey I, Duke of Brabant ceded it to the Abbey of Gembloux. The Duke, however, still owned exempt land (or wiktionary:franchise, franchise) on this territory, as specified in a legal document by Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukáš Dostál
Lukáš Dostál (born 22 June 2000) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Ducks in the third round, 85th overall, of the 2018 NHL entry draft. Early life Dostál was born on 22 June 2000 in Brno, Czech Republic, to parents Martin and Renata, but he is a native of Bedřichovice. He first began playing ice hockey at the age of six but became a goaltender later when his team lacked one. Playing career Dostál signed with HC Kometa Brno youth setup in 2012 and played in their U16, U18 and U20 teams. He made his professional debut in 2017 with SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč of the second-tier WSM Liga (now Chance Liga). Dostál entered the 2018 NHL entry draft as the number one ranked European prospect goaltender and was selected 85th overall by the Anaheim Ducks. Dostál made his full debut for Kometa Brno's senior team during the 2017–18 Champions Hockey League and made his Czech Extraliga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyje–Svratka Valley
The Dyje–Svratka Valley () is a valley and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the South Moravian Region. Its name is derived from the rivers Thaya (Dyje) and Svratka. Geomorphology The Dyje–Svratka Valley is a mesoregion of Outer Subcarpathia within the Western Carpathians. It is mainly a lowland area. Beyond the Czech-Austrian state border, it smoothly transforms into the Weinviertel area. The northern part of the Dyje–Svratka Valley is undulating and includes several isolated hills. The valley is further subdivided into the microregions of the Jaroslavice Uplands, Dnholec Uplands, Dyje–Svratka Floodplain, Dunajovice Hills, Rajhrad Uplands and Prace Upland. The area is poor in peaks. The highest and most distinctive peak is Výhon at above sea level. A significant feature in the relief is the isolated hill of Pracký kopec at , also historically known as the centre of the Battle of Austerlitz. Geography The territory is elongated ... [...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] |
Ostrava
Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opava, Ostravice (river), Ostravice and Lučina (river), Lučina. Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic in terms of both population and area, the second largest city in the region of Moravia, and the largest city in the historical land of Czech Silesia. It straddles the border of the two historic provinces of Moravia and Silesia. The wider conurbation – which also includes the towns of Bohumín, Havířov, Karviná, Orlová, Petřvald (Karviná District), Petřvald and Rychvald – is home to about 500,000 people, making it the largest urban area in the Czech Republic apart from the capital Prague. Ostrava grew in importance due to its position at the heart of a major coalfield, becoming an important industrial engine of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister City
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept Throughout history, many cities have participated in various cultural exchanges and similar activities that might resemble a sister-city or twin-city relationship, but the first officially documented case of such a relationship was a signed agreement between the leaders of the cities of Toledo, Ohio and Toledo, Spain in 1931. However, the modern concept of town twinning appeared during the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
