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Žehušice
Žehušice is a market town in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Administrative division Žehušice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Žehušice (755) *Bojmany (83) Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Žehuš, meaning "the village of Žehuš's people". Geography Žehušice is located about east of Kutná Hora and west of Pardubice. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The market town is situated on the left bank of the Doubrava River, at the confluence of the Doubrava with the Brslenka Stream. History The first written mention of Žehušice is from 1350. The village was promoted to a market town in 1540 by Emperor Ferdinand I, but it lost this title in 1601. From 1661 to 1918, Žehušice was owned by the Thun und Hohenstein family. In 1865, Žehušice was once again promoted to a market town. Demographics ...
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Deer Park Žehušice
Deer Park ŽehuÅ¡ice () is a nature monument in the municipal territory of ŽehuÅ¡ice in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Location The deer park is located about east of Kutná Hora. History Deer Park ŽehuÅ¡ice was founded by the Thun-Hohenstein family in 1867. In 1826, Count Matthias Thun-Hohenstein decided to drain the fish pond ''Kravinec'' located behind ŽehuÅ¡ice Castle and to build a fence around the area. A park consisting of meadows and groves, covering about 2.5 km², was created. Four years later, Matthias obtained several white deer from Count Kinsky from Chlumec nad Cidlinou. The origin of the deer is disputed but the species were likely either from India or Persia. The particular breed was short-lived and the herds held at the same time by Counts Kinsky, Czernin and Schwarzenberg were on the verge of dying out. However, the herd in ŽehuÅ¡ice has been bred continually. The owners failed to obtain new white deer to introduce fresh blood i ...
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Giovanni Punto
Jan Václav Stich, better known as Giovanni Punto (28 September 1746 in Žehušice – 16 February 1803 in Prague) was a Czechs, Czech French horn, horn player and a pioneer of the hand-stopping technique which allows natural horns to play a greater number of notes. Early life Stich was born in Žehušice in Bohemia. His father was a serfdom, serf bonded to the estate of Count Joseph Johann Thun und Hohenstein, but Stich was taught singing, violin and finally the horn. The Count sent him to study horn under Joseph Matiegka in Prague, Jan Schindelarz in Munich, and finally with A. J. Hampel in Dresden (from 1763 to 1764). Hampel first taught Stich the hand-stopping technique which he later improved and extended. Stich then returned to the service of the Count, where he remained for the next four years. At the age of 20 Stich and four friends ran away from the estate. The Count, who had invested heavily in Stich's education, dispatched soldiers with orders to knock out Stich's fro ...
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