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Žermanice Reservoir
Žermanice Reservoir () is a water reservoir and dam in Lučina in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It was built on the Lučina River in 1951–1957 on an area of . The reservoir is named after the village of Žermanice. In addition to Lučina on the western shore and Žermanice on the northern shore, there are also the villages of Dolní Domaslavice and Soběšovice on the eastern shore of the reservoir. The reservoir is a popular spot for water sports and other recreational activities. The reservoir is also used to supply water for factories in Ostrava and Paskov Paskov is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,900 inhabitants. Administrative division Paskov consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 censu .... References Reservoirs in the Czech Republic Frýdek-Místek District Buildings and structures in the Moravian-Silesian Region Dams complet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soběšovice
Soběšovice ( or ''Sobiszowice'', ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Etymology The name is patronymic in origin derived from personal name Soběk, which is considered the first colonizer and organizer of the village. Geography Soběšovice is located about northeast of Frýdek-Místek and southeast of Ostrava, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills on the shore of Žermanice Reservoir, which lies outside the municipal territory. History The first written mention of Soběšovice si from 1227, when there was a manor house called Dolní Soběšovice, owned by Soběk. Then the village was mentioned in a Latin document of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław, Diocese of Wrocław called ''Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis'' from around 1305. Politically the village belonged to the Duchy of Teschen. Originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lučina (Frýdek-Místek District)
Lučina is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most ... of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. Geography Lučina is located about northeast of Frýdek-Místek and southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The village is located on the western shore of Žermanice Reservoir, which is entirely located in the municipal territory of Lučina. History The construction of Žermanice Reservoir on the Lučina (river), Lučina River necessitated resettlement of the population of the villages of Dolní Domaslavice and Soběšovice, which were going to be partly flooded. Therefore, a new village was founded on the west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravian-Silesian Region
The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most of the Czech Silesia, Czech part of the historical region of Silesia. The region borders the Olomouc Region to the west and the Zlín Region to the south. It also borders two other countries – Poland (Opole Voivodeship, Opole and Silesian Voivodeships) to the north and Slovakia (Žilina Region) to the east. It is a highly Industrialisation, industrialized region, its capital Ostrava was actually called the "Steel Heart of the Republic". In addition, it has several mountainous areas where the landscape is relatively preserved. Nowadays, the economy of the region benefits from its location in the Czech/Polish/Slovak borderlands. Administrative division Traditionally, the region has been divided into six districts () which still exist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of water, interrupting a watercourse to form an Bay, embayment within it, excavating, or building any number of retaining walls or levees to enclose any area to store water. Types Dammed valleys Dammed reservoirs are artificial lakes created and controlled by a dam constructed across a valley and rely on the natural topography to provide most of the basin of the reservoir. These reservoirs can either be ''on-stream reservoirs'', which are located on the original streambed of the downstream river and are filled by stream, creeks, rivers or rainwater that surface runoff, runs off the surrounding forested catchments, or ''off-stream reservoirs'', which receive water diversion, diverted water from a nearby stream or aqueduct (water supply), aq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lučina (river)
The Lučina () is a river in the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Ostravice (river), Ostravice. It flows through the Moravian-Silesian Region. It is long. Etymology Until 1956, the river was named Lucina. After the municipality of Lučina (Frýdek-Místek District), Lučina was founded in 1956, the river was renamed Lučina. Characteristic The Lučina originates in the territory of Komorní Lhotka in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids at an elevation of and flows to Ostrava, where it merges with the Ostravice River at an elevation of . It is long. Its drainage basin has an area of . The average discharge at its mouth is . The longest tributaries of the Lučina are: In addition to its tributaries, the river receives water from the Morávka (river), Morávka River through the Morávka–Žermanice canal (also called Vyšní Lhoty–Žermanice canal). The canal was built in 1953–1958 and has a length of . Its purpose is to strengthen the flood protection of settlements on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate Humid continental climate, continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became Kingdom of Bohemia, a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, all of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. Nearly a hundred years later, the Protestantism, Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žermanice
Žermanice is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Geography Žermanice is located about northeast of Frýdek-Místek and southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the western part of the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The highest point is the hill U Třešně at above sea level. The municipality is situated on the banks of the Lučina River and on the shore of Žermanice Reservoir, which was built in 1951–1957, but lies just outside the municipal territory. ''Žermanický lom'' is a large wetland ecosystem protected as a nature monument, where several species of critically endangered plants grow. History The village could have been founded by Benedictine monks from the Orlová monastery and was first mentioned in 1450 as ''Zilmanicze''. In 1461, it was owned by Jan Hunt of Kornice, the owner of neighbouring Horní Bludovice. In 1483, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolní Domaslavice
Dolní Domaslavice (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Geography Dolní Domaslavice is located about east of Frýdek-Místek and southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The municipality is situated on the eastern shore of Žermanice Reservoir. History The first written mention of Dolní Domaslavice is in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called ''Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis'' from around 1305 as ''item in Domaslawitz utroque''. It meant that there were already two villages of that name (''utroque'' meaning "both" in Latin), the other being Horní Domaslavice. Politically, Dolní Domaslavice belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, from 1327 a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia. After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Sports
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance. It is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a solvent). It is vital for all known forms of life, despite not providing food energy or organic micronutrients. Its chemical formula, , indicates that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms, connected by covalent bonds. The hydrogen atoms are attached to the oxygen atom at an angle of 104.45°. In liquid form, is also called "water" at standard temperature and pressure. Because Earth's environment is relatively close to water's triple point, water exists on Earth as a solid, a liquid, and a gas. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form of fog. Clouds consist of suspended droplets of water and ice, its solid state. When finely divided, crystalline ice may p ... [...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] |
Paskov
Paskov is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,900 inhabitants. Administrative division Paskov consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Paskov (3,390) *Oprechtice (289) Geography Paskov is located between Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek, in close proximity to both cities. It lies in a flat landscape in the Ostrava Basin. The town is situated at the confluence of the Ostravice (river), Ostravice river and the Olešná stream. History The first written mention of Paskov is in a deed of bishop Bruno von Schauenburg from 1267. At the end of the 13th century, a fortress was built here. Until 1538, the village was a fief of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc, Olomouc bishophric. In 1538, Paskov was acquired by Jan IV of Pernštejn. In the following decades, it often changed hands. The municipality became a town in 2011. Demographics Economy Paskov was known for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reservoirs In The Czech Republic
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of water, interrupting a watercourse to form an embayment within it, excavating, or building any number of retaining walls or levees to enclose any area to store water. Types Dammed valleys Dammed reservoirs are artificial lakes created and controlled by a dam constructed across a valley and rely on the natural topography to provide most of the basin of the reservoir. These reservoirs can either be ''on-stream reservoirs'', which are located on the original streambed of the downstream river and are filled by creeks, rivers or rainwater that runs off the surrounding forested catchments, or ''off-stream reservoirs'', which receive diverted water from a nearby stream or aqueduct or pipeline water from other on-stream reservoirs. Dams are typically loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
