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Brno-Maloměřice And Obřany
Brno-Maloměřice and Obřany () is a city district of Brno, Czech Republic, located in the northeastern part of the city. It consists of the cadastral territory of Obřany and most of the cadastral territory of Maloměřice. The total cadastral area is 9.29 km2. The city district was established on November 24, 1990. About 6,000 people live here. It stretches along both banks of the river Svitava near Hády hill, the cadastral border between the two districts runs through the middle of the river and Mlýnský mill. For the purposes of the senate elections, Brno-Maloměřice and Obřany is included in electoral district number 58 of the Brno-City District. Etymology Historians believe that the local name Maloměřice was probably created by adding the suffix -ice to the personal name Maloměr (also Malomir) in the meaning "village of Maloměr people". In the case of Obřany, the name of the village comes from the general name obr, obří (lit. 'Giant'), or from the personal name ...
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Administrative Divisions Of Brno
The city of Brno is divided into 29 city districts, which are further subdivided into 48 cadastral territories. Map City districts Cadastral territories References

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Bílovice Nad Svitavou
Bílovice nad Svitavou is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants. Geography Bílovice nad Svitavou is located about north of Brno. It lies in the Drahany Highlands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Svitava (river), Svitava River flows through the municipality. Most of the municipal territory is forested. History The first written mention of Bílovice nad Svitavou is from 1419. Demographics Transport Bílovice nad Svitavou is located on the railway line Brno–Letovice. Sights The main landmark is the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It was built in the noo-Gothic style with Art Nouveau elements in 1908–1913. In the interior there is a rare statue of St. Wenceslaus from the second half of the 17th century. At the instigation of the writer Rudolf Těsnohlídek, a monument to those killed in World War I was created in Bílovice nad Svitavou in 1915. This is the fi ...
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Simona Monyová
Simona Monyová (17 March 1967 – 3 August 2011) was a Czech novelist. She wrote more than 20 books and was a bestselling author in the Czech Republic. On 3 August 2011 she was found dead in her house. The police suspected her husband, Boris Ingr, was the murderer Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse ..., as there was a history of domestic abuse. He was later convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison. The sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2013. References External links Website of Simona Monyová {{DEFAULTSORT:Monyova, Simona 1967 births 2011 deaths Czech novelists Czech women writers Writers from Brno People murdered in the Czech Republic 20th-century Czech novelists 20th-century women writers 2010s murders in the Czech Republic 2011 crim ...
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Svitavy
Svitavy (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. It is the birthplace of Oskar Schindler and the centre of the Czech Esperanto movement. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Svitavy consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Lačnov (1,027) *Lány (5,803) *Město (518) *Předměstí (8,894) Etymology Svitavy was named after the river Svitava (river), Svitava. The river's name referred to its clear water and was derived from ''svítat'', which meant "be clear" in Old Czech. Geography Svitavy is located about southeast of Pardubice and north of Brno. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Svitava (river), Svitava River originates in the municipal territory and then flows through the town proper. A ...
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RC Dragon Brno
RC Dragon Brno is a Czech Republic, Czech Rugby union, rugby club in Brno. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV. They have also been involved in the Central & Eastern European Rugby Cup since its inception in 2008. History The club started out as Sokol Brno I, with the name changing to Sokol Zbrojovka Brno in 1951. Following the nationwide restructuring of Physical Education and Sport in 1953, which affected rugby among others, the Sokol Zbrojovka Brno club split in two, Spartak Zbrojovka Brno and Slavia VŠ Brno (now RC Bystrc). Honours * Rugby Championship of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak Championships ** 1950, 1965 * Czech Cup ** 2000 * Extraliga ragby XV ** 2000 Historical names * 1946 - 1950 Sokol Brno I * 1951 - 1952 Sokol Zbrojovka Brno * 1953             Spartak Zbrojovka Brno * 1954 - 1968 Spartak ZJŠ Brno * 1969 - 1990 TJ Zbrojovka Brno * 1991 -        &nb ...
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2011 Czech Census
The 2011 Census of the Czech Republic was conducted by the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) in 2011 in accordance with Regulation no. 763/2008 of the European Parliament and Council which states that censuses must be carried out in all Member States once every ten years starting in 2011 with more frequent censuses decided by the European Commission. The Parliament of Czech Republic passed Act no. 296/2009, requiring that a Census be conducted in early 2011. The act obligating participation and precise completion of the census would only be applicable to the 2011 Census, not other censuses that would be mandated in the future. Those who refused to partake in the census or provided false information to the Census would be fined 10,000 CZK. Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek told the Chamber of Deputies that the cost of the census would be CZK 2.5 billion. Information given during the census must have been valid up to midnight Saturday, March 26, 2011 (known as the "decisive mome ...
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2021 Czech Census
The 2021 Census of the Czech Republic took place between 27 March and 9 April 2021. It was conducted by the Czech Statistical Office at a cost estimated to be 2.23 billion Czech koruna. Failure to complete the census could lead to a fine of 10,000 Czech koruna. Preliminary results Preliminary results were released in January 2022. The national population was 10.52 million, which represented an increase of approximately 90,000 from the previous census in 2011. At the same time, the average age was reported at 42.7 years, an increase of 1.7 years in the last ten years. References External links * Censuses in the Czech Republic Census 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 south ...
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Local Committee (Czechoslovakia)
Local committees (, abbreviated MNV, literally "local national committee") were the representatives of the central committee (, literally "national committee"), which administered municipalities in Czechoslovakia in the years 1945 to 1990. Origin In 1945, the local committees were awarded jurisdiction over municipalities in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, replacing existing municipal councils. In addition to their existing agendas, they also dealt with post-war issues, such as: * The confiscation of agricultural property of Germans, Hungarians, and Czech traitors (under Beneš decrees, decrees 12/1945 and 108/1945) * Criminal offenses against the national honor (decree 138/1945) * War reparations * The Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, Expulsion of Germans * The appointment of the national administration * The tallying and compensation of war damages Interim implementation guidelines for state administration were published on 10 September 1947. Under Communist Party ...
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Swedish Empire
The Swedish Empire or the Great Power era () was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region. During this period it also held territories on the North Sea and some Swedish overseas colonies, overseas colonies, including New Sweden. The beginning of the period 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 Swedish nobility, 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 ac ...
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Siege Of Brno
The siege of Brno, which occurred from 3 May 3 to 23 August 1645, was the second Swedish siege of the city of Brno in the last years of the Thirty Years' War. The Brno garrison, consisting of 500 soldiers and about 1,000 Brno residents, successfully defended the city against about 28,000 soldiers of General Lennart Torstensson. The success of the defenders was the starting point of a brilliant career for their commander, Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches, in the service of the House of Habsburg, Habsburgs; the siege kept the Swedish army occupied for several months. This Austrian victory ultimately contributed to Brno becoming the metropolis of Moravia, at the expense of the conquered Olomouc. Background In 1636, Emperor Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II of Habsburg made Brno the metropolis of Moravia, as he had established his governorship here, the so-called "Royal Tribunal". In 1642, Brno became the seat of all royal and state offices, as the politically more import ...
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Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire was the List of largest empires, largest contiguous empire in human history, history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, extending northward into parts of the Arctic; eastward and southward into parts of the Indian subcontinent, mounting invasions of Southeast Asia, and conquering the Iranian plateau; and reaching westward as far as the Levant and the Carpathian Mountains. The Mongol Empire emerged from the unification of several nomad, nomadic tribes in the Mongol heartland under the leadership of Temüjin, known by the title of Genghis Khan (–1227), whom a council proclaimed as the ruler of all Mongols in 1206. The empire grew rapidly under his rule and that of his descendants, who sent out Mongol invasions, invading armies in every direction. The vast transcontinental empire connected the Eastern world, East with the Western world, West, and the Pac ...
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Kanice (Brno-Country District)
Kanice is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. Kanice lies approximately north-east of Brno and south-east of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P .... Demographics Twin towns – sister cities Kanice is twinned with: * Spillern, Austria References External links * Villages in Brno-Country District {{SouthMoravia-geo-stub ...
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