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Dobřany
Dobřany (; ) is a town in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,500 inhabitants. It is known for a large psychiatric hospital. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Dobřany consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Dobřany (6,435) *Šlovice (419) *Vodní Újezd (117) Etymology The term ''dobřani'' (derived from the Czech word ''dobrý'', i.e. 'good') referred to people who live near good (clear) water or good (fertile) soil. Geography Dobřany is located about south of Plzeň. It lies on the border between the Plasy Uplands and Švihov Highlands. The highest point is a nameless hill at above sea level. The Radbuza River flows through the municipality. History The first written mention of Dobřany is from 1243. Around the mid-13th century, the settlement was referred to as a town. Around 1265, after the death ...
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Plzeň-South District
Plzeň-South District () is a Okres, district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Plzeň. The most populated town of the district is Přeštice. Administrative division Plzeň-South District is divided into four Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence, administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Blovice, Nepomuk, Přeštice and Stod. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Blovice - Bolkov - Borovno - Borovy - Buková (Plzeň-South District), Buková - Bukovec (Plzeň-South District), Bukovec - Čečovice - Černovice (Plzeň-South District), Černovice - Chlum (Plzeň-South District), Chlum - Chlumčany (Plzeň-South District), Chlumčany - Chlumy - Chocenice - Chotěšov (Plzeň-South District), Chotěšov - Čižice - Čížkov (Plzeň-South District), Čížkov - Čmelíny - Dnešice - Dobřany - Dolce (Plzeň-South District), Dolce - Dolní Luka ...
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Jakub Auguston
Jakub Auguston Jr. (born Giacomo Agustoni; 1665–1670 – 3 August 1735) was a Czech Baroque architect of Italian descent. He lived in Plzeň and worked in entire West Bohemia. Life Giacomo Agustoni was born in Rome between 1665 and 1670 (some sources specify that it was in 1665 or 1670, others state 1668) He was member of a branched family of Italian bricklayers and builders active in Bohemia from the first half of the 17th century. He was the nephew of the builder Jakub Auguston Sr., who lived in Plzeň from 1661. His uncle invited him to Plzeň and from then on Giacomo Agustoni was known as Jakub Auguston Jr. () In 1692 or 1694, Auguston Jr. became a burgher of the city of Plzeň. Auguston Jr. worked with his uncle until his uncle's death in 1701 and then took over his workshop. A year before his death, Auguston Jr. built a magnificent house in Plzeň. He died in this house on 3 August 1735. He was buried in the Church of Saint Anne in Plzeň. Auguston Jr. had two sons, V� ...
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Joseph Maria Wolfram
Joseph Maria Wolfram (21 July 1789 – 30 September 1839) was a German-Czech politician and amateur composer who wrote operas which were performed with success. Biography Wolfram was born on 21 July 1789 in Dobřany in Bohemia. He first studied philosophy at the Karls-Universität in Prague, but also harmony with Leopold Koželuch. He went to Vienna to study piano under Joseph Drechsler and taught music there from 1811. Quitting music as a profession in 1813, he became a government official at Theusing, and eventually worked his way up to the mayor of Teplice in 1824. He wrote several operas which became popular. Such was the popularity of his opera ''Alfred'' that when a replacement for Carl Maria von Weber in the position of kapellmeister ( , , ), from German (chapel) and (master), literally "master of the chapel choir", designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term has evolved considerabl ...
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Jan Josef Ignác Brentner
Jan Josef Ignác Brentner (''Johann Joseph Ignaz'', surname also spelled Brenntner, Brendner, Brendtner, or Prentner; 3 November 1689 – 28 June 1742) was a Bohemian composer of the Baroque era. Biography Jan Josef Ignác Brentner was born into the family of the mayor of the town of Dobřany in Western Bohemia. He seems to have preferred his middle name Josef/Joseph. What we know about him comes mostly from time he spent in Prague, from 1717 to about 1720, where he published four collections of music. Brentner's opuses 1 and 3 are collections of sacred arias for voice, strings, and continuo, ''Harmonica duodecatomeria ecclesiastica'' (1716) and ''Hymnodia divina'' (1718 or 1719). In addition, Brentner published a collection of six offertories for chorus, strings, and continuo entitled ''Offertoria solenniora'' (1717) as his opus 2 and a collection of six chamber concertos, ''Horae pomeridianae seu Concertus cammerales'' (1720) as his opus 4. Brentner's patron was Raymond Wilfert, ab ...
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Norbert Ormay
Norbert Ormai 28 May 1813 – 22 August 1849), born Norbert Auffenberg, was a honvéd colonel in the Hungarian Army. He was executed for his part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 The Hungarian Revolution of 1848, also known in Hungary as Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849 () was one of many Revolutions of 1848, European Revolutions of 1848 and was closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in .... References Aradi Vértanúk Emléknapja, 2006. október 6. című tanulmány a Magyar Honvédvadász Hagyományőrző és Sportegyesület honlapján* Róbert Hermann: ''Az aradi vértanúk temetései'', Rubicon Történelmi Magazin 2009/3. szám pp. 52–54. *Merényi-Metzer Gábor: ''Az aradi vértanúk anyakönyvi bejegyzései'', Budapest, Magyar Egyháztörténeti Enciklopédia Munkaközösség, 2010. p. 58. *Babós Lajos: ''Az első aradi vértanú'', Budapest, Ad Librum, 2016. p. 8. 1813 births 1849 deaths Hungarian soldiers Ex ...
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Plzeň Region
Plzeň Region or Plzeňský Region (also known as Pilsen Region; ) is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the western part of the historical land of Bohemia and named after the capital, Plzeň. In terms of area, Plzeň Region is 7,561 km2, the third largest region in the Czech Republic. However, with a population of about 585,000 inhabitants it is the ninth most populous region. After the South Bohemian Region it is the second least densely populated region. The region can be roughly divided into two parts: a highly industrialized north-eastern part with a strong engineering tradition around Pilsen () and a more hilly and rural south-western part with smaller-sized manufacturing companies processing natural resources. The region borders the Karlovy Vary Region (to the north-west), Ústí nad Labem Region (to the north), Central Bohemian Region (north-east), South Bohemian Region (to the east) and with Bavaria (part of G ...
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Radbuza
The Radbuza (; ) is a river in the Czech Republic, the secondary source river of the Berounka River. It flows through the Plzeň Region. It is long, making it the List of rivers of the Czech Republic, 17th longest river in the Czech Republic. Etymology The name is derived from the personal Slavic name Radbud. The land through which the river flows once belonged to someone of that name. Characteristic The Radbuza originates in the territory of Rybník (Domažlice District), Rybník in the Upper Palatine Forest at an elevation of and flows to Plzeň, where it joins the Mže at an elevation of and together they form the Berounka. It is long, making it the List of rivers of the Czech Republic, 17th longest river in the Czech Republic. Its drainage basin has an area of , of which is in Germany. The longest tributaries of the Radbuza are: Settlements The river flows through the municipal territories of Rybník (Domažlice District), Rybník, Bělá nad Radbuzou, Hostouň (Doma� ...
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Reichsgau Sudetenland
The Reichsgau Sudetenland was an administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945. It comprised the northern part of the ''Sudetenland'' territory, which was annexed from Czechoslovakia according to the 30 September 1938 Munich Agreement. The '' Reichsgau'' was headed by the former Sudeten German Party leader, now Nazi Party functionary Konrad Henlein as ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter''. From October 1938 to May 1939, it was the regional subdivision of the Nazi Party in that area, also under Henlein's leadership. The administrative capital was Reichenberg (Liberec). History In the course of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, on 30 September 1938 the Heads of Government of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany signed the Munich Agreement, which enforced the cession of the ''Sudetenland'' to Germany. Czechoslovak representatives were not invited. On 1 October, invading Wehrmacht forces occupied the territory. The new Czechoslovak-German borders were ...
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Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total land area of Germany, and with over 13.08 million inhabitants, it is the list of German states by population, second most populous German state, behind only North Rhine-Westphalia; however, due to its large land area, its population density is list of German states by population density, below the German average. Major cities include Munich (its capital and List of cities in Bavaria by population, largest city, which is also the list of cities in Germany by population, third largest city in Germany), Nuremberg, and Augsburg. The history of Bavaria includes its earliest settlement by Iron Age Celts, Celtic tribes, followed by the conquests of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC, when the territory was incorporated into the provinces of Ra ...
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalitarianism, totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945, after 12 years, when the Allies of World War II, Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, End of World War II in Europe, ending World War II in Europe. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party began to eliminate political opposition and consolidate power. A 1934 German referendum confirmed Hitler as sole ''Führer'' (leader). Power was centralised in Hitler's person, an ...
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České Dráhy
České dráhy (English: ''Czech Railways''), often shortened to ČD, is the major Rail transport, railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services. The company was established in January 1993, shortly after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, as a successor of the Czechoslovak State Railways. It is a member of the International Union of Railways, International Railway Union (UIC Country Code for the Czech Republic is 54), the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies, and the Organization for Cooperation of Railways. With twenty-four thousand employeesAnnual Report of České dráhy, a.s. for the Year 2014, auditor Deloitte Audit s.r.o. ČD Group is the fifth largest Czech company by the number of employees. History In 1827–1836, the Budweis–Linz–Gmunden Horse-Drawn Railway, České Budějovice–Linz railway was built, which was the second Horsecar, horse-drawn railway in continental Europe was established. The first ...
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