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Dobřichovice
Dobřichovice is a town in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. Etymology The initial name of the settlement was Dobrchovice. The name was derived from the personal name Dobrch, meaning "the village of Dobrch's people". Already in the 13th century, it was distored to Dobřichovice. Geography Dobřichovice is located about southwest of Prague. The northern part of the municipal territory is located in the Hořovice Uplands, the southern part in the Brdy Highlands. The highest point is the Dobřich hill at above sea level. The town lies on both banks of the Berounka River. Climate The town recorded the highest temperature ever in the Czech Republic on 20 August 2012, with the heat registering . History The first written mention of Dobřichovice is from 6 April 1253, when it was donated to Knights of the Cross with the Red Star. With short breaks it was owned by this order throughout its existence. Dobřicho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludvík Vaculík
Ludvík Vaculík (23 July 1926 – 6 June 2015) was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born in Brumov, Moravian Wallachia. A prominent samizdat writer, he was best known as the author of the " Two Thousand Words" manifesto of June 1968. Pre-1968 President of Czechoslovakia and Communist Party leader Antonín Novotný and his fellow conservatives had begun taking a more repressive approach toward intellectuals and writers after the Six-Day War of June 1967. The following month, Vaculík, then still a member of the Communist Party, attended the Fourth Congress of the Union of Writers. Others in attendance included communist party members Pavel Kohout, Ivan Klíma, and Milan Kundera, as well as non-Party member Václav Havel. Vaculík made an inflammatory speech in which he rejected the leading role of the party as unnecessary and criticized it for its restrictive cultural policies and failure to address social issues.Crampton, ''Eastern Europe'', 323. Havel recalle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knights Of The Cross With The Red Star
The Knights of the Cross with the Red Star (, , , postnominal initials: O.Cr., O.Crucig.), also known as the Military Order of the Crusaders of the Red Star is a Catholic religious order present in the Czech Republic and Austria. It is the only religious order originating from Bohemia and the only male religious order in the world founded by a woman. The spirituality of the Order nowadays consists of two pillars: The first is the pastoral care in the former so-called incorporated Parish, parishes, the second is the hospitaller charisma given to the Order in its beginnings by its founder, St. Agnes of Bohemia. The Order is currently a community of canons regular. The institute of lay brothers, which existed in the Order throughout history, ceased to exist during the 18th century. The superior general of the Order receives an Abbot, abbatial benediction and uses the title of Grand Master and General. His seat is in the Prague Crusader Monastery at the Old Town foot of the Charles Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuzana Čížková
Zuzana Čížková (born 10 December 1982) is a Czechs, Czech sculptor and painter. Biography Although born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Zuzana Čížková was raised in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Brandýs nad Labem. During her childhood, she was inspired by her grandfather who was an art restorer. She studied at High School of Sculptures and Stone-cutting in Hořice. Later she continued her studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, department of Fine Arts in the Sculpture Atelier led by Professor Kurt Gebauer. From 2010, she lives and works in Dobřichovice. During and shortly after her high school studies Zuzana Čížková specialized in traditional technologies and materials (stone and gypsum). Later on, she started to experiment with materials she had already employed earlier in her education. She was discovering of new and non-traditional concrete (cement-mortar mixture) which she achieved in cooperation with the Research Institute of ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Kotková
Lenka Kotková (''née'' Šarounová; born 26 July 1973) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. She works at Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory), located near Prague. Besides numerous main-belt asteroids she also discovered Mars-crosser asteroid 9671 Hemera and Hilda family asteroid 21804 Václavneumann. Lenka Kotková studied meteorology at the faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague. Her tasks at the Astronomical institute AV ČR in Ondřejov are primarily the development of databases, spectroscopical and photometric observation, and data processing. During her work at the department of inter planetary matter her main role was the observation of near-earth asteroids, along with Petr Pravec and Peter Kušnirák she identified a large proportion of known binary asteroids. In the same time period she discovered or co-discovered over one hundred asteroids. At the present time Lenka Kotková works in the stell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villieu-Loyes-Mollon
Villieu-Loyes-Mollon () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies between Meximieux and Pont-d'Ain. Villieu-Loyes-Mollon is the result of the merger of three former communes Villieu, Loyes and Mollon in 1974. Population Twin cities * Dobřichovice, Czech Republic See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 391 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Ain Ain communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Ain-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berounka
The Berounka () is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Vltava River. It flows through the Plzeň Region, Plzeň and Central Bohemian Region, Central Bohemian regions to Prague. It is formed by the confluence of the Mže and Radbuza rivers in Plzeň. Together with the Mže, which is its main source, the Berounka is long, which makes it the List of rivers of the Czech Republic, fifth longest river in the Czech Republic. Without the Mže, it is long. Etymology The river is named after the town of Beroun. Originally, the entire stream was called Mže () and the name first appeared in the 12th century, among others in ''Chronica Boemorum''. The name was written as ''Mse'', ''Msa'' and ''Misa''. From the 17th century, the lower course started to be named Berounka, but the name Mže still appeared as a name for the entire stream at the end of the 19th century. In order to avoid confusion, an initiative to rename the lower course back to the historical name Mže was cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ota Kroutil
Otakar "Ota" Kroutil (born 31 December 1921 – 1997) was a Czech sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s for Czechoslovakia. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in London. Kroutil was born on born 31 December 1921 in Dobřichovice. He died in 1997. Kroutil also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at London in 1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) .... References External links * Sports-reference.com profile 1921 births 1997 deaths People from Prague-West District Canoeists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Czechoslovak male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia ICF Canoe Spri ... [...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] |
Prague-West District
Prague-West District () is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Prague. The most populated town of the district is Jesenice. Administrative division Prague-West District is formed by only one administrative district of municipality with extended competence: Černošice. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bojanovice – Bratřínov – Březová-Oleško – Buš – Černolice – Černošice – Červený Újezd – Choteč – Chrášťany – Chýně – Chýnice – Číčovice – Čisovice – Davle – Dobříč – Dobřichovice – Dobrovíz – Dolní Břežany – Drahelčice – Holubice – Horoměřice – Hostivice – Hradištko – Hvozdnice – Jeneč – Jesenice – Jílové u Prahy – Jíloviště – Jinočany – Kamenný Přívoz – Karlík – Klínec – Kněževes – Kosoř – Kytín – Lety – Libčice nad Vltavou – L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan, Kansas
Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County, Kansas, Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River (Kansas), Big Blue River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 54,100. The city was founded by settlers from the New England Emigrant Aid Company as a Free-Stater (Kansas), Free-State town in the 1850s, during the Bleeding Kansas era. Nicknamed "the Little Apple" as a play on New York City's moniker of the "Big Apple", The city is a college town with a significant student population, because it is home to Kansas State University (KSU). History Indigenous tribes settlement Before settlement by European-Americans in the 1850s, the land around Manhattan was home to Native tribes. From 1780 to 1830, it was home to the Kaw people, also known as the Kansa. The Kaw settlement was call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beroun
Beroun (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. It lies at the confluence of the Berounka and Litavka rivers. Beroun creates a conurbation with Králův Dvůr, former part of Beroun. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Beroun consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Beroun-Centrum (921) *Beroun-Hostim (122) *Beroun-Jarov (238) *Beroun-Město (15,398) *Beroun-Zavadilka (712) *Beroun-Závodí (2,836) *Beroun-Zdejcina (324) Geography Beroun is located about southwest of Prague. It lies at the confluence of the Berounka and Litavka rivers, in the valley of the rivers. The Loděnice River flows through Beroun-Hostim in the easternmost part of the municipal territory and then joins the Berounka just outside the territory of Beroun. The surrounding landscape is hilly. The southern part of the mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravian Slovakia
Moravian Slovakia, also called Slovácko (, older ''Moravské Slovensko'') is a cultural region in the southeastern part of the Czech Republic. It lies in the historical region of Moravia, on the border with Slovakia (the Slovak region of Záhorie) and Austria. It is known for its characteristic folklore, music, wine, costumes and traditions. The area forms part of both the Zlín and South Moravian administrative regions. Its main centre is the town of Uherské Hradiště which is located on the Morava River. Other important towns include Uherský Brod, Břeclav, Hodonín, Strážnice and Kyjov. In the 9th century the region of Moravian Slovakia was the centre of the Great Moravian empire. Subregions Moravian Slovakia is divided into six subregions: Dolňácko, Horňácko, Podluží, Moravské Kopanice, Hanácké Slovácko and Luhačovické zálesí. Economy Moravian Slovakia is noted for its viticulture. Language Natives of this region speak the Eastern Moravian dial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
