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Gymnázium Třída Kapitána Jaroše
Gymnázium třída Kapitána Jaroše (historically known as the 1st Czech Gymnasium of Brno; commonly known as Jaroška) is a public gymnasium in Brno, Czech Republic. History Founded in 1867 as Slovanské gymnázium, the school is the oldest Czech-language gymnasium in Moravia, alongside the gymnasium in Olomouc. The school was originally located in a building on Na Hradbách street (now Rooseveltova 13), moving to its current premises in a neo-Renaissance building at třída Kapitána Jaroše 14 on 18 September 1884. In 1984 the school was designated as a specialized mathematics academy. Between the years 1992 and 2002, 30 of the 66 representatives of the Czech Republic in the International Mathematical Olympiad were students of the school. Notable alumni Notable former staff and students at the school include: Staff * František Bartoš (1837–1906), linguist and ethnographer, taught at the school in 1869–1888. * Vladimír Šťastný (1841–1910), priest and poet, taugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnasium (school)
''Gymnasium'' (and Gymnasium (school)#By country, variations of the word) is a term in various European languages for a secondary school that prepares students for higher education at a university. It is comparable to the US English term ''University-preparatory school, preparatory high school'' or the British term ''grammar school''. Before the 20th century, the gymnasium system was a widespread feature of educational systems throughout many European countries. The word (), from Greek () 'naked' or 'nude', was first used in Ancient Greece, in the sense of a place for both physical and intellectual education of young men. The latter meaning of a place of intellectual education persisted in many European languages (including Albanian language, Albanian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Czech language, Czech, Dutch language, Dutch, Estonian language, Estonian, Greek language, Greek, German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, Montene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Růžena Vacková
Růžena Vacková (23 April 1901 Velké Meziříčí – 14 December 1982 Prague) was a Czech art historian, art theoretician, theatre critic and pedagogue. She also engaged in archaeology. Life Her father was a doctor and a co-founder of the Czech Red Cross. She studied a classic grammar school in Vyškov and graduated from Gymnázium třída Kapitána Jaroše in Brno in 1920. Later she attended lectures of classical archaeology (professor Hynek Vysoký), history of art and esthetic (prof. Vojtěch Birnbaum) and history of theatre at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. After getting her degree she gave lectures as a private associate professor of classical archaeology. She obtained her professor degree in 1946. Between 1934 and 1942, she published articles on theatre criticism in ''Národní střed''. Between 1943 and 1945, she was imprisoned by the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Czech Nazi puppet governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Blatný
Pavel Blatný (born 22 June 1968 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech chess grandmaster. Career Blatny tied with Josef Klinger for second in the 1985 World Junior Chess Championship (which was won by Maxim Dlugy). He became an International Master in 1986. He was the champion of Czechoslovakia in 1988 and 1990, and earned the grandmaster title in 1993. He won the New York Open Tournament in 1995, and was the champion of the Czech Republic in 1997 and 2000. In 2000, Blatny tied for first place at the U.S. Masters Chess Championship.Also in 2000, he was one of eight grandmasters who tied for first in the World Open chess tournament, which was won by Joel Benjamin after a blitz playoff. His other first-place finishes include at the 1998 National Open, in which he tied for first with Jaan Ehlvest, Vladimir Epishin, Julian Hodgson and Evgeny Pigusov. He also shared first place at the 2000 Chesswise International Tournament with Ehlvest, and at the 38th American Open in 2002 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Zelenka (director)
Petr Zelenka (born 21 August 1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech playwright and director of theatre and film. His films have been recognized at international festivals in Moscow and Rotterdam. In 2008, his film '' Karamazovi'' was the Czech Republic's official Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film. Career An early notable work is a black comedy, '' Tales of Common Insanity'' (2004) (), which he directed at Dejvické divadlo. He received the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Play. The play was later staged in other Czech theatres as well as in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Germany. It was also published in English and translated to Russian. For his film ''Mnâga – Happy End '' he won the 1996 Findling Award at the Filmfestival Cottbus. In 2005, Zelenka adapted the comedy as a film, released as ''Wrong Side Up'', which won two movie festival awards in 2006 and was nominated for six other awards. His second most notable play is ''Teremin'', inspired by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Fiala
Petr Fiala (; born 1 September 1964) is a Czech politician and political scientist who has been the prime minister of the Czech Republic since December 2021 and leader of the Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party (ODS) since 2014. He previously served as the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic), Minister of Education, Youth and Sports from 2012 to 2013. Prior to entering politics, he was the Rector (academia), rector of Masaryk University. Fiala was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies as a non-partisan in the 2013 Czech legislative election, 2013 election. He won the 2014 Civic Democratic Party leadership election, promising to reform the party and regain public trust after a 2013 Czech political corruption scandal, corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Petr Nečas. Fiala's party finished a distant second place in the 2017 Czech legislative election, 2017 legislative election, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Zlatuška
Jiří Zlatuška (born 15 September 1957 in Brno) is a Czech informaticist, university professor and politician. He was elected in the parliamentary election in 2013 to the Chamber of Deputies on the ANO 2011 platform. From 2015 to 2019, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Informatics of the Masaryk University. Zlatuška served in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2017 with ANO 2011, and he was a prominent ally of Andrej Babiš. Zlatuška later said that he regretted supporting Babiš, criticizing his nativist policies and accusing him of becoming too populist Populism is a contested concept used to refer to a variety of political stances that emphasize the idea of the " common people" and often position this group in opposition to a perceived elite. It is frequently associated with anti-establis .... Zlatuška previously served as the rector of Masaryk University. References , - Living people 1957 births Politicians from Brno ANO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera ( ; ; 1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019. Kundera's best-known work is ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being''. Before the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the country's ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia banned his books. He led a low-profile life and rarely spoke to the media. He was thought to be a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature and was also a nominee for other awards. Kundera was awarded the Jerusalem Prize in 1985, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 1987, and the Herder Prize in 2000. In 2021, he received the Golden Order of Merit from the president of Slovenia, Borut Pahor. Early life and education Milan Kundera was born on 1 April 1929 at Purkyňova 6 (6 Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Purkyně Street) in Královo Pole, a district of Brno, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Brno
The Diocese of Brno () is a Latin diocese located in the city of Brno in the ecclesiastical province of Olomouc in the Czech Republic. History * 1296: A collegiate (latter the cathedral) chapter established in Brno * 1625: A collegiate chapter established in Mikulov * 1777, December 5: The Diocese established from a part of the Diocese of Olomouc * 1780s: As a consequence of the Edict on Idle Institutions (by Joseph II) some ancient monasteries and convents abolished * 1783: Territory (substantially) extended * 1807: A seminary established * 1909: The first diocesan synod was held * 1934: The second diocesan synod was held * 1938-1945: Substantial southern part of the diocese (under the rule of Nazi Germany) administered separately by vicar general in Mikulov * 1945-1946: German population expelled from the diocese * 1950: The seminary abolished due to the Communist rule * 1950-1968: Communists prevented Bishop Karel Skoupý from tenure of office * 1972-1990: ''Sede vacante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litoměřice
Litoměřice (; ) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. The town is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice. Administrative division Litoměřice consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Litoměřice-Město (1,503) *Pokratice (4,436) *Předměstí (17,483) *Za nemocnicí (10) Geography Litoměřice is located about south of Ústí nad Labem and northwest of Prague. The northwestern half of the municipal territory lies in the Central Bohemian Uplands, the southeastern half lies in the Lower Ohře Table, on the edge of the Polabí lowlands. The highest point, located in the northern tip of the territory, is at above sea level. The town is situated on the right (northern) bank of the Elbe River, at its confluence with the Ohře, which flows from the south. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Koukl
Josef Koukl (November 8, 1926 in Brno – May 22, 2010 in Litoměřice) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice, Czech Republic. Ordained to the priesthood on April 23, 1950, Koukl was appointed bishop of the Litoměřice Diocese by Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ... and was consecrated on August 27, 1989, retiring on December 24, 2003. Notes 1926 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Czech Republic Clergy from Brno People from Litoměřice 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Czech Republic {{Europe-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Novák (composer)
Jan Novák (8 April 1921, Nová Říše – 17 November 1984, Neu Ulm) was a Czech composer of classical music. Novák was primarily active in the 1960s and composed the music for several films of Karel Kachyňa. Novák also composed music for the films of animators Jiří Trnka and Karel Zeman, the leading figures of the Czech animated film, as well as for ''Wir'' (1982, TV film) (based on '' We'', the 1921 Russian novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin). Jan Novák was also a Contemporary Latin Contemporary Latin is the form of the Literary Latin used since the end of the 19th century. Various kinds of contemporary Latin can be distinguished, including the use of Neo-Latin words in taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and in science generally ... poet, under the pen name Ianus Novak. In 1970 he was awarded the ''magna laus'' at the Amsterdam Latin poetry competition, the '. Selected works * Concerto for oboe and orchestra (1952) * ''Baletti a 9'' for nonett (1955) * Concerto for two pian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
