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Hať
Hať (formerly Haš; ) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region. Geography Hať is located about east of Opava and north of Ostrava, on the border with Poland. It lies mostly in the Opava Hilly Land, only the eastern part of the municipal territory extends into the Ostrava Basin. The highest point is at above sea level. The Bečva Stream flows through the municipality. History The first written mention of Hať is in a deed of Pope Innocent IV from 1250, when the village was owned by the monastery in Velehrad. From 1439, it was owned by various lower noblemen. In 1517–1567, Hať belonged to the Hlučín estate, then it was annexed to the Šilheřovice estate. In 1673, a large fire damaged the village. From 1742 to 1918, after Empress Maria Theresa had been defeated, the village belonged to Prussia. In 1920, it became part of the newly establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opava District
Opava District () is a Districts of the Czech Republic, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Opava. Administrative division Opava District is divided into four Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence, administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Opava, Hlučín, Kravaře and Vítkov. List of municipalities Cities and towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bělá (Opava District), Bělá - Bohuslavice (Opava District), Bohuslavice - Bolatice - Branka u Opavy - Bratříkovice - ''Březová (Opava District), Březová'' - Brumovice (Opava District), Brumovice - Budišov nad Budišovkou - Budišovice - Čermná ve Slezsku - Chlebičov - Chuchelná - Chvalíkovice - Darkovice - Děhylov - Dobroslavice - Dolní Benešov - Dolní Životice - Háj ve Slezsku - Hať - Hlavnice - Hlubočec - Hlučín - Hněvošice - Holasovice - Hrabyně - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlučín Region
Hlučín Region (, , ) is a historically significant part of Czech Silesia, now part of the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. It is named after its largest town, Hlučín. Its area is , and in 2021, it had 66,750 inhabitants. Municipalities In terms of the current municipal division, the region consists of the following 27 municipalities. Towns are shown in bold. Bělá ''(Bielau)'' – Bohuslavice ''(Buslawitz)'' – Bolatice ''(Bolatitz)'' – Chlebičov ''(Klebsch)'' – Chuchelná ''(Kuchelna)'' – Darkovice ''(Groß Darkowitz)'' – Dolní Benešov ''(Beneschau)'' – Hať ''(Haatsch)'' – Hlučín ''(Hultschin)'' – Hněvošice ''(Schreibersdorf)'' – Kobeřice ''(Köberwitz)'' – Kozmice ''(Kosmütz)'' – Kravaře ''(Deutsch Krawarn)'' – Ludgeřovice ''(Ludgierzowitz)'' – Markvartovice ''(Markersdorf)'' – Oldřišov ''(Odersch)'' – Píšť ''(Pyschcz / Sandau)'' – Rohov ''(Rohow)'' – Šilheřovice ''(Schillersdorf)'' – Slu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obec
(, ; plural ) is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality (in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia and abroad). The literal meaning of the word is " commune" or " community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities and towns are also municipalities. Definition The legal definition (according to the Czech code of law with similar definition in the Slovak code of law) is: ''"The municipality is a basic territorial self-governing community of citizens; it forms a territorial unit, which is defined by the boundary of the municipality."'' Every municipality is composed of one or more cadastral areas. Every municipality is also composed of one or more municipal parts (), which are usually town quarters or villages. A municipality can have its own flag and coat of arms. Czech Republic Almost the entire area of the Czech Republic is divided into municipalities, with the only exception being military training areas. The smaller mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostrava Basin
The Ostrava Basin (, , ) is a lowland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic and Poland. It is located in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. Geomorphology The Ostrava Basin is a mesoregion of the Northern Outer Subcarpathia within the Outer Subcarpathia in the Western Carpathians. The territory is heavily disturbed by Tertiary radial tectonics. The relief has the character of a plain or flat uplands with rounded ridges. Extensive flat floodplains, lined with steep ale relatively low terraces, are typical. An important element of the relief are anthropogenic shapes caused by industrial and mining activities, especially spoil tips. The basin is further subdivided into eights microregions, seven in the Czech Republic and one in Poland: Antošovice Plain, Ostrava Floodplain, Karviná Plateau, Havířov Plateau, Nová Bělá Plain, Poruba Plateau, Orlová Plateau (in the Czech Republic) and Kończyce High Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Billik
Paul Billik (27 March 1891 – 8 March 1926) was a German World War I fighter ace credited with 31 victories. He was killed in a flying accident while pioneering civil aviation. His life before aviation Billik was born on 27 March 1891 in Haatsch in the Silesian region of what was then Germany,VanWyngarden 2006, p. 67. and is now the Czech Republic. He attended school in Ratibor (Racibórz) until 1910. In 1911, he joined the 157th Infantry Regiment of the 12th Division and was based in Brzeg. He was promoted to the rank of corporal, over the next two years. He was still in this regiment when World War I started, and he went into battle with them. In November 1915, he received a commission, apparently on the battlefield, which suggests uncommon courage and ability. In May 1916, he transferred to the ''Fliegertruppe'' for aviation training. Flying service Billik trained with ''Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 4''. From January through 26 March 1917, he flew defensive patrols with ''Schu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Czechoslovak Republic
The First Czechoslovak Republic, often colloquially referred to as the First Republic, was the first Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak state that existed from 1918 to 1938, a union of ethnic Czechs and Slovaks. The country was commonly called Czechoslovakia a compound of ''Czech'' and ''Slovak''; which gradually became the most widely used name for its successor states. It was composed of former territories of Austria-Hungary, inheriting different systems of administration from the formerly Cisleithania, Austrian (Bohemia, Moravia, a small part of Silesia) and Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian territories (mostly Upper Hungary and Carpathian Ruthenia). After 1933, Czechoslovakia remained the only ''de facto'' functioning democracy in Central Europe, organized as a parliamentary republic. Under pressure from Germans in Czechoslovakia, its Sudeten German minority, supported by neighbouring Nazi Germany, Czechoslovakia was forced to cede its Sudetenland region to Germany on 1 October 1938 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (, ) was a German state that existed from 1701 to 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. It played a significant role in the unification of Germany in 1871 and was a major constituent of the German Empire until its German Revolution of 1918–1919, dissolution in 1918. Although it took its name from the Prussia (region), region called Prussia, it was based in the Margraviate of Brandenburg. Its capital was Berlin. The list of monarchs of Prussia, kings of Prussia were from the House of Hohenzollern. The polity of Brandenburg-Prussia, predecessor of the kingdom, became a military power under Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, known as "The Great Elector". As a kingdom, Prussia continued its rise to power, especially during the reign of Frederick the Great, Frederick II "the Great".Horn, D. B. "The Youth of Frederick the Great 1712–30." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure, in her own right. She was the sovereign of Archduchy of Austria, Austria, Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary, Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croatia, Crown of Bohemia, Bohemia, Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867), Transylvania, Slavonia, Duchy of Mantua, Mantua, Duchy of Milan, Milan, Moravia, Galicia and Lodomeria, Dalmatia, Austrian Netherlands, Carinthia, Carniola, Gorizia and Gradisca, Austrian Silesia, Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Styria and Duchy of Parma, Parma. By marriage, she was List of Lorrainian royal consorts#House of Vaudemont, 1473–1737, Duchess of Lorraine, List of Tuscan consorts#House of Lorraine, 1737–1765, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and List of Holy Roman empresses#House of Lorraine, Holy Roman Empress. Through her aunt, Charlotte Christine of Brunswi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šilheřovice
Šilheřovice (, ) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region. Geography Šilheřovice is located about north of Ostrava, on the border with Poland. The western part of the municipality lies in the Opava Hilly Land, while the eastern part lies in the Ostrava Basin. The highest point is at above sea level. The stream Šilheřovický potok flows through the municipality and the Oder River briefly flows along the eastern municipal border. History The first written mention of Šilheřovice is in a deed from 1377, according to which the properties of Duke Nicholas II were divided among his sons and Šilheřovice became property of Duke Nicholas III. The village was then part of the Silesian Duchy of Opava within the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Along with the rest of the Hlučín Region, it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia after the First Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlučín
Hlučín (; ; ) is a town in Opava District the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. It was the centre of the historic Hlučín Region. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Hlučín consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Hlučín (11,028) *Bobrovníky (1,295) *Darkovičky (1,311) Geography Hlučín is located about north of Ostrava and east of Opava. The northern part of the municipal territory lies in the Opava Hilly Land within the Silesian Lowlands. The southern part extends into the eastern tip of the Nízký Jeseník range. Hlučínské Lake is an artificial lake on the outskirts of the town. The Opava River forms the southeastern municipal border. History The first written mention of Hlučín is from 1303, when it was part of the Duchy of Opava. The town was probably founded by King Ottokar II in 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
