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Liběchov
Liběchov (; german: Liboch) is a town in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Ješovice is an administrative part of Liběchov. Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Luběch or Liběch, meaning "Luběch's/Liběch's (court)". Geography Liběchov is located about north of Mělník and north of Prague. It lies on the border between the Ralsko Uplands and Jizera Table. The municipality is situtated on the right bank of the Elbe River, at its confluence with the Liběchovka Stream. History The first written mention of Liběchov is from 1311. In the early 15th century, it was owned by a branch of the lords of Dubá. From 1440, it was property of a family that called itself the lords of Liběchov. In the second half of the 16th century, Liběchov was acquired by Knight Kašpar Belvic of Nostvice. He har rebuilt the local fortress into a Renaissance residence. The sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonín Veith
Antonín Veith, or Weith (3 January 1793 – 19 December 1853) was a Czech patron of the arts, who worked to promote the peaceful coexistence of Czechs and Germans. Life and work Veith was born on 3 January 1793 in České Budějovice, Bohemia. His father, Jacob Veith (1758-1833), was a weaver and textile entrepreneur from Volary, who acquired a large number of estates throughout Bohemia. He studied at the in Prague, where he learned Czech, and was exposed to French and English literature. He spent the year 1817 in England. In 1833, he inherited his father's manor in Liběchov, and his estates in Kokořín. He was very popular with the local people, opening Czech and German schools, and gathering together a large circle of authors and scholars, for whom he served as a patron. These included the philosopher, Bernard Bolzano, the physician and naturalist, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, the poets, František Klácel and Josef Václav Frič, the historian, František Palacký, the j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Loos
Kurt Camillo Loos (25 January 1859 – 27 July 1933) was a German forester and ornithologist active in Bohemia. Loos was a founder of bird-ringing in Bohemia and was involved in founding a ringing station and a scientific organization in Prague called ''Lotos'' which also produced a periodical of the same name. Biography Loos was born in Brunndöbra, Klingenthal, the son of Karl Friedrich Moritz Loos who was a teacher at the church school. When the family moved to Arnoldsgrün and he went to the secondary school at Plauen where he was a contemporary of Franz Helm with whom he spent time outdoors. His brother P. A. Loos later became German Vice consul in Argentina. He then studied natural sciences at the Leipzig University and worked as a forest officer in the Karlsfeld district. He trained at the Tharandt Forest Academy after which he worked at Königstein and then Schlenau, Bohemia, from 1881 to 1898. The Liběchov district was then put under his charge and he established a ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Levý
Václav Levý (also known as Wenzel Lewy; 14 September 1820 – 30 April 1870) was a Czechs, Czech sculptor. He was considered to be one of the pioneers of the modern style in Bohemia. Biography Levý was born in the village of Nebřeziny (today part of Plasy). He was the son of a shoemaker. When he was two years old, the family moved to Kožlany, where they remained. He showed an early aptitude for carving, creating several figures of the Virgin Mary and crucifixes. His parents were not sympathetic, however, and sought to apprentice him to a carpenter. At the urging of a local parson, he was sent away for an education, first to a certain abbey in Plzeň, then to the Discalced Augustinians, Augustinian monastery in Lnáře, where he became a cook, later serving a brief apprenticeship in Dresden. Upon returning from Dresden, he made the chance acquaintance of Antonín Veith, a landowner who was also a patron of the arts, and entered his service as a cook at his estate in Liběch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klácelka
Klácelka is a man-made cave in a forest near Liběchov, Czech Republic. It is known for its complex of sculptural works made by sculptor Václav Levý. The name of the cave and the sculptures commemorate František Klácel, a theologian and philosopher. It was created during the 1840s. At the time of carving the Klácelka, Levý was an untutored young man. He chiseled from sandstone rock a cave that is an allegorical Blaník - a hall of sleeping heroes. These include the leader of the soldiers of the mythological army Zdeněk Zásmucký, the Hussite leaders Jan Žižka and Prokop Holý, the sleeping Blaník army, and the dwarf figures wielding weapons for them. The interior walls of the cave are festooned with reliefs from the fable ''Lišák Ferina'' by Klácel. The theme of Blaník, central to the Klácelka, harks back to Protestant symbolism and the memory of the Hussite Wars, notwithstanding the Catholic monarchy A monarchy is a form of government in wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mělník District
Mělník District ( cs, okres Mělník) is a district (''okres'') within Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Mělník. Complete list of municipalities Býkev - Byšice - Chlumín - Chorušice - Chvatěruby - Cítov - Čakovičky - Čečelice - Dobřeň - Dolany - Dolní Beřkovice - Dolní Zimoř - Dřínov - Horní Počaply - Hořín - Hostín - Hostín u Vojkovic - Jeviněves - Kadlín - Kanina - Kly - Kojetice - Kokořín - Kostelec nad Labem - Kozomín - Kralupy nad Vltavou - Ledčice - Lhotka - Liběchov - Libiš - Liblice - Lobeč - Lužec nad Vltavou - Malý Újezd - Medonosy - Mělnické Vtelno - Mělník - Mšeno - Nebužely - Nedomice - Nelahozeves - Neratovice - Nosálov - Nová Ves - Obříství - Olovnice - Ovčáry - Postřižín - Řepín - Spomyšl - Stránka - Střemy - Tišice - Tuhaň - Tupadly - Újezdec - Úžice - Velký Borek - Veltrusy - Vidim - Vojkovice - Vraňany - '' Všestudy'' - V� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obec Obec (plural: ''obce'') 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 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 composed of one or more administrative parts, usually called town parts or villages. A municipality can have its own flag and coat of arms. Czech Republic Almost whole area of the republic is divided into municipalities, with the only exception being military training areas. The smaller municipalities consist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] < |
