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Matylda Pálfyová
Matylda Vilma Pálfyová (11 March 1912 – 23 September 1944) was a Slovaks, Slovak Artistic gymnastics, gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, helping her team to a silver medal. She was the first female Slovak Olympic medalist and world champion. She also competed at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she won two gold medals in team, vault and the bronze medal in the all-around competitions. Biography Personal life She was born in Kostoľany nad Hornádom, Hernádszentistván, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Kostoľany nad Hornádom, Slovakia). Her first job was as a correspondent in the construction company of Ing. Beřich Minařa, who was a member of Sokol and fully supported Matylda. Then Pálfyová worked in Košice as a correspondent from the age of 18, between 1934 and 1937 at Východoslovenská energetika, Východoslovenské elektrárne, úč. spol. At the administrative building of Východoslovenská energetika, a.s. in Košice t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostoľany Nad Hornádom
Kostoľany nad Hornádom () is a village and municipality of Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, about 10 km north of the city of Košice. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1423. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 270 metres and covers an area of 9.1 km². It has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ... of 1186 people. Notable people * Matylda Pálfyová (1912-1944), gymnast References Villages and municipalities in Košice-okolie District Šariš {{Košice-okolie-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Západoslovenská Energetika
Západoslovenská energetika, a.s. (ZSE) is a Slovak utility company based in Bratislava. Its main objective is to sell and supply electricity to end customers. In 2002 it became a member of the E.ON Group. On 1 July 2007, electricity distribution and trade became independent services provided by respective subsidiaries.Západoslovenská distribučná, a.s.anZSE Energia, a.s. are 100% subsidiaries oZSE History The first power plant in Slovakia launched its operation in 1884 in the S. Ludwig mill in Bratislava. The establishing General Meeting of Západoslovenská elektrárna took place on 20 December 1921. The company acquired its legal form on 1 June 1922. It was transformed into a joint-stock company in 2001 within the preparations for privatisation. Representatives of the Slovak government and the German E.ON Energie Group based in Munich signed an agreement on transferring a 49% share in ZSE to E.ON Energie at a price of EUR 330 million on 19 November 2003, by which the pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equestrianism
Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding ( Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting. This broad description includes the use of horses for practical working purposes, transportation, recreational activities, artistic or cultural exercises, and competitive sport. Overview of equestrian activities Horses are trained and ridden for practical working purposes, such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch. They are also used in competitive sports including dressage, endurance riding, eventing, reining, show jumping, tent pegging, vaulting, polo, horse racing, driving, and rodeo (see additional equestrian sports listed later in this article for more examples). Some popular forms of competition are grouped together at horse shows where horses perform in a wide variety of disciplines. Horses (and other equids such as mules ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canoeing
Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. In some parts of Europe, canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking, with a canoe being called an 'open canoe' or Canadian. A few of the recreational forms of canoeing are canoe camping and canoe racing. Other forms include a wide range of canoeing on lakes, rivers, oceans, ponds and streams. History of organized recreational canoeing Canoeing is an ancient mode of transportation. Modern recreational canoeing was established in the late 19th century. Among early promoters of canoeing as a sport was Carl Smith, who introduced canoeing to Sweden in the 1880s. In 1924, canoeing associations from Austria, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden founded the ''Internationalen Representation for Kanusport'', the forerunner of the International Canoe Federation (ICF). Canoeing became part of the Olympic Games in the 1936 Summer Olympics. which featured canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlinkova Garda
The Hlinka Guard (; ; abbreviated as HG) was the militia maintained by the Slovak People's Party in the period from 1938 to 1945; it was named after Andrej Hlinka. The Hlinka Guard was preceded by the Rodobrana (Home Defense/Nation's Defense) organization, which existed from 1923 to 1927 when the Czechoslovak authorities ordered its dissolution. During the crisis caused by Hitler's demand for the Sudetenland (in the summer of 1938), the Hlinka Guard emerged spontaneously, and on October 8 of that year, a week after Hitler's demand had been accepted at the Munich conference, the guard was officially set up, with Karol Sidor (1901–1953) as its first commander. The Hlinka Guard was known for its participation in the Holocaust in Slovakia; its members appropriated Jewish property and rounded up Jews for deportation in 1942. In the post-war, under one of the Beneš decrees, No. 16/1945 Coll., membership in the Hlinka Guard was punishable by 5 to 20 years imprisonment. Duties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdeňka Veřmiřovská
Zdeňka Veřmiřovská (; 27 June 1913 – 13 May 1997) was a Czech gymnast. She represented Czechoslovakia in the 1936 Summer Olympics receiving silver in the team event, and in the 1948 Summer Olympics winning gold in the team event. Biography She was born on 27 June 1913 in Kopřivnice and died on 13 May 1997 in Prague. Veřmiřovská was a long-time mainstay of the Czechoslovak women's gymnastics team, helping her team to gold at the inaugural World Championships for women in 1934. She demonstrated consistent excellence by helping her team successfully defend their world team champion status at the next World Championships in 1938. She showed enough tenacity to persevere and help her team to gold again, a whole 14 years after initially helping them to their first world team title, at the 1948 London Summer Olympics, despite weathering the disappointment she and her teammates sustained when they lost the team title to the German team at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlasta Děkanová
Vlasta Děkanová (5 September 1909 – 16 October 1974) was a Czechs, Czech Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who represented Czechoslovakia. She was the first World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's individual all-around, World All-Around Champion as well as the first repeat World All-Around Champion in women's artistic gymnastics. Early life Děkanová was born in Prague in 1909. Her father was a dedicated member of Czech Sokol movement, Sokol and the manager of a gym in the Žižkov district of Prague. She progressed through the Sokol system, graduating in 1933. She performed locally at the Lucerna Music Bar, Lucerna Palace. Beginning in 1928, Děkanová started touring and performing in exhibitions internationally in countries including Belgium, France, Netherlands, Poland, and Yugoslavia. In the United States, she performed in exhibitions in Cleveland, New York, and Washington. Competitive career Děkanová made her World Championship competitive debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovakia Women's National Artistic Gymnastics Team
The Czechoslovakia women's national artistic gymnastics team represented Czechoslovakia in FIG international competitions. History Czechoslovakia made its Olympic debut in 1936. In 1984, it joined the Soviet Union in boycotting the Olympic Games. In 1992, Czechoslovakia split into two separate nations: the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Team competition results Olympic Games * 1936 – Silver medal *:Jaroslava Bajerová, Vlasta Děkanová, Božena Dobešová, Vlasta Foltová, Anna Hřebřinová, Matylda Pálfyová, Zdeňka Veřmiřovská, Marie Větrovská * 1948 – Gold medal *:Zdeňka Honsová, Marie Kovářová, Miloslava Misáková, Milena Müllerová, Věra Růžičková, Olga Šilhánová, Božena Srncová, Zdeňka Veřmiřovská * 1952 – Bronze medal *: Hana Bobková, Alena Chadimová, Jana Rabasová, Alena Reichová, Matylda Matoušková-Šínová, Božena Srncová, Věra Vančurová, Eva Věchtová * 1956 – 5th place *:Eva Bosáková, Miroslava Brdíčk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.6 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Summer Olympic Games
The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona on the 29th IOC Session on 26 April 1931. The 1936 Games marked the second and most recent time the International Olympic Committee gathered to vote in a city bidding to host those Games. Later rule modifications forbade cities hosting the bid vote from being awarded the games. To outdo the 1932 Los Angeles Games, Adolf Hitler had a new 100,000-seat track and field stadium built, as well as six gymnasiums and other smaller arenas. The Games were the first to be televised, with radio broadcasts reaching 41 countries.Rader, Benjamin G. "American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports", 5th ed. Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl was commissioned by the German Olympic Committee to film the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol Movement
The Sokol movement (, ) is an all-age gymnastics organization founded in Prague in the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner. It was based upon the principle of "Mens sana in corpore sano, a strong mind in a sound body". Sokol, through lectures, discussions, and group outings, provided what Tyrš viewed as physical, moral, and intellectual training for the nation. This training extended to men of all ages and classes, and eventually to women. The movement spread across all the regions populated by List of Slavic cultures, Slavic cultures, most of them part of either Austria-Hungary or the Russian Empire: present-day Slovakia, the Slovene Lands, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Poland (Polish Sokół movement), Ukraine, and Belarus. In many of these nations, the organization also served as an early precursor to the Scouting movements. Though officially an institution "above politics", Sokol played an important part in the development of Czech N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
