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Mrákotín (Jihlava District)
Mrákotín () is a market town in Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. It is known for granite quarrying. Administrative division Mrákotín consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Mrákotín (766) *Dobrá Voda (61) *Praskolesy (19) Etymology The name of the village was derived from the personal name Mrákota. Geography Mrákotín is located about southwest of Jihlava. It lies on the border between the Křižanov Highlands and Javořice Highlands. The highest point is the Javořice mountain at above sea level, which is the highest peak of the Javořice Highlands and of the whole Bohemian-Moravian Highlands area. The Myslůvka stream flows through the market town. The territory is rich in fishponds. History The first written mention of Mrákotín is from 1385. It is not certain when the village was promoted to a market town. It is first referred to as a market town on a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Městys
Městys (or, unofficially or obsolete, městečko iterally "small town", translated as " market town", is a status conferred on certain municipalities in the Czech Republic, lying in terms of size and importance higher than that of simple ''obec'' (municipality) but lower than that of ''město'' (city, town). Historically, a ''městys'' was a locality that had the right to stage livestock markets (and some other "extraordinary" and annual markets), and it is therefore translated as "market town". The term went out of official use in Czechoslovakia in 1954 but was reintroduced in the Czech Republic in 2006. As of September 2020, there are 228 municipalities on which the status of ''městys'' has been re-admitted. In all cases, these are municipalities that have requested the return of their former title. This title has not been newly awarded to any municipality that would not have it in the past—the law does not even set any specific criteria for it, only procedural competenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovak Academy Of Sciences
The Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Czech: ''Československá akademie věd'', Slovak: ''Česko-slovenská akadémia vied'') was established in 1953 to be the scientific center for Czechoslovakia. It was succeeded by the Czech Academy of Sciences (''Akademie věd České republiky'') and Slovak Academy of Sciences (''Slovenská akadémia vied'') in 1992. History The Royal Czech Society of Sciences, which encompassed both the humanities and the natural sciences, was established in the Czech Crown lands in 1784. After the Communist regime came to power in Czechoslovakia in 1948, all scientific, non-university institutions and learned societies were dissolved and, in their place, the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences was founded by Act No. 52/1952. It comprised both a complex of research institutes and a learned society. The Slovak Academy of Sciences, established in 1942 and re-established in 1953, was a formal part of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences from 1960 to 1992. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jindřichův Hradec
Jindřichův Hradec (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. Administrative division Jindřichův Hradec consists of 14 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Jindřichův Hradec I (590) *Jindřichův Hradec II (5,579) *Jindřichův Hradec III (6,943) *Jindřichův Hradec IV (1,405) *Jindřichův Hradec V (2,368) *Buk (271) *Děbolín (245) *Dolní Radouň (262) *Dolní Skrýchov (252) *Horní Žďár (250) *Matná (55) *Otín (1,340) *Políkno (195) *Radouňka (682) Etymology The Czech word ''hradec'' is a diminutive of ''hrad'', i.e. 'castle'. Jindřichův Hradec ("Jindřich's small castle") was named after its founder, nobleman Jindřich I Vítkovec. Geography Jindřichův Hradec is located about northeast of České Budějovice. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Třebíč
Třebíč (; ) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 35,000 inhabitants. The beginnings of the town's history are connected with the establishment of a Benedictines, Benedictine monastery, where the castle is located today. In the age of its expansion, Třebíč was the third most important town in Moravia. The population growth started after World War II. There are several well-known tourist sights in the town. The Jewish quarter (Třebíč), Jewish Quarter and the St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč, St. Procopius Basilica are listed together as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Třebíč consists of 17 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Borovina (4,735) *Budíkovice (245) *Horka Domky (7,205) *Jejkov (355) *Nové Dvory (12,453) *Nové Město (1,593) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohemian-Moravian Highlands
The Bohemian-Moravian Highlands (, colloquially ''Vysočina''; ) is a geomorphological macroregion and highland in the Czech Republic. Its highest peaks are the Javořice at and Devět skal in the north (). The Bohemian-Moravian Heights were previously known as the ''Moravian Heights''. Location The Bohemian-Moravian Highlands are an extensive and long range of hills and low mountains over long, which runs in a northeasterly direction across the central part of the Czech Republic from Bohemia to Moravia. This range roughly coincides with modern Vysočina Region. Characteristics The highlands form a big region of rolling hills and low mountains with heights between about 500 and 800 metres, whose lowlands are relatively densely settled. Its gentle hills are dotted with small farmstead A farmstead refers to the buildings and service areas associated with a farm. It consists of a house belonging to a farm along with the surrounding buildings. The characteristics of a specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javořice
Javořice () is a mountain in the Javořice Highlands mountain range within the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands in the Czech Republic. With an elevation of , it is the highest mountain of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and of the Vysočina Region. It is located near the border between the historical lands of Bohemia and Moravia, right on trace where runs line of main European drainage divide (which runs on southern slope). History The first construction on the mountain was a simple cabin in 1925 as refuge for mountain hikers. Geology The entire massif consists mainly by moldanubic, i.e. series of rocks generated during sedimentation in precambric sea and wrinkled later into mountain chains and composed of crystalline slates and gneiss (a metamorphic rock with foliations), mica schicht and quartzite. The summit is a round and smooth. Flora The summit is forested by mixed mainly spruce forest, with some pines, birches and maples. Plants: False lily, fern bracken, west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javořice Highlands
The Javořice Highlands (, ) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic. The highlands, together with the Jevišovice Highlands threshold, form the Western-Moravian part of Moldanubian Zone - east south part of Bohemian Massif. Geography The Javořice Highlands rise to the north of the Gmünd, Lower Austria between Slavonice, and the Studená and Mrákotín in the north. The Highlands have an area of and an average height of . The highest peak is '' Javořice'' at ; other peaks are ''Hradisko'' , ''Pivničky'' ''Vysoký kámen'' , ''Bukový vrch'' , ''Starohuťský vrch'' , and ''Čihadlo'' . To the southeast is the Holbruner Wald (Holbrun Forest) in Lower Austria part of Javořice Highlands as well and in the east Jevišovice Highlands. The Javořice Highlands naturally established Bohemian-Moravian border. The mountain range is 76% forested, though mainly by plantations. The forests are in good condition. For the landscape ary typical numerous bogs and ponds. The primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Křižanov Highlands
The Křižanov Highlands (, ) is a highland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Vysočina Region. Geomorphology The Křižanov Highlands is a mesoregion of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands within the Bohemian Massif. It borders other mesoregions of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. The highest peaks are Harusův kopec at above sea level, Špičák at , Mařenka at , Ještěnice at , Havlína at , and Kyjov at . Geology The highlands, together with the Upper Svratka Highlands and Jevišovice Uplands threshold, form the Western-Moravian part of Moldanubian Zone. Pedology The primary composition of the range is migmatite, granite and gneis. Soil horizon is mainly fluvisol and cambisol. Geography The area has a horseshoe shape that extends from Tišnov in the east, to Žďár nad Sázavou in the northwest and Jemnice in the southwest. The highlands have an area of and an average height of . The rivers that originates here incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jihlava
Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihlava is the oldest mining town in the Czech Republic, older than Kutná Hora. The historic centre of Jihlava is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. Administrative division Jihlava consists of 17 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Jihlava (41,265) *Antonínův Důl (577) *Červený Kříž (284) *Helenín (1,036) *Henčov (180) *Heroltice (201) *Horní Kosov (3,795) *Hosov (177) *Hruškové Dvory (606) *Kosov (112) *Pávov (465) *Popice (254) *Pístov (162) *Sasov (111) *Staré Hory (1,015) *Vysoká (72) *Zborná (211) Etymology The origin of the Jihlava's name (''Iglau'' in German) is unclear. The most common theory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granite
Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground. It is common in the continental crust of Earth, where it is found in igneous intrusions. These range in size from dike (geology), dikes only a few centimeters across to batholiths exposed over hundreds of square kilometers. Granite is typical of a larger family of ''granitic rocks'', or ''granitoids'', that are composed mostly of coarse-grained quartz and feldspars in varying proportions. These rocks are classified by the relative percentages of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase (the QAPF diagram, QAPF classification), with true granite representing granitic rocks rich in quartz and alkali feldspar. Most granitic rocks also contain mica or amphibole minerals, though a few (known as leucogranites) conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of The Czech Republic
Regions of the Czech Republic ( ; singular ) are higher-level territorial self-governing units of the Czech Republic. History The first regions (''kraje'') were created in the Kingdom of Bohemia in the 14th century. At the beginning of the 15th century, Bohemia was already divided into 12 regions, but their borders were not fixed due to the frequent changes in the borders of the estates. During the reign of George of Poděbrady (1458–1471), Bohemia was divided into 14 regions, which remained so until 1714, when their number was reduced to 12 again. From 1751 to 1850, after the four largest regions were divided, the kingdom consisted of 16 regions. Between 1850 and 1862, there were several reforms and the number of regions fluctuated between 7 and 13. Due to the parallel establishment of political districts in 1848, however, their importance declined. In 1862, the regions were abolished, although the regional authorities had some powers until 1868. Moravia was divided into ... [...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] |
