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Proseč
Proseč is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Proseč consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Proseč (1,029) *Česká Rybná (209) *Martinice (45) *Miřetín (88) *Paseky (59) *Podměstí (173) *Záboří (389) Etymology The name is derived from the old Czech word ''proseč'', meaning 'a path cut through'. Geography Proseč is located about southeast of Chrudim and southeast of Pardubice. The municipal territory lies on the border of three geomorphological regions: the southern part lies in the Upper Svratka Highlands, the western part lies in the Iron Mountains, and a small part in the northeast extends into the Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is a nameless hill at above sea level. The Novohradka River originates in the municipal territory and then flows through the woods in the eastern part of the municipal territory. There ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novohradka
The Novohradka is a river in the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Chrudimka River. It flows through the Pardubice Region. It is long. Etymology The river is named after the village of Nové Hrady (Ústí nad Orlicí District), Nové Hrady. Characteristic The Novohradka originates in the territory of Proseč in the Upper Svratka Highlands at an elevation of and flows to Úhřetice, where it enters the Chrudimka River at an elevation of . It is long. Its drainage basin has an area of . The average discharge at its mouth is 2.52 m3/s. The longest tributaries of the Novohradka are: Course The river flows through the municipal territories of Proseč, Bor u Skutče, Jarošov (Svitavy District), Jarošov, Nová Ves u Jarošova, Nové Hrady (Ústí nad Orlicí District), Nové Hrady, Zderaz (Chrudim District), Zderaz, Leština (Ústí nad Orlicí District), Leština, Hluboká (Chrudim District), Hluboká, Střemošice, Luže (Chrudim District), Luže, Lozice (Chrudim Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teréza Nováková
Teréza Nováková, née Lanhausová (31 December 1853 – 13 November 1912) was a Czechs, Czech feminist author, editor, and ethnographer. Life Teréza Nováková was born in Prague in the Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic). She married a secondary school teacher, Josef Novák, and they had six children together. Novák got a job in Litomyšl, in eastern Bohemia, and Nováková became interested in the local folklore, influenced by the work of Karolína Světlá who she had worked with earlier in Prague. She also founded the Association of Ladies and Girls () for the local middle-class women. Nováková loved the area and eventually bought a cottage there, although the death of her eldest daughter in 1895 caused her to return to Prague. In 1903, Nováková bought a house in Proseč, where she wrote her most important works, including ''Drašar'', ''Jiří Šmatlán'', and ''Úlomky žuly''. Her health began to decline in 1907. She died in Prague on 13 November 1912. Acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrudim District
Chrudim District () is a Okres, district in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Chrudim. Administrative division Chrudim District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence, administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Chrudim and Hlinsko. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Chrudim - Běstvina - Biskupice (Chrudim District), Biskupice - Bítovany - Bojanov - Bor u Skutče - Bořice - Bousov - Bylany (Chrudim District), Bylany - Ctětín - Čankovice - České Lhotice - Chrast - Chroustovice - Dědová - Dolní Bezděkov - Dřenice - Dvakačovice - Hamry (Chrudim District), Hamry - Heřmanův Městec - Hlinsko - Hluboká (Chrudim District), Hluboká - Hodonín (Chrudim District), Hodonín - Holetín - Honbice - Horka (Chrudim District), Horka - Horní Bradlo - Hošťalovice - Hrochův Týnec - Hroubovice - Jeníkov ... [...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] |
Empire Style
The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 during the Consulate and the First French Empire periods, although its life span lasted until the late-1820s. From France it spread into much of Europe and the United States. The Empire style originated in and takes its name from the rule of the Emperor Napoleon I in the First French Empire, when it was intended to idealize Napoleon's leadership and the French state. The previous fashionable style in France had been the Directoire style, a more austere and minimalist form of Neoclassicism that replaced the Louis XVI style, and the new Empire style brought a full return to ostentatious richness. The style corresponds somewhat to the '' Biedermeier style'' in the German-speaking lands, Federal style in the United States, and the Regency st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikoláš Aleš
Mikoláš Aleš (18 November 1852 – 10 July 1913) was a Czech painter. Aleš is estimated to have had over 5,000 published pictures; he painted for everything from magazines to playing cards to textbooks. His paintings were not publicized too widely outside Bohemia, but many of them are still available, and he is regarded as one of the Czech Republic's greatest artists. Biography Aleš was born in Mirotice near Písek, into a relatively rich family that was in debt at the time. He was taught history by his brother František until the latter's death in 1865; he expressed interest in painting at an early age. In 1879 he married Marina Kailová and moved to Italy where he continued his career in painting. He moved back to Prague to work on the new artwork at the Prague National Theatre along with other notable painters. Aleš died in Prague at the age of 60. Legacy Aleš is probably best known today as being one of the painters (the other being František Ženíšek) that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobacco Pipe
A tobacco pipe, often called simply a pipe, is a device specifically made to smoke tobacco. It comprises a chamber (the bowl (smoking), bowl) for the tobacco from which a thin hollow stem (shank) emerges, ending in a mouthpiece. Pipes can range from very simple machine-made briar models to highly prized hand-made artisanal implements made by renowned pipemakers, which are often very expensive collector's items. History Some cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas smoke tobacco in ceremonial pipes, and have done so since long before the arrival of Europeans. For instance the Lakota People, Lakota people use a ceremonial pipe called Chanunpa, čhaŋnúŋpa. Other cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas smoke tobacco socially. The tobacco plant is native to South America but spread into North America long before Europeans arrived. Tobacco was introduced to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century and spread around the world rapidly. As tobacco was no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nové Hrady (Ústí Nad Orlicí District)
Nové Hrady () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Administrative division Nové Hrady consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Nové Hrady (230) *Mokrá Lhota (67) *Rybníček (7) Etymology After the settlement was founded, it was called Boží Dům (i.e. "God's house") after the first church built in the area. When the old castle was replaced by a new one, the village was renamed Nové Hrady (literally "new castles"). Geography Nové Hrady is located about southwest of ústí nad Orlicí and southeast of Pardubice. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Novohradka River flows through the southern and western parts of the municipal territory. A system of fishponds supplied by the brook Hradecký potok is located in the village proper. History The first written mention of Nové Hrady is fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussites
upright=1.2, Battle between Hussites (left) and Crusades#Campaigns against heretics and schismatics, Catholic crusaders in the 15th century upright=1.2, The Lands of the Bohemian Crown during the Hussite Wars. The movement began during the Prague.html" ;"title="Renaissance in Prague">Renaissance in Prague and quickly spread south and then through the rest of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Eventually, it expanded into the remaining domains of the Bohemian Crown as well. The Hussites (Czech: ''Husité'' or ''Kališníci'', "Chalice People"; Latin: ''Hussitae'') were a Czech Proto-Protestantism, proto-Protestant Christian movement influenced by both the Byzantine Rite and John Wycliffe that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus (fl. 1401–1415), a part of the Bohemian Reformation. The Czech lands had originally been Christianized by Byzantine Greek missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius, who introduced the Byzantine Rite in the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language and the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussite Wars
The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, and European monarchs loyal to the Catholic Church, as well as various Hussite factions. At a late stage of the conflict, the Utraquists changed sides in 1432 to fight alongside Roman Catholics and opposed the Taborites and other Hussite factions. These wars lasted from 1419 to approximately 1434. The unrest began after pre-Protestant Christian reformer Jan Hus was executed by the Catholic Church in 1415 for heresy. Because Sigismund had plans to be crowned the Holy Roman Emperor (requiring papal coronation), he suppressed the religion of the Hussites, yet it continued to spread. When King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, brother of Sigismund, died of natural causes a few years later, the tension stemming from the Hussites grew stronger. In Prague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrast
Chrast () is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,200 inhabitants. The historic centre with the castle complex is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Chrast consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Chrast (2,460) *Chacholice (241) *Podlažice (319) *Skála (74) Etymology The name Chrást is a common Czech place name, meaning 'brushwood' or 'shrubs'. In this region, the word was written as ''chrast'', therefore, the form of the town's name differs. Geography Chrast is located about southeast of Chrudim and southeast of Pardubice. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is the elevated plain of Kostecká hůra at above sea level. The town is situated on the right bank of the Žejbro Stream. The fishpond Horecký rybník is located south of the town. The slope on the right bank of the stream is protected as the Chrašick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
