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Skuteč
Skuteč (; ) is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Skuteč consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Skuteč (3,732) *Borek (2) *Hněvětice (62) *Lažany (110) *Lešany (41) *Lhota u Skutče (62) *Nová Ves (12) *Radčice (226) *Skutíčko (152) *Štěpánov (176) *Zbožnov (107) *Žďárec u Skutče (306) *Zhoř (48) Lešany forms an Enclave and exclave, exclave of the municipal territory. Geography Skuteč is located about southeast of Chrudim and southeast of Pardubice. It lies mostly the undulating and hilly landscape of the Iron Mountains (Czech Republic), Iron Mountains, the northern part of the municipal territory extends into the Svitavy Uplands. A part of the Anenské Valley Nature Reserve around the brook Anenský potok is located in the territory. History The first written mention of Skuteč is from 1289. The settlement was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botas (company)
Botas was a Czech footwear company based in Skuteč, focused on the production of sports shoes. It was founded in 1949 under the name Botana, initially focusing on men's walking shoes. From 1963, it produced shoes under the Botas brand. In 2000, the company's name was changed to match its shoe brand. In 2023, Botas was sold to the Zlín-based company Vasky, which continues to sell shoes under the original brand name. History Founded as Botana in 1949 by the merger of smaller nationalized enterprises in Skuteč and neighbouring towns that previously supplied the Bata Corporation, the company initially specialized in men's Hiking boot, walking shoes. In 1963, it began producing sports shoes under the Botas brand, derived from the Czech word for shoe, ''bota'', and the initial letter of the town of Skuteč. By the late 1960s, over 50% of their output was in the sports sector, and by 1988, this had grown to 82.9%, with an export market that covered 35 countries. Between 1990 and 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Tesař (historian)
Jan Tesař (2 June 1933 – 16 June 2025) was a Czechs, Czech historian and writer who was a dissident in the times of communist Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia. Life Tesař was born on 2 June 1933 in Skuteč. After having pursued studies in history at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, he joined the Military Historical Institute in 1956. Expelled from that institution in 1958 for political reasons, he spent two years without a steady position and worked as an independent researcher before finally obtaining a position at the Museum of Pardubice. In 1961, he joined the Military Historical Institute once again. He became a member of the Communist Party in 1966 but resigned his membership in 1969. He was one of the founders of the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted (VONS), a signatory of Charter 77, and promoter of the meetings between Czech and Polish dissidents in the Giant Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Malínský
Tomáš Malínský (born 25 August 1991) is a Czech retired professional footballer. He spent most of his career in FC Hradec Králové and FC Slovan Liberec. Malínský made one appearance for the Czech Republic national football team. Career In July 2020, Malínský was one of four Liberec players to join Slavia Prague. The same year on 7 September, he made his debut for the Czech senior squad in a 2020–21 UEFA Nations League match against Scotland. On 14 January 2021, he moved to Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ... on loan until the end of the season. Malínský last played for Jablonec. Due to a serious injury, he ended his professional career in 2023 and retrained as a barber. Career statistics International References External link ... [...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] |
Karel Bartošek
Karel Bartošek (30 June 1930 – 9 July 2004) was a Czech-French historian. Life Karel Bartošek was born on 30 June 1930 in Skuteč. He came from a working-class family, joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia as a young man and wrote several very tendentious pro-Communist books, most notably The Americans in Western Bohemia (1953), which dealt with the "rampage and anti-popular activities" of American soldiers (described as occupiers) in Plzeň and the surrounding area after the liberation of the region. He studied history at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University, became a professor there and was a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences from 1960 to 1970. His professional work focused mainly on modern Czech history. However, he gradually broke with orthodox communism. He was prominently involved in the Prague Spring of 1968, was expelled from the Communist Party, worked as an auxiliary worker at ''Vodní stavby'' and was imprisoned for six months in 1972. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Zástěra
Jiří Zástěra (9 November 1913 – 15 August 1983) was a football player and manager. He made 198 appearances in the Czechoslovak First League, scoring three goals. He played three matches for Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca .... As a manager, Zástěra led numerous teams. He led ATK Prague to an eighth-place finish in 1948. He later won the 1959–60 Czechoslovak First League with Spartak Hradec Králové. References External links * 1913 births 1983 deaths People from Skuteč People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders AC Sparta Prague players Czech football managers Czechoslovak football manager ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromír Funke
Jaromír Funke (1 August 1896 – 22 March 1945) was a leading Czech photographer during the 1920s and 1930s. Early life Funke was born to a wealthy family in house No. 238 in Skuteč on 1 August 1896, the son of Antonín Funke, Bohemian-German lawyer (son of Josef Funke, a Kolín draper) and his wife Miloslava, the daughter of Professor František Potůček. He studied medicine, law, and philosophy at the Charles University in Prague and the University of Bratislava but did not graduate and instead turned to photography. Style Funke was recognized for his “photographic games” using mirrors, lights, and insignificant objects, such as plates, bottles, or glasses, to create unique works. In his still life imagery he created abstracts of forms and shadows reminiscent of photograms. His work was regarded as logical, original and expressive in nature. A typical feature of Funke's work would be the “dynamic diagonal." Career Later career During his photography profession, Funke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vítězslav Novák
Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (5 December 1870 – 18 July 1949) was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is considered an important example of Czech modernism. He worked towards a strong Czech identity in culture after the country became independent in 1918. His compositions include operas and orchestral works. Biography Early years Novák (baptized Viktor Novák) was born in Kamenice nad Lipou, a small town in Southern Bohemia. In 1872 the family moved to Počátky, where Novák first studied the violin with Antonín Šilhan and the piano with Marie Krejčová. After the death of his father in 1882, the family moved to Jindřichův Hradec, where Novák continued his studies at grammar school . An elementary school in the town is named after Novák today. In his late teens, he moved to Prague to study at the Prague Conservatory, changing his name to Vítězslav to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Tomášek
Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (in German: Wenzel Johann Tomaschek; 17 April 1774, Skuteč, Bohemia – 3 April 1850, Prague) was an Austrian-Bohemian, by other accounts a Czech composer and music teacher. He was known as the Musical Pope of Prague. In the words of Kenneth Delong, “Highly opinionated, often sarcastic and projecting a sense of his own importance, Tomášek's memoirs also reveal him to be deeply concerned about all things artistic and intellectual: a man of courage and idealism, unflinching in his pursuit of truth in music and in life.” Life As a pianist, he was an autodidact, becoming one of the most important piano teachers of Prague for a century. Tomášek studied violin and singing with Wolf. Until 1824 he worked as a piano teacher in aristocratic families. Afterwards he created a considerable school of music; among its most well-known pupils were Jan Voříšek, Alexander Dreyschock, Johann Friedrich Kittl and Eduard Hanslick. Tomášek made the acquaint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svitavy
Svitavy (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. It is the birthplace of Oskar Schindler and the centre of the Czech Esperanto movement. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Svitavy consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Lačnov (1,027) *Lány (5,803) *Město (518) *Předměstí (8,894) Etymology Svitavy was named after the river Svitava (river), Svitava. The river's name referred to its clear water and was derived from ''svítat'', which meant "be clear" in Old Czech. Geography Svitavy is located about southeast of Pardubice and north of Brno. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Svitava (river), Svitava River originates in the municipal territory and then flows through the town proper. A ... [...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] |
