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Vavřinec (other)
Vavrinec or Vavřinec may refer to: Places Czech Republic *Vavřinec (Blansko District), a municipality and village in the South Moravian Region *Vavřinec (Kutná Hora District), a municipality and village in the Central Bohemian Region Slovakia *Vavrinec, Vranov nad Topľou District, a municipality and village in the Prešov Region People Surname *Mirka Vavrinec, Swiss tennis player *Fan Vavřincová, Czech screenwriter and writer Given name *Vavrinec Benedikt of Nedožery, Slovak mathematician and writer *Vavrinec Dunajský, Slovak sculptor *Vavřinec Hradilek, Czech slalom canoeist *Lawrence of Březová (), Czech writer *Wenzel Lorenz Reiner (), Bohemian painter See also * *Saint Lawrence, called Vavřinec in Czech and Vavrinec in Slovak * St. Laurent (grape) *Lawrence (given name) Lawrence is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the French language, French ''Laurent_(name), Laurent'', which is in turn derived from the Latin ''Laurentius'' or Old Greek ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavřinec (Blansko District)
Vavřinec is a municipality and village in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Vavřinec lies approximately north-east of Blansko, north of Brno, and south-east of Prague. Administrative division Vavřinec consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Vavřinec (390) *Nové Dvory (40) *Punkevní žleb (5) *Suchdol (135) *Veselice (274) Demographics References External links * Villages in Blansko District {{SouthMoravia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavřinec (Kutná Hora District)
Vavřinec is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Administrative division Vavřinec consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Vavřinec (187) *Chmeliště (319) *Žíšov (85) Etymology The village was named after the patron of the original Romanesque church that stood here – Saint Lawrence (). Geography Vavřinec is located about west of Kutná Hora and southeast of Prague. It lies in the Upper Sázava Hills. The highest point is the hill Dubina at above sea level. The Výrovka River flows through the municipality and supplies the Vavřinecký Pond, which is the largest body of water in the district. There are also several other fishponds. History The first written mention of Vavřinec is from 1318. The settlement and the local church were founded in the 14th century by monks from the Sázava Monastery. Demographics Transpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavrinec, Vranov Nad Topľou District
Vavrinec (, until 1899: ; ) is a village and municipality in Vranov nad Topľou District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1363. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 285 metres and covers an area of 5.447 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 about 65 people. References External links * * Villages and municipalities in Vranov nad Topľou District Šariš {{Prešov-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Vavrinec
Miroslava "Mirka" Federer (born Miroslava Vavrincová on 1 April 1978, later Miroslava Vavrinec) is a Swiss former professional tennis player of Slovak origin. She is married to tennis player Roger Federer, having first met him at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She retired from professional tennis in 2002 due to a persistent foot injury. By the time she closed her career, she was a top-100 ranked player. Early life and tennis career Born in Bojnice (then Czechoslovakia), Miroslava emigrated to Switzerland when she was two years old. In 1987, when she was nine, her father took her to watch a tournament at Filderstadt in Germany. Mirka met Martina Navratilova, who thought she looked athletic and should try tennis. Navratilova later sent her a racquet and arranged for her first tennis lesson. In 2002, she teamed up with Roger Federer in the Hopman Cup. Her best Grand Slam performance was in 2001, when she reached the third round of the US Open. Monica Seles defeated her twice. How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan Vavřincová
Fan Vavřincová (17 November 1917 – 16 December 2012) was a Czech screenwriter, novelist, and author. Her credits as a screenwriter include the early 1970s television series, '' Taková normální rodinka''. In addition to screenwriting, Vavřincová authored novels, often written specifically for girls, as well as short stories, detective stories, thrillers, and mysteries. Among her most well-known novels is ''Eva tropí hlouposti'' (1934), which was adapted into the 1939 film by the same name (directed by Martin Frič). Vavřincová was born Věra Němotová in Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consist ..., on 17 November 1917. She began writing when she was a sixteen-year-old high school student. She married her husband, a businessman, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavrinec Benedikt Of Nedožery
Vavrinec Benedikt of Nedožery (, or ''Nudožerinus'', , ; 10 August 1555, Nedožery – 4 June 1615, Prague) was a mathematician, teacher, poet, translator, and philologist from the Kingdom of Hungary who settled in Bohemia. Biography He studied in Jihlava and Prague. From 1604 he was active at the University of Prague where he taught classical philology and later mathematics. He was the dean and vice-rector of the university. He was involved in the development of Czech humanism. He was the author of the first systematic Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ... grammar (''Grammaticae Bohemicae ad leges naturalis methodi conformatae, et notis numerisque illustratae ac distinctae, libri duo'', 1603). He also drew attention to Slovak as a distinct language and urge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavrinec Dunajský
Vavrinec Dunajský (born 15 July 1784 in Ľubietová, died 15 February 1833 in Budapest) was a Slovak sculptor. He is most famous for his work called the statue of Corgoň at The Canon House in Nitra. Vavrinec Dunajský also built the main altar in The Church of the Holy Cross with its picturesque figurines of the Virgin Mary and Magdalene in Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t .... References External links Corgoň statue {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunajsky, Vavrinec 19th-century Slovak sculptors 1784 births 1833 deaths People from Banská Bystrica District Sculptors from the Austrian Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavřinec Hradilek
Vavřinec Hradilek (; born 10 March 1987) is a Czech slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2003. Hradilek competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the K1 event he finished seventh in the qualification round, thus progressing to the semifinals. In the semifinals he finished eleventh, failing to reach the final round. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he won a silver medal in the K1 event. He recorded a time of 94.78 seconds in the final which was only beaten by Daniele Molmenti (93.43 s). He also started in the C2 event with Stanislav Ježek where they finished ninth after being eliminated in the semifinals. Hradilek won eight medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (K1: 2013; K1 team: 2009, 2015; Extreme K1: 2017), three silvers (K1: 2010, K1 team: 2014, 2019) and a bronze (K1 team: 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Of Březová
Lawrence of Březová (; around 1370 – around 1437) was a Czech writer of Hussite period, author of ''Carmen insignis Corone Bohemie'' and ''Historia Hussitica''. He wrote in Czech and Latin. He was a historian of the Hussite movement. His works are usually regarded as more or less reliable. Life Lawrence was born in Březová, today a part of Úmonín near Kutná Hora. Date of birth, and death are not known exactly (date of birth around 1370, last documented day of his life is 6 July 1437.) He was a lower nobleman. He studied at Prague University where he gained his bachelor's degree in 1389 and master's degree in 1394. In 1391, he was ordained by Pope Boniface IX, at an uncanonical age of twenty, and consequently on 17 May 1391 the Pope assigned him to the parish of Louny. In the 1390s he started his service at the side of the King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (probably until his death in 1419). He was also a supporter of the Hussites. He was an opponent of Sigismund Koryb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenzel Lorenz Reiner
Wenzel Lorenz Reiner (; 8 August 1686 or 1689 – 9 October 1743) was a Baroque painter who lived and died in Prague, Bohemia Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic .... Gallery File:Wenzel Lorenz Reiner (^) - David mit dem Haupt des Goliath - 2296 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg, ''David with the head of Goliath'' File:KirchenschiffOssegg.jpg, Nave with ceiling painting by Wenzel Lorenz Reiner in the monastery church in Ossegg External links Short biographyGallery 1689 births 1743 deaths German Bohemian people 18th-century German painters 18th-century German male artists German male painters Czech painters Czech male painters Czech baroque painters Painters from Prague {{CzechRepublic-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence or Laurence (; 31 December 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the Persecution of Christians, persecution of the Christians that the Roman Empire, Roman emperor Valerian (emperor), Valerian ordered in 258. Life Lawrence is thought to have been born on 31 December AD 225, in Huesca (or less probably, in Valencia), the town from which his parents came in the later region of Aragon that was then part of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis. The martyrs Orentius (Modern Spanish: ) and Patientia (Modern Spanish: ) are traditionally held to have been his parents.Sts. Orentius and Patientia Catholic Online Lawrence encountered the future Pope Sixtus II, a famous teacher born in Greece, in Caesa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
