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Víťazoslav Cintula
Víťazoslav Cintula (; 4 March 1848 – 22 March 1911) was a Slovak cartographer and encyclopedist. Biography Early life and education Víťazoslav Cintula was born on 4 March 1848 in the village of Borský Mikuláš into a gentry family. Like many members of the Hungarian low nobility, his father Ján Cintula worked in local administration. His mother Anna was a daughter of a wealthy landowner from a nearby village of Radošovce. While Viťazoslav was still a child, his father died, leaving his mother to take care of him and his four siblings alone. Cintula's early education took place in the local school. Between 1860 and 1866 he studied at the gymnasium in Trnava before eventually graduating from a gymnasium in Esztergom in 1868. Originally, he intended to study theology but due to persecution he suffered due to his Slovak nationality from Hungarian professors at Estergom, he opted to instead study geography at the Charles University in Prague. There are differing accounts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borský Mikuláš
Borský Mikuláš (; or ; ) is a large village and municipality in Senica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. History In history, historical records the village was first mentioned in 1394. The first mention of the village comes from the 14th century. In later times, the Hutterites immigrated here, who are reminded of the settlement called Habány. But finds from the Roman era prove that people moved in the village's territory in the first centuries of our era. Thus, in the 14th century, Borský Mikuláš is mentioned as Zenthmiklos; r. 1773 the names Bur Swatý Mikuláš, Bur Sancti Nicolai, Bur Sancti Petri, Bur-Sankt-Nicklasz, Bur-Sankt-Peter, Bur-Szent-Miklós, Bur-Szent-Péter appear; r. In 1920, the village was called Burský Svätý Mikuláš, Burský Svätý Peter; from 1960 then Borský Mikuláš and Borský Peter. The first written mention of the village comes from 1394, from the records of the newly established land administration, which supplemented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Počátky
Počátky () is a town in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. It is situated on both sides of the historical Bohemian-Moravian border. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Počátky consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Počátky (2,301) *Heřmaneč (17) *Horní Vilímeč (41) *Léskovec (25) *Prostý (31) *Vesce (90) Etymology There are springs of many watercourses in the area of Počátky. The name Počátky (literally 'beginnings' in Czech) refers to the beginnings of rivers. Geography Počátky is located about south of Pelhřimov and southwest of Jihlava. It lies in the Křemešník Highlands. The highest point is at above sea level. The stream Počátecký potok flows through the town. The territory of Počátky is rich in fishponds; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fico
Robert Fico (; born 15 September 1964) is a Slovak politician who has served as the prime minister of Slovakia since 2023. He previously served as prime minister from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018. He founded the left-wing political party Direction – Social Democracy in 1999 and has led the party since. Fico holds a record as the longest-serving prime minister in the country's history, having served for over years. First elected to parliament in 1992, he was appointed the following year to the Czechoslovak delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly to the Council of Europe. Following his party's victory in the 2006 parliamentary election, he formed his first Cabinet. His political positions have been described as populist, left-wing and conservative. After the 2010 parliamentary election, Fico served as an opposition member of parliament, effectively holding the position of the leader of the opposition. Following a motion of no confidence against the Iveta Radičová c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attempted Assassination Of Robert Fico
On 15 May 2024, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico was shot and critically injured in the central Slovak town of Handlová, in front of its House of Culture after a government meeting. He was hospitalised and stabilised after emergency surgery. The suspect, 71-year-old Juraj Cintula, was detained by police at the scene. During interrogation, he stated that he acted primarily because of the Fico government's opposition to military assistance to Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Background Fico was in his fourth term as prime minister after being elected in the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election as head of the Smer party. He had run for office on an Eurosceptic platform, halting military aid to Ukraine and pushing for friendly relations with Russia, while criticising NATO and the United States. At the time of his shooting, his cabinet was introducing proposals to eliminate a special anti-graft prosecutor and take greater control of the public broadcaster RTV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, some sources estimate daily number of people moving around the city based on mobile phone SIM cards is more than 570,000. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of the Little Carpathians, occupying both banks of the Danube and the left bank of the Morava (river), River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital to border two sovereign states. The city's history has been influenced by people of many nations and religions, including Austrians, Bulgarians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarian people, Hungarians, Jews and Slovaks. It was the coronation site and legislative center and capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783; elev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rača, Bratislava
Rača is a borough of Bratislava, Slovakia, in the Bratislava III Bratislava III (; ) is an okres (district) of Bratislava in the Bratislava Region of Slovakia. The district includes the boroughs of Nové Mesto, Bratislava, Nové Mesto, Rača (Bratislava), Rača and Vajnory. It has an area of 75 km² and 7 ... district. Names and etymology The name probably comes from the Slavic personal name ''Radša''/''Radoslav'' or the Slavic stem ''vorč-''/''vrača'' (a fence). The name was adopted by Germans as ''Rechesdorf'' (literally Rača's village, 1390). The Germanized form had been used even by the Slovaks themselves, e.g., ''Račissdorf'' (1914), ''Račištorf'' (1920-1946) except for a short period in 1920 when the official name was ''Raslavice''. In 1946, its original name ''Rača'' was restored. History Rača was mentioned for the first time in 1296 as a vineyard village under the name ''villa Racha''. In 1946, the village became a borough of Bratislava. Notes Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nové Mesto, Bratislava
Nové Mesto (meaning ''New Town'') is a borough of Bratislava, in the Bratislava III district. It is located north and north-east of the Old Town, Bratislava, Old Town. The borough also borders Rača (Bratislava), Rača, Vajnory, Ružinov, Lamač and Záhorská Bystrica boroughs. History There was no compact settlement in the Middle Ages in the cadastral area of present-day borough, and for long it had countryside character. Three roads passed throughout the area: one from Bratislava to Modra, second to Vajnory and the third to Trnava and Nitra. The Little Carpathians part was almost untouched, with the exception of upper Mlynská dolina valley. The area started to have city-like character since the 18th century from two squares, which still have word "mýto" (meaning ''toll'') in their name: Račianske mýto and Trnavské mýto, although no tolls are collected today. The parts of the city name was ''Nádorváros'' in the 19th century. Some of the factories established in the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meningitis
Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, intense headache, vomiting and neck stiffness and occasionally photophobia. Other symptoms include confusion or altered consciousness, nausea, and an inability to tolerate loud noises. Young children often exhibit only nonspecific symptoms, such as irritability, drowsiness, or poor feeding. A non-blanching rash (a rash that does not fade when a glass is rolled over it) may also be present. The inflammation may be caused by infection with viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites. Non-infectious causes include malignancy (cancer), subarachnoid hemorrhage, chronic inflammatory disease ( sarcoidosis) and certain drugs. Meningitis can be life-threatening because of the inflammation's proximity to the brain and spinal cord; therefore, the condition is classified as a medical emergency. A lumba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real School
Real school (, ) is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), Finland (''reaalikoulu''), Hungary (''reáliskola''), Latvia (''reālskola''), Slovenia (''realka''), Serbia (''realna gimnazija/realka''), and the Russian Empire (''реальное училище''), including partitioned Poland (''szkoła realna''). Germany Situation of the school In the German secondary school system, ''Realschule'' is ranked between Hauptschule (lowest) and Gymnasium (school), Gymnasium (highest). After completing the ''Realschule'', good students are allowed to attend a professional Gymnasium or a general-education Gymnasium. They can also attend a ''Berufsschule'' or do an apprenticeship. In most states of Germany, students start the ''Realschule'' at the age of ten or eleven and typically finish school at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havlíčkův Brod
Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; ) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Havlíčkův Brod consists of 14 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Havlíčkův Brod (20,151) *Březinka (67) *Herlify (93) *Jilemník (70) *Klanečná (19) *Květnov (126) *Mírovka (420) *Poděbaby (513) *Šmolovy (527) *Suchá (212) *Svatý Kříž (362) *Termesivy (251) *Veselice (55) *Zbožice (54) Jilemník and Zbožice form two exclaves of the municipal territory. Etymology The Czech word ''brod'' means ' ford'. The town was firstly named Brod and then Smilův Brod ("Smil's Ford") after its founder Smil of Lichtenburk. In the 14th century, it was renamed Německý Brod ("German Ford") because of its predominantly German population. Because of Anti-German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
