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Libochovice Portal 80314
Libochovice () is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,400 inhabitants. Administrative division Libochovice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Libochovice (2,813) *Dubany (189) *Poplze (389) Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Liboch (in old Czech known as Ľuboch), meaning "the village of Liboch's people". Geography Libochovice is located about south of Litoměřice and south of Ústí nad Labem. It lies in an agricultural landscape in the Lower Ohře Table. The Ohře River flows through the town. History The first written mention of Libochovice is from 1336, when it was described as a market town with a fortress. In 1560, Libochovice became a town. The first Jews came into the town probably in the second half of the 15th century. From the second half of the 16th century there was a strong Jewish community, but most of them died during the H ... [...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] |
Česká Lípa
Česká Lípa (; ) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 37,000 inhabitants, making it the most populated Czech town without city status. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Česká Lípa consists of 14 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Česká Lípa (33,028) *Častolovice (109) *Dobranov (383) *Dolní Libchava (551) *Dubice (407) *Heřmaničky (40) *Lada (258) *Manušice (90) *Okřešice (68) *Písečná (83) *Stará Lípa (331) *Vítkov (95) *Vlčí Důl (28) *Žizníkov (419) Etymology The word Lípa means 'lime tree'. The settlement was probably founded near some old memorial lime tree. Later it was renamed ''Lipá'' (adjective from Lípa). After the German name ''Böhmisch Leipa'' ('Bohemian Lipá') appeared, the Czech name Česká Lípa was derived from it. Geography Česká Lípa is located about west of Liberec and north of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities And Towns In The Czech Republic
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agreed definition of the lower boundary for their size. In a narrower sense, a city can be defined as a permanent and densely populated place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organizations, and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving the efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Kopta
Josef Kopta (16 June 1894 in Libochovice, Bohemia – 3 April 1962 in Prague) was a Czech writer and journalist. Before World War I, Kopta worked as a bank clerk. In 1914 he was sent to the Eastern front, in 1915 taken prisoner and later joined Czechoslovak Legions in Russia. After the war he worked as a journalist in newspapers ''Národní osvobození'' and ''Lidové noviny''. In 1919 Kopta started to write poetry, without having much of success. During the 1920s and 1930s he, together with František Langer and Rudolf Medek represented literary form concentrated on the Legions (''legionářská literatura''). Kopta's short novels and stories were the most successful of his writing. Kopta concentrates on common people dragged into the war and on psychology of characters during the warfare and post-war life. His characters enthusiastically support the national cause and are usually suspicious of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Before and after World War II, Kopta published seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Prague
The office of Mayor of Prague was established in 1784. In that year, under Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II, the four previously independent neighbouring communities of Malá Strana, Nové Město, Staré Město, and Hradčany were merged into a single entity. Since 1945, the mayor resides and presides in the New City Hall (Prague), New City Hall (on Mariánské náměstí, Mariánské Square), completed in 1911. Burgomasters of the Royal City of Prague (1784–1882) Mayors of the Royal City of Prague (1882–1918) Mayors of Prague (1918–present) References External links *{{Commons category-inline, Mayors of Prague Mayors of Prague, Lists of mayors of places in the Czech Republic, Prague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Vacek
Václav Vacek (11 September 187718 January 1960) was a Czech communist politician. He served as a Senator in the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia and after the Prague Uprising as the Mayor of Prague. He was also a founding member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia after the schism in Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party in 1921. Legacy The Prague Metro station Roztyly was named after him until the revolution In political science, a revolution (, 'a turn around') is a rapid, fundamental transformation of a society's class, state, ethnic or religious structures. According to sociologist Jack Goldstone, all revolutions contain "a common set of elements ... in 1989. References External links Official website of City of Prague 1877 births 1960 deaths People from Libochovice Mayors of Prague Communist Party of Czechoslovakia politicians Charles University alumni 20th-century Czech writers Czechoslovak writers {{CzechRepublic-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliška Purkyňová
Eliška Purkyňová (16 November 1868 – 22 October 1933) was a Czechoslovakian politician. In 1920 she was one of the first group of women elected to the Chamber of Deputies. Biography Purkyňová was born Alžběta Josefa Čapková in Libochowitz in 1868. In 1915 she became head of the Central Association of Czech Women, and was a member of the bord of trustees of the Reform Gymnasium in Vinohrady. Following the independence of Czechoslovakia at the end of World War I, she began working for the Ministry of Social Welfare. Having briefly served in the in 1920 as a replacement for , Purkyňová was a Czechoslovak National Democracy (CND) candidate for the Chamber of Deputies in the 1920 parliamentary elections, and was one of sixteen women elected to parliament.Aleš Ziegler (2011Úloha ţen v prvních československých parlamentních volbách roku 1920 pp85, 93–94, 101 After being elected, she served as vice-chair of the Bohemian provincial branch of the CND. She initia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berta Fanta
Berta Fanta (née Sohr; May 19, 1865 – December 18, 1918), was a literary and intellectual figure from Prague. She was at the centre of the Prague intelligentsia with a "salon" meeting at her house. Life Berta was born in 1865 to a well-off Jewish family in the small town of Libochovice (Libochowitz). Her birthplace is located near Prague, and while it was located in the Austrian Empire at the time of her birth, it is currently located in the Czech Republic. While of Jewish descent, in her adult life, she was uninterested in Judaism and lacked knowledge of traditional Jewish customs. However, she spent most of her life in Prague, where her husband was a prominent pharmacist. The salon In Prague, Berta Fanta was the hostess of a prominent and famous literary and philosophic salon. The salon was called Cafe Louvre, the name of its first venue. Later, the salon was hosted at the Fanta's house. In the two decades before World War I, many prominent individuals attended Fanta's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ábrahám Lederer
Abraham Lederer (; January 9, 1827, Libochovice, Bohemia – September 17, 1916, Budapest) was an educator and writer in Austria-Hungary. Life He was born in Libochovice, Bohemia. In 1840 he went to Prague, where he studied at the Teachers' Seminary and at the university. In 1853 he taught at Břeclav, Moravia and in 1854 he accepted the post of director of the Jewish school at Tata, Hungary, whence he was called to the ''Israelitische Musterschule'' in 1857, becoming in the following year director of the Israelitic Teachers' Seminary at Budapest. Lederer contributed much to pedagogics in general, and to the training of Jewish teachers in Hungary in particular. He was the founder and organizer of the Jewish normal school (''"Landes-Präparandie"''), of the Jewish National Teachers' Association, of the national pedagogical museum, of the Women's Industrial Association, and of the vacation colony for children. In 1869 the government commissioned him to translate Hungarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Evangelista Purkyně
Jan Evangelista Purkyně (; also written Johann Evangelist Purkinje) (17 or 18 December 1787 – 28 July 1869) was a Czech anatomist and physiologist. In 1839, he coined the term " protoplasma" for the fluid substance of a cell. He was one of the best known scientists of his time. Such was his fame that when people from outside Europe wrote letters to him, all that they needed to put as the address was "Purkyně, Europe". Biography Purkyně was born in the Kingdom of Bohemia (then part of the Austrian monarchy, now Czech Republic). After completing senior high school in 1804, Purkyně joined the Piarists order as a monk but subsequently left "to deal more freely with science." In 1818, Purkyně graduated from Charles University in Prague with a degree in medicine, where he was appointed a Professor of Physiology. He discovered the Purkinje effect, the human eye's much reduced sensitivity to dim red light compared to dim blue light, and published in 1823 description of several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libochovice Castle
Libochovice Castle () is a castle in the centre of Libochovice town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It is one of the most significant early Baroque castles in the country. For its value, it is protected as a Cultural monument (Czech Republic), national cultural monument. Today the castle is owned by the state and offers guided tours. The castle boasts with the collections of tapestries, glass and porcelain. In 1787, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, a major Czech scientist and a scholar, was born in Libochovice Castle. History During the Gothic period, there was a fortress at the place of recent castle, and at the year 1550 was listed as deserted. In 1560, the ruins were rebuilt into a castle. In the 17th century, one hundred years after Libochovice was declared the town by Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand I, there was a huge fire, which destroyed almost half of the town. However, it was not for the first time. The town underwent three fires altogether, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
