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Sázava (town)
Sázava (, ) is a town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,900 inhabitants. Administrative division Sázava consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Sázava (2,716) *Bělokozly (102) * Čeřenice (80) *Černé Budy (762) *Dojetřice (59) Geography Sázava is located about northeast of Benešov and southeast of Prague. It lies is a hilly landscape, the eastern part of the municipal territory belongs to the Benešov Uplands and the western part belongs to the Vlašim Uplands. Most of the built-up area is situated around bends of the Sázava River. History The settlement was founded around the Sázava Monastery, established in 1032 and destroyed in the Hussite Wars in 1421. The first written mention of the village near the monastery called Černé Budy, which is the oldest part of the town, is from 1053. The municipal name of Sázava is modern. Demographics Economy The eas ... [...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] |
Benešov Uplands
The Benešov Uplands or Benešov Hills () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region. It belongs to the largest mesoregions in the country. It is named after Benešov, which is the most populated town in the territory. Geomorphology The Benešov Uplands is a mesoregion of the Central Bohemian Hills within the Bohemian Massif. It is a rugged hilly area with erosional denudation relief, tectonically disturbed, with distinct structural ridges and inselbergs. The uplands are further subdivided into the microregions of Březnice Uplands and Dobříš Uplands. There are a lot of medium-high hills. The highest peaks are located in the southwestern part of the territory. The highest peaks of the Benešov Uplands are: *Stráž, *Pteč, *Hrby, *Špalková hora, *Drahenický vrch, *Levín, *Vraneč, *Kozí vrch, *Mumlin, *Holý vrch, Geography The Benešov Uplands stretches from southwest to nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Voskovec
Jiří Voskovec () (born Jiří Wachsmann; June 19, 1905 – July 1, 1981), known in the United States as George Voskovec, was a Czech-American actor. Throughout much of his career, he was associated with actor and playwright Jan Werich. In the U.S., he is known for his role as the polite Juror #11 in the 1957 film '' 12 Angry Men''. Life and career Voskovec was born as Jiří Wachsmann in Sázava in Bohemia to Jiřina Valentina Marie ( Pinkasová) and Václav Vilém Eduard ( Voskovec; later Wachsmann). He had two siblings, Mrs. Olga Adriena Kluckaufová and Dr. Prokop Voskovec. His granduncle was Bedřich Wachsmann and his cousin was Alois Wachsman, both painters and architects. Another uncle was Austrian painter Julius Wachsmann (1866–1936). He immigrated to the US in 1939 and again in 1948 with the onset of the National Socialist and Stalinist regimes, respectively, in Czechoslovakia. He attended school in Prague and Dijon, France. In 1927, together with Werich, he jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otomar Korbelář
Otomar Korbelář (3 November 1899 – 30 November 1976) was a Czech film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1931 and 1976. Selected filmography * '' Grand Hotel Nevada'' (1935) * '' The Lantern'' (1938) * '' Pacientka Dr. Hegla'' (1940) * ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deliverance
''Deliverance'' is a 1972 American thriller film directed and produced by John Boorman from a screenplay by James Dickey, who adapted it from his own 1970 novel. It follows four businessmen from Atlanta who venture into the remote northern Georgia wilderness to see the Cahulawassee River before it is dammed, only to find themselves in danger from the area's inhabitants and nature. It stars Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. ''Deliverance'' was a critical and commercial success. It earned three Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe Award nominations, and grossed $46.1 million on a budget of $2 million. It became a popular culture landmark for a scene featuring Cox's character playing "Dueling Banjos" on guitar with a banjo-picking country boy, and garnered notoriety for a scene in which Beatty's character is brutally raped by a mountain man. In 2008, it was selected for preservation in the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ledeč Nad Sázavou
Ledeč nad Sázavou (; until 1921 Ledeč) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,700 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Ledeč nad Sázavou consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Ledeč nad Sázavou (3,985) *Habrek (201) *Horní Ledeč (486) *Obrvaň (91) *Souboř (45) Geography Ledeč nad Sázavou is located about northwest of Havlíčkův Brod and northwest of Jihlava. The southern part of the municipal territory with the town proper lies in the Křemešník Highlands and the northern part extends into the Upper Sázava Hills. The highest point is the hill Ostojovka at above sea level. The Sázava (river), Sázava River flows through the town. History The first written mention of Ledeč is from 1181, when it was written about ... [...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] |
Sázava Monastery
Sázava Monastery () is a former Benedictine abbey and a monastery in Bohemia (Czech Republic), established by Bretislaus I, Duke of Bohemia around 1032. It is situated some 30 km southeast of Prague, on the right bank of the eponymous Sázava (river), Sázava river, a right tributary of the Vltava. The town of Sázava (town), Sázava (Benešov District) grew around the monastery. The monastery is notable, long after its foundation by St Procopius of Sázava, for having followed the Byzantine Rite in the Church Slavonic language, Old Church Slavonic liturgical language in the 11th century. It was forcibly transferred to the Latin Church, Latin rite in 1097, but remained a monastery until its destruction during the Hussite Wars in 1421. It was again re-established as part of the re-catholization of Bohemia under History of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (1648–1867), Habsburg rule in 1664 and finally Suppression of monasteries, dissolved under the policy of Josephinism i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sázava (river)
The Sázava () is a river in the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Vltava River. It flows through the Vysočina Region, Vysočina and Central Bohemian Region, Central Bohemian regions. It is long, making it the List of rivers of the Czech Republic, 6th longest river in the Czech Republic. Etymology The first written mention of the river is from 1045, when it was called ''Zazoa'' in a Latin text. Other early spellings of the name were ''Zazaua'' and ''Sassava''. There are several theories about the origin of the name. One of the more likely theories says that the name could be derived from the Proto-Slavic language, Proto-Slavic verb ''sadjati'' (modern Czech ''sázet, usazovat''), meaning "to sediment", "to sink to the bottom". According to another theory, the name has its basis in the Celtic word ''sathá'', which meant "grove, forest", as well as "swarming, flickering". Characteristic The Sázava originates in Cikháj in the Upper Svratka Highlands at an elevation of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlašim Uplands
Vlašim (; ) is a town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. Vlašim is known for the Vlašim Castle and its English park. Administrative division Vlašim consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Vlašim (9,990) *Bolina (408) *Domašín (618) *Hrazená Lhota (57) *Nesperská Lhota (80) *Polánka (28) *Znosim (103) Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Vlašim, meaning "Vlašim's (property)". Geography Vlašim is located about southeast of Benešov and southeast of Prague. It lies in the Vlašim Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Blanice River flows through the town. Climate Vlašim's climate is classified as humid continental climate (Köppen: ''Cfb''; Trewartha: ''Dobk''). Among them, the annual average temperature is , the hottest month in August is , and the coldest month is in January. The annual precipitation is , o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regions Of The Czech Republic
Regions of the Czech Republic ( ; singular ) are higher-level territorial self-governing units of the Czech Republic. History The first regions (''kraje'') were created in the Kingdom of Bohemia in the 14th century. At the beginning of the 15th century, Bohemia was already divided into 12 regions, but their borders were not fixed due to the frequent changes in the borders of the estates. During the reign of George of Poděbrady (1458–1471), Bohemia was divided into 14 regions, which remained so until 1714, when their number was reduced to 12 again. From 1751 to 1850, after the four largest regions were divided, the kingdom consisted of 16 regions. Between 1850 and 1862, there were several reforms and the number of regions fluctuated between 7 and 13. Due to the parallel establishment of political districts in 1848, however, their importance declined. In 1862, the regions were abolished, although the regional authorities had some powers until 1868. Moravia was divided into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
