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Častolovice
Častolovice (german: Častolowitz, Tschastolowitz) is a market town in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. It lies around from Hradec Králové History In around 1280, a Gothic keep was built here by a noble family, later named Lords of Častolovice. The first written mention of Častolovice is from 1342, when the village was promoted to a market town by John of Bohemia. Between 1588 and 1615, the fortress was rebuilt into a Renaissance castle. From 1694 until the World War II, Častolovice was owned by the Sternberg family. In 1992, the castle was returned to the family. Sights The main sight of Častolovice is the Častolovice Castle. The castle is open to the public and includes a mini-zoo and an English park The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (french: Jardin à l'anglaise, it, Giardino all'inglese, german: Englischer Landschafts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region ( cs, Královéhradecký kraj, ; pl, Kraj hradecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové. The region neighbours the Pardubice Region in the south, the Central Bohemian Region in the south-west, and the Liberec Region in the west. It also shares a 208 km long international border with Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship in the north and the east. Administrative divisions After the state administration reform took place (1 January 2000); the Hradec Králové Region is divided into 5 districts: As for area, Trutnov District is the largest taking almost one fourth of the entire region's territory, followed by the Rychnov nad Kněžnou District with 21% and as for the three remaining districts each has about 18%. As of 2003, 15 municipalities with extended powers and 35 municipalities with a delegated municipal off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rychnov Nad Kněžnou District
Rychnov nad Kněžnou District ( cs, okres Rychnov nad Kněžnou) is a district (''okres'') within Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the town of Rychnov nad Kněžnou. List of municipalities Albrechtice nad Orlicí - Bačetín - Bartošovice v Orlických horách - Bílý Újezd - Bohdašín - Bolehošť - Borohrádek - Borovnice - Bystré - Byzhradec - ''Častolovice'' - Čermná nad Orlicí - Černíkovice - České Meziříčí - Čestice - Chleny - Chlístov - Deštné v Orlických horách - Dobřany - Dobré - Dobruška - '' Doudleby nad Orlicí'' - Hřibiny-Ledská - Jahodov - Janov - Javornice - Kostelec nad Orlicí - Kostelecké Horky - Kounov - Králova Lhota - Krchleby - Kvasiny - Lhoty u Potštejna - Libel - Liberk - Lično - Lípa nad Orlicí - Lukavice - Lupenice - Mokré - Nová Ves - Očelice - Ohnišov - Olešnice - Olešnice v Orlických horách - Opočno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Pelikán (chess Player)
Jiří (Jorge) Pelikán ( Častolovice, 23 April 1906 – Chacabuco, July 1984) was a Czech-Argentine chess master. In 1935, Jiří Pelikán tied for 2nd-4th in Luhačovice ( Karel Opočenský won) then won in Prague (12th Kautsky memorial). In 1936, he tied for 7-8th in Poděbrady (Salo Flohr won). In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in Novi Sad (Vasja Pirc won). In 1936, he won in Prague (13th Kautsky memorial). In 1937, he took 5th in Bad Elster (Ludwig Rellstab and Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1937, he took 8th in Prague as Paul Keres won. He played for Czechoslovakia (known as the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia in 1939) in three Chess Olympiads: at olimpbase.org * In 1935, first reserve board at the 6th Olympiad in |
Městys
Městys (or, unofficially or obsolete, městečko (literally "small town")), translated as "market town", is a status conferred on certain municipalities in the Czech Republic, lying in terms of size and importance higher than that of simple '' obec'' (municipality), but lower than that of ''město'' (city, town). Historically a ''městys'' was a locality which had the right to stage livestock markets (and some other "extraordinary" and annual markets), and it is therefore translated as "market town". The term went out of official use in Czechoslovakia in 1954, but was reintroduced in the Czech Republic in 2006. As of September 2020, there are 228 municipalities on which the status of ''městys'' has been re-admitted. In all cases, these are municipalities that have requested the return of their former title. This title has not been newly awarded to any municipality that would not have it in the past, the law does not even set any specific criteria for it, only procedural competen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Rychnov Nad Kněžnou District
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Landscape Garden
The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (french: Jardin à l'anglaise, it, Giardino all'inglese, german: Englischer Landschaftsgarten, pt, Jardim inglês, es, Jardín inglés), is a style of " landscape" garden which emerged in England in the early 18th century, and spread across Europe, replacing the more formal, symmetrical French formal garden which had emerged in the 17th century as the principal gardening style of Europe. The English garden presented an idealized view of nature. Created and pioneered by William Kent and others, the “informal” garden style originated as a revolt against the architectural garden and drew inspiration from paintings of landscapes by Salvator Rosa, Claude Lorrain, and Nicolas Poussin.Bris, Michel Le. 1981. ''Romantics and Romanticism.'' Skira/Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. New York 1981. 215 pp. age 17Tomam, Rolf, editor. 2000. ''Neoclassicism and Romanticism: Architec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million Military personnel, personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Air warfare of World War II, Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance Architecture
Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance architecture followed Gothic architecture and was succeeded by Baroque architecture. Developed first in Florence, with Filippo Brunelleschi as one of its innovators, the Renaissance style quickly spread to other Italian cities. The style was carried to Spain, France, Germany, England, Russia and other parts of Europe at different dates and with varying degrees of impact. Renaissance style places emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry and the regularity of parts, as demonstrated in the architecture of classical antiquity and in particular ancient Roman architecture, of which many examples remained. Orderly arrangements of columns, pilasters and lintels, as well as the use of semici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Of Bohemia
John the Blind or John of Luxembourg ( lb, Jang de Blannen; german: link=no, Johann der Blinde; cz, Jan Lucemburský; 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346), was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland. He is well known for having died while fighting in the Battle of Crécy at age 50, after having been blind for a decade. In his home country of Luxembourg he is considered a national hero. Comparatively, in the Czech Republic (anciently the Kingdom of Bohemia), Jan Lucemburský is often recognized for his role as the father of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, one of the more significant Kings of Bohemia and one of the leading Holy Roman Emperors. Early life John was the eldest son of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret of Brabant, who was the daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. Born in Luxembourg, raised in Paris, John was French by education, but deeply involved in the politics of Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation, the wider centre is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Hradec Králové is made up of 21 city parts: *Březhrad *Hradec Králové *Nový Hradec Králové *Kukleny *Malšova Lhota *Malšovice *Moravské Předměstí *Piletice *Plácky *Plačice *Plotiště nad Labem *Pouchov *Pražské Předměstí *Roudnička *Rusek *Slatina *Slezské Předměstí *Svinary *Svobodné Dvory *Třebeš *Věkoše Etymology The city was originally named Hradec, which is a diminutive of ''hrad'' (i.e. "castle"). Later, when it was owned by Bohemian queens, the Králové attribute (from ''král, královna'', i.e. "king, queen") was added. So the name literally means "queen's castle". Geography Hradec Kr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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