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Březolupy
Březolupy is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. Geography Březolupy is located about northeast of Uherské Hradiště and south of Zlín. It lies in the Vizovice Highlands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Březnice River flows through the municipality. History The first written mention of Březolupy is from 1261, when it was owned by the Smilheim monastery in Vizovice. At the end of the 14th century, the village was divided into several parts with different owners. In 1480, Lords of Šarov bought all the parts and united the estate. In 1496, they sold the estate to the Lords of Kunštát. Březolupy was burned down several times in the first half of the 17th century, during the Bocskai uprising and Thirty Years' War. The village was also damaged by the Turkish raid in 1663, by the Kuruc#The great kuruc uprisings, Kuruc uprising in 1683, and by the Rákóczi's War o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Březolupy Speedway
Březolupy Speedway is the motorcycle speedway club known as Autoklub Březolupy and the track known as the Plochá dráha Březolupy, which hosts the club. The track is located in the centre of Březolupy in the Czech Republic, off the Březolupy 497. The track surrounds a football pitch. History During the 1950s a group of motor enthusiasts built a motocross circuit approximately three kilometres south of the village of Březolup but because only one meeting per year was held they wanted something more regular. The residents chose the center of the village for a speedway track and constructed it during the early 1960s before opening on 16 July 1961. Rudolf Havelka set the first track record and the venue hosted numerous rounds of the Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship. The 9 and 10 May 1964 is considered the birth of a team at the track and in 1970, the stadium added workshops and a clubhouse. The team competed in the Czech Republic Team Speedway Championship, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brezolupy
Brezolupy () is a village and municipality in Bánovce nad Bebravou District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia. History In history, historical records the village was first mentioned in 1323. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 200 metres and covers an area of 6.338 km². It has a population of about 475 people. Genealogical resources The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia" * Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1679-1895 (parish B) See also * List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia References External links Official page Villages and municipalities in Bánovce nad Bebravou District {{Trenčín-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uherské Hradiště District
Uherské Hradiště District () is a district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Uherské Hradiště. Administrative division Uherské Hradiště District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Uherské Hradiště and Uherský Brod. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Babice - Bánov - Bílovice - Bojkovice - Boršice u Blatnice - Boršice - Břestek - Březolupy - Březová - '' Buchlovice'' - Bystřice pod Lopeníkem - Částkov - Dolní Němčí - Drslavice - Hluk - Horní Němčí - Hostějov - Hostětín - Hradčovice - Huštěnovice - Jalubí - Jankovice - Kněžpole - Komňa - Korytná - Košíky - Kostelany nad Moravou - Kudlovice - Kunovice - Lopeník - Medlovice - Mistřice - Modrá - Nedachlebice - Nedakonice - Nezdenice - Nivnice - Ořechov - Ostrožská Lhota - Ostrožská Nová Ves - '' Osvětimany'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vizovice
Vizovice (; ) is a town in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Vizovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Vizovice (4,659) *Chrastěšov (192) Geography Vizovice is located about east of Zlín. It lies in the Vizovice Highlands. The highest point is a hill at above sea level. The Lutoninka River flows through the town. History The first written mention of Vizovice is from 1261, when it was owned by the newly established Smilheim monastery. During the Hussite Wars, the monastery and the village were badly damaged and looted. In 1483, the estate was acquired by the lords of Kunštát, and in 1485 the Cistercian monastery was definitely abolished. In 1567, the estate was bought by Zdeněk Kavka of Říčany, who ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of soil, dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lords Of Bucquoy
The Lords of Bucquoy were members of the feudal nobility of the Netherlands. Now part of France, the dominium of Bucquoy was inherited by many important families. The House of Longueval moved to Bohemia in ''circa'' 1620. History Bushoy, as it was called in old Dutch, was amongst the oldest lands in Artois. It was divided into two parts. Its territory was held by several major noble houses, including the House of Châtillon. Jeanne de Chatillon, daughter of Hughes and the last heiress of her line, married John I, Count of La Marche, who was lord of Bucqoy. In 1688, the dominium became a county at the request of Charles II. House of Chatillon Hugues de Chatillon **Jean de Chatillon;''married to John I, Count of La Marche'' *** Louis, Count of Vendôme **** John VIII, Count of Vendôme *****Jacques of Bourbon, Governor of Valois ******Charles de Bourbon, Lord of Bucqouy House of Sterck-Glimes Gerald Sterck, Lord of Bucquoy;married to Jossina van den Daele, Lady of Stabr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Forgách
The House of Forgách was a Hungarian people, Hungarian Nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary, noble family in Hungary which became very influential during the Ottoman wars in Europe in Royal Hungary. The family held the title of Count in Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary, granted to them on 11 May 1675. Notable members * Ferenc Forgách, Bishop of Várad (1530–1577) * Ferenc Forgách, Archbishop of Esztergom (1560–1615) * Zsigmond Forgách (1559–1621) * Ádám Forgách (1601–1681) * János Forgách (1870–1935) See also *List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary References {{DEFAULTSORT:House of Forgach Forgách family, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rákóczi's War Of Independence
Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711) was the first significant attempt to topple the rule of the Habsburgs over Royal Hungary, Hungary. The war was conducted by a group of noblemen, wealthy and high-ranking progressives and was led by Francis II Rákóczi and resigned soldiers and peasants fought alongside the noblemen. The insurrection was unsuccessful, ending with the Treaty of Szatmár; however, the Hungarian nobility managed to partially satisfy Hungarian interests. Prelude With the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, the Ottoman Empire renounced almost all of its claims to some of Ottoman Hungary, its territories, which were conquered from the medieval Kingdom of Hungary after 1526. The nobility was against Habsburg rule because the lands formerly taken away from them by the Ottomans were returned only to those who could prove their right to own the property and could pay 10% of its worth to the Habsburgs. If they failed to do so, the property went to creditors of the Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuruc
Kuruc (, plural ''kurucok''), also spelled kurutz, refers to a group of armed anti- Habsburg insurgents in the Kingdom of Hungary between 1671 and 1711. Over time, the term kuruc has come to designate Hungarians who advocate strict national independence and the term " labanc" to designate Hungarians who advocate cooperating with outside powers. The term kuruc is used in both a positive sense to mean “patriotic” and in a negative sense to mean “chauvinistic.” The term labanc is almost always used in a negative sense to mean “disloyal” or “traitorous”. This term originally referred to Habsburg troops, mainly Austrian imperial soldiers, garrisoned in Hungary. The kuruc army was composed mostly of impoverished lower Hungarian nobility and serfs, including Hungarian Protestant peasants and Slavs. They managed to conquer large parts of Hungary in several uprisings from Transylvania before they were defeated by Habsburg imperial troops. Name The word ''kuruc'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine, or disease, while parts of Germany reported population declines of over 50%. Related conflicts include the Eighty Years' War, the War of the Mantuan Succession, the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659), Franco-Spanish War, the Torstenson War, the Dutch-Portuguese War, and the Portuguese Restoration War. The war had its origins in the 16th-century Reformation, which led to religious conflict within the Holy Roman Empire. The 1555 Peace of Augsburg attempted to resolve this by dividing the Empire into Catholic and Lutheran states, but the settlement was destabilised by the subsequent expansion of Protestantism beyond these boundaries. Combined with differences over the limits of imperial authority, religion was thus an important factor in star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bocskai Uprising
The Bocskai uprising, known in Hungary as Bocskai's War of Independence () was a revolt which took place in Hungary, Transylvania and modern Slovakia during the Long Turkish War (between 1604 and 1606) against Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Rudolf II. The rebel leader was Stephen Bocskai, a Protestant Hungarians, Hungarian nobleman. The Ottoman wars had burdened the Kingdom of Hungary for years, causing famine and disease, and the armies of the Christian states had been weakened by losses to Ottoman Empire, Ottoman and Crimean Tatars, Tatar forces. Rudolf II persecuted the Protestants, and the wealthy Hungarian noblemen were falsely accused of treason. Bocskai organized the revolt and persuaded the Hungarian military Hajduks to join, defeating the imperial forces and foreign mercenaries. The Hungarian nobility, soldiers and peasants (including the minorities) joined Bocskai's Hajduk army. Although he was supported by the Ottoman Empire, the Crimean Khanate, Moldavia, Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlín
Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Corporation, Bata Shoes company and its social scheme, developed after World War I. A large part of Zlín is urbanistically and architecturally valuable and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Zlín consists of 16 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Zlín (48,317) *Prštné (3,345) *Louky (1,027) *Mladcová (2,525) *Příluky (2,931) *Jaroslavice (822) *Kudlov (2,195) *Malenovice (7,156) *Chlum (144) *Klečůvka (332) *Kostelec (1,909) *Lhotka (235) *Lužkovice (634) *Salaš (195) *Štípa (1,798) *Velíková (613) Prštné, Louky, Mladcová, Příluky, Jaroslavice, Kudlov and Malenovice are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
