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Chotěboř
Chotěboř (; ) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Chotěboř consists of nine municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Chotěboř (7,540) *Bílek (266) *Dobkov (113) *Klouzovy (69) *Počátky (136) *Příjemky (165) *Rankov (139) *Střížov (124) *Svinný (235) Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Chotěbor. There was the Chotěbor's manor, owned probably by the noble Chotěbor of Vchynice. Geography Chotěboř is located about northeast of Havlíčkův Brod and north of Jihlava. It lies in the Upper Sázava Hills. The highest point is the hill Fiedlerův kopec at above sea level. The Doubrava (river), Doubrava River flows along the eastern municipal border. There are several fishponds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havlíčkův Brod District
Havlíčkův Brod District () is a district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Havlíčkův Brod. Administrative division Havlíčkův Brod District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Havlíčkův Brod, Chotěboř and Světlá nad Sázavou. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bačkov - Bartoušov - Bělá - Bezděkov - Bojiště - Boňkov - Borek - Břevnice - Čachotín - Čečkovice - '' Česká Bělá'' - Chotěboř - Chrtníč - Chřenovice - Číhošť - Dlouhá Ves - Dolní Krupá - Dolní Město - Dolní Sokolovec - Druhanov - Golčův Jeníkov - Habry - '' Havlíčkova Borová'' - Havlíčkův Brod - Herálec - Heřmanice - Hněvkovice - Horní Krupá - Horní Paseka - Hradec - Hurtova Lhota - Jedlá - Jeřišno - Jilem - Jitkov - Kámen - Kamenná Lhota - Klokočov - Knyk - Kochánov - Kojetín - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doubrava (river)
The Doubrava is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Vysočina Region, Vysočina, Pardubice Region, Pardubice and Central Bohemian Region, Central Bohemian regions. It is long. Etymology The Czech word ''doubrava'' means 'oak forest' (derived from ''dub'' = 'oak'). However, the name did not express the character of the entire stream (that the river would flow through oak forests), but this type of name was most often created according to the groups of trees that grew at its mouth. Characteristic The Doubrava originates in the territory of Radostín (Žďár nad Sázavou District), Radostín on the border between the Křižanov Highlands and Upper Sázava Hills, at an elevation of . The river has three marked springs, lying close to each other. Due to human activity (draining marshes and regulating water courses), the yield of the springs has changed over time, and it is not clear which spring is the main one. The Doubrava flows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matěj Vydra
Matěj Vydra (, born 1 May 1992) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Czech First League club Viktoria Plzeň. Vydra previously played for FC Chotěboř, Vysočina Jihlava, Baník Ostrava, Club Brugge, Udinese, Watford, Derby County and Burnley. He spent two loan spells at Watford. Club career Vydra joined Baník Ostrava from Vysočina Jihlava in January 2010 at the age of 17 for 20 million CZK (€765,000). He spent six months at Baník Ostrava, where he scored four goals in 14 matches. Udinese In June 2010, Vydra moved to Serie A side Udinese and was also voted by sports journalists the Czech Revelation of the Year for his performances at Baník Ostrava in the 2009–10 season. He joined Club Brugge on loan in August 2011 but returned to Udinese having played just two games due to an injury. Watford (loan) In July 2012, it was confirmed he had been loaned to Watford for the 2012–13 season. Vydra scored his first goal for Watford when he netted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Richard
Fritz Richard (born Josef Richard Löwit; 17 November 1869 – 9 February 1933) was an Austrian actor and theatre director. Fritz Richard was born as Josef Richard Löwit in Chotěboř, Austria-Hungary into a Jewish family. Richard trained as a stenographer and took acting lessons in Vienna at the Pauline Loewe Theatre School. His first engagement as a stage actor was in Mülheim in 1886. He then appeared at various Austrian and German provincial theatres. From Metz in 1905 his path took him to Berlin, where he mainly worked at the Deutsches Theater and the Lessing Theater. He was part of Max Reinhardt's ensemble. He was particularly successful in Karl Schönherr's ''Der Weibsteufel and as Jedermann''. From 1913 Richard also took part in numerous silent films. Richard married his fellow student Friederike Raithel in 1898, who later also became an actress under the name Frida Richard. Richard died in Berlin shortly after Adolf Hitler came to power. After his death, rumours circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Sláma (politician)
Dr. František Sláma (3 November 1850 in Chotěboř – 25 April 1917 in Brno) was a Czech writer, traveller, lawyer and politician. He is known as the first person who spread the knowledge about Silesia to the Czech lands. He came to Silesia in 1882 when began working as a judge in Cieszyn, the centre of the Duchy of Teschen. He then decided to travel across the Silesian territory, as he was fascinated by local history and traditions. His travels are documented in his most known book ''Vlastenecké putování po Slezsku'' (Patriotic Journeys through Silesia). He was also a deputy in the Bohemian Diet in Prague from 1895 to 1907, and in the Austrian House of Deputies in Vienna from 1891 to 1911. Sláma was active in the Young Czech Party The Young Czech Party (, officially National Liberal Party, ''Národní strana svobodomyslná'') was formed in the Bohemian crown land of Austria-Hungary in 1874. It initiated the democratization of Czech political parties and led to the es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvín Bayer
Edvín Bayer (anglicized as Edwin Bayer; 17 February 1862 – 17 March 1927) was a botanist from Bohemia and later Czechoslovakia. He worked at the National Museum in Prague as curator and later the head of the department of botany. He specialised in lichens and paleobotany (the study of plant fossils). Biography Bayer was born in Chotěboř, where his father was a notary. His brother Karel Bayer (1854–1930) became a prominent professor of surgery. He went to the local school before going in 1874 to the Prague gymnasium. In 1882 he joined the German University in Prague to study law but moved to the Czech University in Prague two years later to graduate in the natural sciences in 1888. From 1887, he served as an assistant in the botanical collections of the Museum of the Kingdom of Bohemia under professor Ladislav Josef Čelakovský. In 1891, he earned a doctorate in philosophy, and the following year he was appointed assistant at the botanical institute of the Czech unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohuslav Šťastný
Bohuslav Šťastný (born 23 April 1949) is a Czech retired professional ice hockey player. He played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Pardubice (now part of the Czech Extraliga). He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1976 Canada Cup team, and was a silver medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medalist at the 1972 Winter Olympics. References External links * * * * 1949 births Living people Czech ice hockey left wingers Czechoslovak ice hockey left wingers ESV Kaufbeuren players Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics HC Dynamo Pardubice players People from Chotěboř Ice hockey people from the Vysočina Region Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in West Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignát Herrmann
Ignát Herrmann (12 August 1854 in Chotěboř – 8 July 1935 in Řevnice) was a Czech novelist, satirist and editor. He sometimes used the pseudonym ''Vojta Machatý, Švanda''. The thirteenth child of a solicitor's copyist, he attended school in Hradec Králové, then in 1868 travelled to Prague to begin a career in retail. He worked for several companies, from 1873 for the publisher Otto-Verlag, for whom he became a courtroom reporter. From 1876 to 1878 he edited the satirical magazine ''Paleček''; in 1882 he founded his own, ''Švanda dudák'', which he edited almost continuously until 1930. He worked for several years at a law firm before becoming, in 1885, editor of the ''Národní listy'', for which he had been an administrator. From 1888 he was chairman of the "May Society" of Czech authors ('' Májovci''). He edited the first edition (1892-4) of the complete works of Jan Neruda Jan Nepomuk Neruda (Czech: �jan ˈnɛpomuk ˈnɛruda 10 July 1834 – 22 August 1891) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Kratochvílová
Gabriela Lašková (née Kratochvílová; born 11 February 1990) is a Czech model, anchor, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Czech Miss 2013 and represented Czech Republic at Miss Universe 2013 Miss Universe 2013 was the 62nd Miss Universe pageant, held at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Moscow, Russia, on 9 November 2013. At the end of the event, Olivia Culpo of the United States crowned Gabriela Isl .... From 2014 until 2023, she was an anchor of the main news program on the Czech TV station Prima. Czech Miss 2013 The ninth edition of the Czech Miss beauty contest occurred on 23 March 2013 at the Karlín Musical Theatre. Throughout the evening, ten finalists performed in traditional disciplines such as a swimsuit walk, but also in non-traditional disciplines of the competition. References 1990 births Living people Czech beauty pageant winners Miss Universe 2013 contestants Czech female models People from Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Zohorna
Tomáš Zohorna (born 3 January 1988) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He is currently under contract with Banes Motor České Budějovice in the Tipsport Extraliga ledního hokeje (TELH). He has two brothers, Radim and Hynek. They are hockey players too, they used to play for HC Kometa Brno. He played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Drummondville Voltigeurs. Undrafted by a National Hockey League club, he turned professional with HC Pardubice in the Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga () is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created in 1993 following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia midway through the 1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season (which all Slovak and ... during the 2007–08 Czech Extraliga season. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links * 1988 births Amur Khabarovsk players Czech ice hockey forwards Drummond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vysočina Region
The Vysočina Region (; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Jihlava. The region is located in the central part of the country. It is one of just three in the country (the others being Prague and the Central Bohemian Region) which does not have a border with a foreign country. The Vysočina Region is home to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the most in any region in the Czech Republic. Administrative divisions The Vysočina Region is divided into 5 districts: On a lower level, the region has 704 municipalities, second-most in the country behind the Central Bohemian Region. Geography The region is located in the central part of the Czech Republic, partly in the southeast of the historical region of Bohemia and partly in the southwest of the historical region of Moravia. The entire Vysočina Region is located in the nature region of Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, from whose colloquial name ''vysočina'' (meaning "the highlands") the region got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
