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Friedrich Weinwurm
Friedrich Weinwurm (30 August 1885 – 1942) was a Slovak architect. He was the key figure of Slovak modernist architecture. Biography Fridrich Weinwurm was born on 30 August 1885 in the village of Borský Mikuláš to a German speaking Jewish family. His father was, Nathan Weinwurm owned a brickworks, and his mother Josefine () was a housewife. His birth name was formally recorded as Alfred József Weinwurm. Weinwurm was educated at the Lycee in Bratislava and the studied architecture at Technische Hochschule in Berlin and Dresden. In March 1916 he married Josefine "Fani" Wasservogel. After serving in the World War I, they settled in Bratislava and had two children – Juraj (born 1917) and Eva (born 1922). Early career In the early years of his career, Weinwurm worked as an independent architect in Bratislava. Due to his German education, his outlook differed from the majority of architect trained in Prague or Budapest. Weinwurm skillfully exploited the novelty of his ideas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borský Mikuláš
Borský Mikuláš (; or ; ) is a large village and municipality in Senica District in the Trnava Region of western Slovakia. History In history, historical records the village was first mentioned in 1394. The first mention of the village comes from the 14th century. In later times, the Hutterites immigrated here, who are reminded of the settlement called Habány. But finds from the Roman era prove that people moved in the village's territory in the first centuries of our era. Thus, in the 14th century, Borský Mikuláš is mentioned as Zenthmiklos; r. 1773 the names Bur Swatý Mikuláš, Bur Sancti Nicolai, Bur Sancti Petri, Bur-Sankt-Nicklasz, Bur-Sankt-Peter, Bur-Szent-Miklós, Bur-Szent-Péter appear; r. In 1920, the village was called Burský Svätý Mikuláš, Burský Svätý Peter; from 1960 then Borský Mikuláš and Borský Peter. The first written mention of the village comes from 1394, from the records of the newly established land administration, which supplemented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brno
Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 100 largest cities of the European Union. The Brno metropolitan area has approximately 730,000 inhabitants. Brno is the former capital city of Moravia and the political and cultural hub of the South Moravian Region. It is the centre of the Judiciary of the Czech Republic, Czech judiciary, with the seats of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, and a number of state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilava
Ilava (, ) is a town in the Trenčín Region, northwestern Slovakia. Name The name is of uncertain origin. The historic medieval names were ''Lewe'', ''Lewa'' (the same historic name as Levice), ''Lewa de cidca fluviom Vag'', later ''Ilava''. The form ''Illava'' is known from the 19th century and was used after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. Demographics According to the 2001 census, the town had 5,441 inhabitants. 98.1% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 0.9% Czech people, Czechs and 0.1% Romani people, Roma and Hungarian people, Hungarians. The religious makeup was 87.2% Roman Catholics, 7.9% people with no religious affiliation, and 1.2% Lutherans. Notable people * Ivan Baranka (born 1985), ice hockey player * Mária Bieliková (born 1966), computer scientist * Hana Burzalová (born 2000), racewalker * Radoslav Ďuriš (born 1974), wheelchair curler * Artur Gajdoš (born 2004), association footballer * Katrina Grey (born 1991), actress * Marcel Hossa (born 1981), ice ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Czechoslovakia
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Comintern. Between 1929 and 1953, it was led by Klement Gottwald. The KSČ was the sole governing party in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic though it was a leading party along with the Slovak branch and four other legally permitted non-communist parties. After its election victory in 1946, it seized power in the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état and established a one-party state allied with the Soviet Union. Nationalization of virtually all private enterprises followed, and a command economy was implemented. The KSČ was committed to the pursuit of communism, and after Joseph Stalin's rise to power Marxism–Leninism became formalized as the party's guiding ideology and would remain so throughout the rest of its existence. Consequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolperstein Für Friedrich Weinwurm
A (; plural ) is a concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. Literally, it means 'stumbling stone' and metaphorically 'stumbling block'. The project, initiated by the German artist Gunter Demnig in 1992, aims to commemorate persons at the last place that they chose freely to reside, work or study (with exceptions possible on a case-by-case basis) before they fell victim to Nazi terror, forced euthanasia, eugenics, deportation to a concentration or extermination camp, or escaped persecution by emigration or suicide. , 100,000 have been laid, making the project the world's largest decentralized memorial. The majority of commemorate Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Others have been placed for Sinti and Romani people (then also called "gypsies"), Poles, homosexuals, the physically or mentally disabled, Jehovah's Witnesses, black people, members of the Communist Party, the Social Democratic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
