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Jindřichov (Šumperk District)
JindÅ™ichov () is a municipality and village in Å umperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. Administrative division JindÅ™ichov consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *JindÅ™ichov (697) * Habartice (68) *Nové Losiny (124) * Pusté ŽibÅ™idovice (155) Etymology The municipality is named after Heinrich (Czech: JindÅ™ich) Kaiser, the second owner of the local paper mill. Geography JindÅ™ichov is located about north of Å umperk and north of Olomouc. The southwestern part of the municipal territory with the built-up area lies in the HanuÅ¡ovice Highlands. The northeastern part of extends into the Hrubý JesenÃk mountain range and includes the highest poin of JindÅ™ichov, a contour line below the summit of the Vozka mountain at above sea level. The village of JindÅ™ichov is situated in a narrow valley of the Branná River. The nearby landscape is composed of coniferous forests, st ... [...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] |
Hanušovice Highlands
Hanušovice Highlands (, ) are highlands within the Eastern Sudetes mountain range that runs between Poland and the Czech Republic. It is named after Hanušovice town. The area is 793 km² and its average elevation is 527.2 meters. The highest peak is Jeřáb with above sea level. The highlands mostly consists of crystallized slate and Paleozoic folded sediments with Neogene and Quaternary The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), as well as the current and most recent of the twelve periods of the ... sediments in lower parts. Isolated rocks often occur on highland peaks. Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic Sudetes Geography of the Moravian-Silesian Region Highlands {{MoraviaSilesia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zábřeh
ZábÅ™eh (; ) is a town in Å umperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. Administrative division ZábÅ™eh consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *ZábÅ™eh (12,982) *Dolnà BuÅ¡Ãnov (37) *HnÄ›vkov (203) *PivonÃn (66) *Václavov (191) Dolnà BuÅ¡Ãnov and HnÄ›vkov form two Enclave and exclave, exclaves of the municipal territory. Etymology The name ''ZábÅ™eh'' is derived from , meaning "behind the riverbank". It is a reference to the river which flows through the town. The former German name ''Hohenstadt'' means "high town". Geography ZábÅ™eh is located about southwest of Å umperk and northwest of Olomouc. The eastern half of the municipal territory lies in the Mohelnice Depression lowland and the second half lies on the hillside of the ZábÅ™eh Highlands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Moravská Sázava River flows through the south of the town. ObornÃk pon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruda Nad Moravou
Ruda nad Moravou () is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. Administrative division Ruda nad Moravou consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Ruda nad Moravou (1,025) *Bartoňov (114) *Hostice (Ruda nad Moravou), Hostice (415) *Hrabenov (671) *Radomilov (96) *Štědrákova Lhota (78) Etymology The origin of the name is connected with iron ore mining; ''ruda'' means 'ore' in Czech. The name appeared first in Latin as ''Ferreus Mons'' and in German as ''Eisenberg'', both meaning 'iron mountain'. From 1880, the municipality is named Ruda nad Moravou, literally "Ore above the Morava (river)" to distinguish from other places with the same name. Geography Ruda nad Moravou is located about west of Šumperk and northwest of Olomouc. The Morava (river), Morava River flows through the municipality. The built-up area around the Morava is located mainly in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JesenÃk
JesenÃk (; until 1947 Frývaldov (); , ) is a spa town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 10,000 inhabitants. Administrative division JesenÃk consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *JesenÃk (8,869) *Bukovice (1,546) *DÄ›tÅ™ichov (128) Etymology The original name of JesenÃk was Freiwaldau/Frývaldov, deriving from German ''frei vom Walde'', meaning "free from the woods". The name first appeared in Latin documents under the name ''Vriwald'' and later as ''Vrowald, Vrienwalde'' and ''Freynwalde''. The Czech name of Frývaldov was a phonetic transcription of the German name. After World War II, the town was renamed along with many other towns containing German elements in their names. It is named after the surrounding mountains, which are called Hrubý JesenÃk#Etymology, Hrubý JesenÃk or JesenÃky. Geography JesenÃk is located about north of Olomouc, in the historical land of Czech Silesia. It lies a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Głuchołazy
Głuchołazy ( ; , also known by other names) is a historic town in southwestern Poland with approximately 13,534 inhabitants as of 2019. It is located within the Nysa County of Opole Voivodeship (province), near the border with the Czech Republic, and is the administrative seat of Gmina Głuchołazy. Geography The town is located in the historic Lower Silesia region on the northern slopes of the Opawskie Mountains, in the valley of the Bělá River. , it has 13,534 inhabitants. Symbol and etymology Głuchołazy has a canting arms – the shield features a goat's head in reference to its former name ''Koziaszyja'' (in Polish), ''Ziegenhals'' (in German) and ''Capricolium'' (in Latin), which literally means "goat's neck". Other archaic Polish name for the town is ''Cygenhals''. The Czech name ''Hlucholazy'' and regional Silesian Guchołazy are also used by their native speakers. History The settlement in the episcopal Duchy of Nysa within fragmented Poland was established abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prussia
Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, expanding its size with the Prussian Army. Prussia, with its capital at Königsberg and then, when it became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, History of Berlin, Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany. Prussia formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by 1932 Prussian coup d'état, an emergency decree transferring powers of the Prussian government to German Chancellor Franz von Papen in 1932 and ''de jure'' by Abolition of Prussia, an Allied decree in 1947. The name ''Prussia'' derives from the Old Prussians who were conquered by the Teutonic Knightsan organized Catholic medieval Military order (religious society), military order of Pru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consisted of two sovereign states with a single monarch who was titled both the Emperor of Austria and the King of Hungary. Austria-Hungary constituted the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the Habsburg monarchy: it was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War, following wars of independence by Hungary in opposition to Habsburg rule. It was dissolved shortly after Dissolution of Austria-Hungary#Dissolution, Hungary terminated the union with Austria in 1918 at the end of World War 1. One of Europe's major powers, Austria-Hungary was geographically the second-largest country in Europe (after Russian Empire, Russia) and the third-most populous (afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branná (river)
Branná (until 1949 Kolštejn; ) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Geography Branná is located about north of Šumperk and north of Olomouc. It lies in the northern part of the Hanušovice Highlands. The highest point is a hill at above sea level. The village of Branná is situated on a rocky cliff above the Branná River. History Branná (that time known under the name ''Goldenstein/Kolštejn'') was founded around 1282 as a settlement on an old trade route to Silesia. The first written mention of the Kolštejn Castle is from 1325. The castle was probably built in 1308–1310. After the Battle of White Mountain, Kolštejn was confiscated from its owners and acquired by the House of Liechtenstein. During their rule, the town and the castle lost their importance. In 1918, the municipality acquired the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contour Line
A contour line (also isoline, isopleth, isoquant or isarithm) of a Function of several real variables, function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value, so that the curve joins points of equal value. It is a cross-section (geometry)#Definition, plane section of the graph of a function of two variables, three-dimensional graph of the function f(x,y) parallel to the (x,y)-plane. More generally, a contour line for a function of two variables is a curve connecting points where the function has the same particular value. In cartography, a contour line (often just called a "contour") joins points of equal elevation (height) above a given level, such as mean sea level. A contour map is a map illustrated with contour lines, for example a topographic map, which thus shows valleys and hills, and the steepness or gentleness of slopes. The contour interval of a contour map is the difference in elevation between successive contour lines. The gradient of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrubý JesenÃk
Hrubý JesenÃk (sometimes called High Ash Mountains in English; or ''Hohes Gesenke'', ) is a mountain range and geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian regions. It is the second highest mountain range in the Czech Republic. Etymology According to the most probable theory, the name has its origin in the word ''jasan'', i.e. ' ash'. ''JesenÃk'' (respectively ''Jesenný potok'') was first the name of a stream that flowed through an ash forest in a valley. The name was Germanized to ''Gesenke'' (i.e. 'slope') and used as a name of a small town that was founded in the valley (but later disappeared), and then it was transferred first to the valley, and then to the whole mountain range. Later the name was changed back to Czech ''JesenÃk''. JesenÃky (plural form of JesenÃk) is a collective term for an area that includes the mountain ranges of Hrubý JesenÃk (literally 'rough JesenÃk') and Nà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olomouc
Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (river), Morava River, the city is the ecclesiastical metropolis and was a historical co-capital city of Moravia, before having been occupied by the Military of the Swedish Empire, Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War. The historic city centre is well preserved and is protected as Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. The Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, Holy Trinity Column was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 for its quintessential Baroque architecture, Baroque style and symbolic value. Administrative division Olomouc consists of 26 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Olomouc (13,446) *BÄ›lidla (834) *ÄŒernovÃr (1,010) *Chomoutov (1,070) *Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
