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Karl Ernstberger
Karl Ernstberger (25 September 1887 in Malovice – 25 November 1972 in Nuremberg) was a German Bohemian architect active in western Bohemia, predominantly in Karlovy Vary. Life Ernstberger had studied at the Art Academy in Vienna, under professor Otto Wagner. After the studies he worked for architect Leopold Bauer and helped to design buildings of Austro-Hungarian National Bank in Vienna, Priesnitz spa (''Sanatorium Priessnitz'') in Lázně Jeseník and commerce chamber house in Opava. In 1913 he became independent architect (together with Kilian Köhler). Their designs for the government building (Landtag) in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) in Bukowina and for the National Library and Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria obtained awards. At the beginning World War I Ernstberger was sent to the Eastern Front and a member of a Kaiserjäger (mountain infantry) unit and participated in the Battle of Galicia. In 1917 he was made the leader of a group building monuments of fallen soldiers (''Denkm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Front (World War I)
The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater, of World War I, was a theater (warfare), theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between Russian Empire, Russia and Kingdom of Romania, Romania on one side and Austria-Hungary, Kingdom of Bulgaria, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and German Empire, Germany on the other. It ranged from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, involved most of Eastern Europe, and stretched deep into Central Europe. The term contrasts with the Western Front (World War I), Western Front, which was being fought in Belgium and French Third Republic, France. Unlike the static warfare on the Western Front, the fighting on the geographically larger Eastern Front was maneuver warfare, more dynamic, often involving the flanking and encirclement of entire formations, and resulted in over 100,000 square miles of territory becoming occupied by a foreign power. At the start of the war Russia launched offensives agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modernism
Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and social issues were all aspects of this movement. Modernism centered around beliefs in a "growing Marx's theory of alienation, alienation" from prevailing "morality, optimism, and Convention (norm), convention" and a desire to change how "social organization, human beings in a society interact and live together". The modernist movement emerged during the late 19th century in response to significant changes in Western culture, including secularization and the growing influence of science. It is characterized by a self-conscious rejection of tradition and the search for newer means of cultural expressions, cultural expression. Modernism was influenced by widespread technological innovation, industrialization, and urbanization, as well as the cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. Other characteristics of Art Nouveau were a sense of dynamism and movement, often given by asymmetry or whiplash lines, and the use of modern materials, particularly iron, glass, ceramics and later concrete, to create unusual forms and larger open spaces.Sembach, Klaus-Jürgen, ''L'Art Nouveau'' (2013), pp. 8–30 It was popular between 1890 and 1910 during the Belle Époque period, and was a reaction against the academicism, eclecticism and historicism of 19th century architecture and decorative art. One major objective of Art Nouveau was to break down the traditional distinction between fine arts (especially painting and sculpture) and applied arts. It was most widely used in interior design, graphic arts, furniture, glass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Černošín
Černošín (; ) is a town in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. Administrative division Černošín consists of nine municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Černošín (897) *Krásné Údolí (45) *Lažany (10) *Lhota (0) *Ostrovce (34) *Pytlov (23) *Třebel (26) *Víchov (91) *Záhoří (5) Etymology The name of the town is probably derived from the personal name Černoš, who was a local lord. Geography Černošín is located about east of Tachov and west of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Vlčí hora at above sea level. The Mže River flows along the southern municipal border. Its tributary, the stream Kosový potok, forms the western municipal border near Třebel and Záhoří, before it merges with the Mže just outside the territory of Černošín. History The first written mention of Černošín is from 1155, but this document has not been pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planá U Mariánských Lázní
Planá may refer to places in the Czech Republic: *Planá (České Budějovice District), a municipality and village in the South Bohemian Region *Planá (Tachov District), a town in the Plzeň Region *Planá nad Lužnicí, a town in the South Bohemian Region *Planá, a village and part of Hromnice in the Plzeň Region *Planá, a village and part of Klučenice in the Central Bohemian Region *Chodová Planá, a market town in the Plzeň Region *Horní Planá Horní Planá (; ) is a town in Český Krumlov District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Administrative division Horní Planá consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according ..., a town in the South Bohemian Region See also * Plana (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Plana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horšovský Týn
Horšovský Týn (; ) is a town in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. Administrative division Horšovský Týn consists of 20 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Borovice (25) *Dolní Metelsko (87) *Hašov (23) *Horní Metelsko (41) *Horšov (169) *Kocourov (31) *Malé Předměstí (1,936) *Město (396) *Nová Ves (41) *Oplotec (48) *Plzeňské Předměstí (528) *Podhájí (0) *Podražnice (51) *Semošice (167) *Svatá Anna (2) *Svinná (4) *Tasnovice (74) *Valdorf (23) *Velké Předměstí (1,030) *Věvrov (19) The urban core is formed by Malé Předměstí, Město, Plzeňské Předměstí and Velké Předměstí. Etymology The Old Czech word ''týn'' is related to English 'Town#Origin and use, town'. It was a term for a fortified s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stříbro
Stříbro (; ) is a town in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre with the Renaissance Stříbro bridge is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Stříbro consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Stříbro (7,134) *Butov (13) *Jezerce (30) *Lhota u Stříbra (89) *Milíkov (80) *Otročín (37) *Těchlovice (136) Etymology The Czech name derives from 'silver' (), which used to be mined there. The German name ''Mies'' comes from the name of the Mže river. Geography Stříbro is located about east of Tachov and west of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Jirná at above sea level. The Mže River flows through the town. The confluence of the Mže and Úhlavka rivers is located on the southern outskirts of the town. A part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland became part of Nazi Germany, while the country lost further territories to First Vienna Award, Hungary and Trans-Olza, Poland (the territories of southern Slovakia with a predominantly Hungarian population to Hungary and Zaolzie with a predominantly Polish population to Poland). Between 1939 and 1945, the state ceased to exist, as Slovak state, Slovakia proclaimed its independence and Carpathian Ruthenia became part of Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary, while the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was proclaimed in the remainder of the Czech Lands. In 1939, after the outbreak of World War II, former Czechoslovak President Edvard Beneš formed Czechoslovak government-in-exile, a government-in-exile and sought recognition from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galicia (Central Europe)
Galicia may refer to: Geographic regions * Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain ** Gallaecia, a Roman province ** The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia ** The medieval Kingdom of Galicia ** The Republic of Galicia, which only lasted for a few hours on 27 June 1931 * Galicia (Eastern Europe), a historical region in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine ** The Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia or Kingdom of Rus, a medieval kingdom ** The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, a crown land of the Austrian Empire and later the Austrian half (Cisleithania) of Austria-Hungary ** West Galicia or New Galicia, a short-lived administrative region of the Austrian Empire, eventually merged into the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ** The District of Galicia, part of the Nazi General Government during the World War II occupation of Poland Named after Spanish Galicia * Galicia, Aklan, a barangay in Panay, Philippines * Nuev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Tyrol
The (Princely) County of Tyrol was an Imperial State, estate of the Holy Roman Empire established about 1140. After 1253, it was ruled by the House of Gorizia and from 1363 by the House of Habsburg. In 1804, the County of Tyrol, unified with the German Mediatisation, secularised prince-bishoprics of Prince-Bishopric of Trent, Trent and Prince-Bishopric of Brixen, Brixen, became a crown land of the Austrian Empire. From 1867, it was a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary. Today the territory of the historic crown land is divided between the Italy, Italian autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. The two parts are today associated again in the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion. History Establishment At least since King Otto I of Germany had conquered the former Kingdom of the Lombards, Lombard Kingdom of Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire), Italy in 961 and had himself crowned Holy Roman emperor in R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runkelstein Castle
Runkelstein Castle (; ) is a medieval fortification on a rocky spur in the territory of Ritten, near the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy. In 1237 Alderich Prince-Bishopric of Trent, Prince-Bishop of Trent gave the brothers Friedrich and Beral Lords of Wangen permission to construct a castle on the rock then called ''Runchenstayn''. History In 1277 it was damaged during a siege by Meinhard II of Tirol, who after winning the war against Heinrich Prince-Bishop of Trent, entrusted the castle to Gottschalk Knoger of Bozen. In 1385 the Niklaus and Franz Vintler wealthy merchant brothers from Bozen bought the castle. Niklaus was counselor and financier of the German Tyrol, Count of Tyrol, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, which allowed them to buy the castle, a type of residence unfitting – in those times – for people of their rank. The brothers Vintler commissioned a vast restructuring of the castle: a new defence wall, moat, a cistern and more rooms were built. In 1390 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
