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Líbeznice
Líbeznice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,200 inhabitants. Etymology The name is derived from the surname Líbezný, meaning "the village of Líbezný's people". The word ''líbezný'', from which the surname arose, means 'lovely' in Czech. Geography Líbeznice is located about north of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table. The highest point is at above sea level. History The first written mention of Líbeznice is in a document from 1236 issued by King Wenceslaus I. In 1294, the village was divided between the Vyšehrad Chapter and Metropolitan Chapter at Saint Vitus in Prague, which lasted for more than 100 years. Among the next notable owners of Líbeznice was King George of Poděbrady and Old Town of Prague. From 1652 until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1848 (with a short break in the 1660s), the village was a property of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondřej Hutník
Ondřej Hutník (born February 19, 1983) is a retired Czech Muay Thai kickboxer. He is a former SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship title challenger. Biography and career On December 30, 2011, Hutník defeated Mohamed Boubkari and Frank Munoz, respectively, to win the Enfusion Kickboxing Tournament '11 at -95 kg in Prague, Czech Republic. He defeated Pacome Assi by unanimous decision at ''Nitrianska Noc Bojovnikov'' in Nitra, Slovakia on October 27, 2012. On November 9, 2013, he defeated Massinissa Hamaili in a SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Title Eliminator bout. He challenged Andrei Stoica for the vacant SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship (-95 kg/209 lb) at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final in Galați, Romania on December 21, losing by unanimous decision. On November 19, 2016 in Marseille, France Ondrej Hutnik defeats Fabrice Aurieng by KO in round 4 with spinning backfist and becomes a new World Kickboxing Network super heavyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague-East District
Prague-East District ( cs, okres Praha-východ) is a district (''okres'') within the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative seat is in Prague. The most populated town of the district is Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav. List of municipalities Babice - Bašť - Borek - Bořanovice - Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav - Brázdim - Březí - Čelákovice - Černé Voděrady - Čestlice - Dobročovice - Dobřejovice - Doubek - Dřevčice - Dřísy - Herink - Hlavenec - Horoušany - Hovorčovice - Hrusice - Husinec - Jenštejn - Jevany - Jirny - Kaliště - Kamenice - Káraný - Klecany - Klíčany - Klokočná - Konětopy - Konojedy - Kostelec u Křížků - Kostelec nad Černými lesy - Kostelní Hlavno - Kozojedy - Křenek - Křenice - Křížkový Újezdec - Kunice - Květnice - '' Lázně Toušeň'' - Lhota - Líbeznice - Louňovice - Máslovice - Měšice - Mirošovice - Mnichovice - Modletice - Mochov - Mratín - Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenceslaus I Of Bohemia
Wenceslaus I ( cs, Václav I.; c. 1205 – 23 September 1253), called One-Eyed, was King of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253. Wenceslaus was a son of Ottokar I of Bohemia and his second wife Constance of Hungary. Marriage and children In 1224, Wenceslaus married Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, third daughter of Philip of Swabia, King of Germany, and his wife Irene Angelina. Wenceslaus encouraged large numbers of Germans to settle in the villages and towns in Bohemia and Moravia. Stone buildings began to replace wooden ones in Prague as a result of the influence of the new settlers. Wenceslaus and Kunigunde had five known children: * Vladislaus III of Moravia (c. 1228 – 3 January 1247) *Ottokar II of Bohemia (c. 1230 – 26 August 1278) *Beatrice (c. 1231 – 27 May 1290), who married Otto III of Brandenburg *Agnes (died 10 August 1268), who married Henry III of Meissen *A daughter who died young Early reign On 6 February 1228, Wenceslaus was crowned as co-ruler of the Kingdom o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Česká Lípa
Česká Lípa (; german: Böhmisch Leipa) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 37,000 inhabitants and it is the most populated town of the Czech Republic without city status. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts The villages of Častolovice, Dobranov, Dolní Libchava, Dubice, Heřmaničky, Lada, Manušice, Okřešice, Písečná, Stará Lípa, Vítkov, Vlčí Důl and Žizníkov are administrative parts of Česká Lípa. Geography Česká Lípa lies about west of Liberec and north of Prague. The Ploučnice River flows through the town, approximately from its source. The highest point of the municipal territory is Špičák with an altitude of . History The old town of Česká Lípa was built near a ford on the Ploučnice where a Slavonic colony existed from the 10th century. The current territory of the town was permanently settled around the 13th century. The first writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D8 Motorway (Czech Republic)
D8 motorway ( cs, Dálnice D8) is a highway in the Central and North Bohemian region of the Czech Republic. It connects Prague through Ústí nad Labem with the German border at Petrovice and the Bundesautobahn 17 at Bad Gottleuba, leading to Dresden. It forms part of the major European route E55 and the Pan-European Corridor IV. Segments The first sections of the highway running from the Prague Ring to the Lovosice junction were opened between 1990 and 2000; the northwestern segment leading from Ústí nad Labem to the German border was completed on 21 December 2006, including the longest tunnel in the Czech Republic, the long Panenská tunnel. Another long section from Ústí nad Labem to Řehlovice was opened in 1988 in the course of the construction of the R63 expressway. Works on remaining long segment between Řehlovice and Lovosice were delayed for several years due to numerous protests and appeals by the Děti Země environmental movement against the route tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nostitz Family The House of Nostitz is the name of an old and important Silesian aristocratic family, whose members occupied many important positions within Holy Roman Empire and later in Austria, Bohemia and Germany. History The family was named after Nostitz in Saxony, with its history dating back to 1280 in Oberlausitz, today's Germany. They reigned over the Imperial County of Rieneck from 1673 when it was purchased by Count Johann Hartwig of Nostitz-Rieneck (1610-1683) until 1803 when they sold it to the Princes of Colloredo-Mansfeld. Apart from No |
