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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) *Bělidla (834) *Černovír (1,010) *Chomoutov (1,070) *Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olomouc District
Olomouc District () is a district in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Olomouc. Administrative division Olomouc District is divided into four administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Olomouc, Litovel, Šternberk and Uničov. List of municipalities Cities and towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Babice - Bělkovice-Lašťany - Bílá Lhota - Bílsko - Blatec - Bohuňovice - Bouzov - Bukovany - Bystročice - Bystrovany - Červenka - Charváty - Cholina - Daskabát - Dlouhá Loučka - Dolany - Doloplazy - Domašov nad Bystřicí - Domašov u Šternberka - Drahanovice - '' Dub nad Moravou'' - Dubčany - Grygov - Haňovice - Hlásnice - Hlubočky - Hlušovice - Hněvotín - Hnojice - Horka nad Moravou - Horní Loděnice - Hraničné Petrovice - Huzová - Jívová - Komárov - Kozlov - Kožušany-Tážaly - Krčmaň - Křelov-Břuchotín - Liboš - Lipina - Lipin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olomouc Region
Olomouc Region (; , ; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia (''Morava'') and in a small part of the historical region of Czech Silesia (''České Slezsko''). It is named for its capital Olomouc. Olomouc region borders with the Moravian-Silesian Region (in the east), Zlín Region (in the south-east), South Moravian Region (in the south-west) and Pardubice Region (in the west). Furthermore, the region shares a 104 km long border with Poland (in the north). Administrative divisions The Olomouc Region is divided into 5 districts: On the territory of the region there are 13 administrative districts of municipalities with extended powers and 20 administrative districts of municipalities with authorized local authority. Population In January 2024 the population of the Olomouc Region totalled 632,864 inhabitants. As of 2019, 50.3% of region's population lived in municipalities with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Trinity Column In Olomouc
The Holy Trinity Column () in Olomouc, in the Czech Republic is a Baroque monument ( Trinity column) that was built between 1716 and 1754. The main purpose was to celebrate the Catholic Church and faith, partly caused by feeling of gratitude for ending a plague, which struck Moravia (now in the Czech Republic) between 1713 and 1715. The column was also understood to be an expression of local patriotism, since all artists and master craftsmen working on this monument were Olomouc citizens, and almost all depicted saints were connected with the city of Olomouc in some way. It is the biggest Baroque sculptural group in the Czech Republic. In 2000 it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "one of the most exceptional examples of the apogee of central European Baroque artistic expression". History According to the ICOMOS evaluation of this patrimony, "the erection of Marian (plague) columns on town squares is an exclusively Baroque, post-Tridentine, phenomenon. Its ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravia
Moravia ( ; ) is a historical region in the eastern Czech Republic, roughly encompassing its territory within the Danube River's drainage basin. It is one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The medieval and early modern Margraviate of Moravia was a crown land of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from 1348 to 1918, an imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1004 to 1806, a crown land of the Austrian Empire from 1804 to 1867, and a part of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918. Moravia was one of the five lands of First Czechoslovak Republic, Czechoslovakia founded in 1918. In 1928 it was merged with Czech Silesia, and then dissolved in 1948 during the abolition of the land system following the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état, communist coup d'état. Its area of 22,623.41 km2 is home to about 3.0 million of the Czech Republic's 10.9 million inhabitants. The people are historically named Moravians, a subgroup of Czechs, the other group being calle ... [...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] |
Statutory City (Czech Republic)
In the Czech Republic, a statutory city () is a municipal corporation that has been granted city status by Act of Parliament. It is more prestigious than the simple title ' ("town"), which can be awarded by the Cabinet of the Czech Republic, cabinet and Chair of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, chair of the Chamber of Deputies to a municipality which applies for it. Differences of statutory city Statutory city status is partially ceremonial; the mayor is called ', rather than the ' of other municipalities. Statutory cities are allowed to subdivide into self-governing city boroughs (sg. ') or city parts (sg. ') with their own elected councils; such a statutory city has to issue a statute (') that delimits power to boroughs. However, only seven statutory cities have done so. Cities Brno, Plzeň, Ústí nad Labem and Pardubice are divided into city boroughs, and Liberec has only one city borough with rest of the city being administered directly. Brn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bystřice (Morava)
The Bystřice is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Morava (river), Morava River. It flows through the Olomouc Region, Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian Region, Moravian-Silesian regions. It is long. Etymology The name of the river is derived from the Czech word ''bystrá'', which used to mean 'fast-flowing', 'rapid'. Characteristic The Bystřice originates in the territory of Ryžoviště in the Nízký Jeseník range at an elevation of and flows to Olomouc, where it enters the Morava River at an elevation of . It is long. Its drainage basin has an area of . The average discharge near the mouth is 1.88 m3/s. The tributaries of the Bystřice are only short streams. The longest tributaries of the Bystřice are: Flow The most notable settlement on the river is the city of Olomouc. The river flows through the municipal territories of Ryžoviště, Lomnice (Bruntál District), Lomnice, Dětřichov nad Bystřicí, Moravský Beroun, Hraničné Petrovice, Domašov n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskava (river)
The Oskava is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Morava (river), Morava River. It flows through the Olomouc Region. It is long. Etymology The name has its root in the Old High German word ''Askaha'', which meant 'Fraxinus, ash forest'. Characteristic The Oskava originates in the territory of Oskava in the Hanušovice Highlands at an elevation of and flows to Olomouc, where it enters the Morava River at an elevation of . It is long. Its drainage basin has an area of . The average discharge at its mouth is . The longest tributaries of the Oskava are: Only the lower course of the river (starting from the confluence with the Oslava) is designated as a "significant watercourse" according to the law that defines the care of the water course. Settlements The most notable settlement on the river is the town of Uničov. The river also briefly flows in the territory of the city of Olomouc before its confluence with the Morava. The river flows through the municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morava (river)
The Morava () is a river in Central Europe, a left tributary of the Danube. It is the main river of Moravia historical region in the Czech Republic, which derives its name from the river. The Morava originates on the Králický Sněžník mountain in the north-eastern corner of Pardubice Region, near the border between the Czech Republic and Poland and has a vaguely southward trajectory. The lower part of the river's course forms the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia and then between Austria and Slovakia. Etymology The root of the river's name, ''mor-'', is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word for 'water', 'marsh', from which the Latin word ''mare'' arose. The suffix ''-ava'' is a Slavic form of the Proto-Germanic word ''ahwa'', meaning 'water', 'river'. The name of the river was first documented as ''Maraha'' in an 892 deed. The river gave its name to the entire historical land of Moravia, yet the oldest surviving record of the land (from 822) is older than the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Morava Valley
The Upper Morava Valley () is a lowland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Olomouc and Zlín regions. Its name is derived from the Morava river that forms the axis of the territory. Geomorphology The Upper Morava Valley is a mesoregion of the Western Outer Subcarpathia within the Outer Subcarpathia. It is a trench depression, filled with Neogene and Quaternary sediments. The lowland is further subdivided into the microregions of Holešov Plateau, Prostějov Uplands, Central Moravian Floodplain and Uničov Plateau. The area is poor in peaks. It is the largest real plain in the territory of the Czech Republic, in which the inclination of the slopes consistently does not exceed 1°. The highest peak is Horka (also called Šumvaldská horka) at above sea level. Geography The territory is elongated from north to south. The maximum length is and the width is almost . The lowland has an area of and an average elevation of . The territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nízký Jeseník
Nízký Jeseník (, ) is a flat highland and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc Region, Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian Region, Moravian-Silesian regions. Nízký Jeseník is the largest Czech geomorphological mesoregion, and is known for the former volcanic activity. Etymology According to the most probable theory, the name has its origin in the word ''jasan'', i.e. 'Fraxinus, ash'. ''Jeseník'' (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 ''Jeseník''. Jeseníky (plural form of Jeseník) is a collective term for an area that inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of The Czech Republic
Districts of the Czech Republic are territorial units, formerly used as second-level administrative divisions of the Czech Republic. After their primary administrative function has been abolished in 2003, they still exist for the activities of specific authorities and as statistical units. Their administrative function was moved to selected municipalities. Establishment In 1960, Czechoslovakia was re-divided into districts (''okres'', Grammatical number, plural ''okresy''), often without regard to traditional division and local relationships. In the area of the Czech Republic, there were 75 districts; the 76th Jeseník District was split from Šumperk District in 1996. Three consisted only of the Statutory city (Czech Republic), statutory cities of Brno, Ostrava and Plzeň, which gained the status of districts only in 1971; Ostrava and Plzeň districts were later expanded. The capital city of Prague has a special status, being considered a municipality and region at the same time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
