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Osoblaha
Osoblaha (; , ) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Etymology The Czech name of the village came from Latin names of two local watercourses, Osobloga, Osoblaha and Planá, in Latin ''Ossa'' and ''Plavia''. The German name "Hotzenplotz" was derived from German ''Holzen Platz'' (literally "wooden place") and has its origin in oak forests in the area. It served the German writer Otfried Preußler for naming his famous children's book character of "The Robber Hotzenplotz". Geography Osoblaha is located about north of Bruntál and south of Opole. It lies in the Osoblažsko microregion on the border with Poland. It lies in the Głubczyce Plateau, Opava Hilly Land. The Osobłoga, Osoblaha River flows through the municipality and the Prudnik (river), Prudnik connects it near the Czech-Polish border. In the territory of Osoblaha lies the former village of Studnice, which was abandoned ...
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Osoblažsko
Osoblažsko (literally ''Osoblaha Region'', , ) is a microregion in the Bruntál District in the northernmost part of the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The microregion is also called Osoblaha Hook or Silesian Haná, Hanakia. It is bounded by mountain ridges of Eastern Sudetes from the west and the Poland, Polish border from the east and north. Municipalities As of January 2022, the population was 9,440 inhabitants. The area of Osoblažsko consists of 14 municipalities, with two of them being towns: *Bohušov *Dívčí Hrad *Hlinka (Bruntál District), Hlinka *Janov (Bruntál District), Janov *Jindřichov (Bruntál District), Jindřichov *Liptaň *Město Albrechtice *Osoblaha *Rusín *Slezské Pavlovice *Slezské Rudoltice *Petrovice (Bruntál District), Petrovice *Třemešná *Vysoká (Bruntál District), Vysoká Association of Municipalities of Osoblažsko All the municipalities in Osoblažsko are members of the Association of Municipalities of Osoblažsko. Th ...
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Třemešná Ve Slezsku–Osoblaha Railway
The Třemešná ve Slezsku–Osoblaha railway is a narrow-gauge railway connecting Třemešná on the Krnov–Głuchołazy line with Osoblaha on the Czech-Polish border. It is one of the three remaining narrow gauge railway lines with regular passenger traffic in the Czech Republic and the last one operated by the state-owned railway company České dráhy. History In the 1870s the owners of a sugar refinery in Osoblaha were looking for a railway connection of their town. From a financial point of view, the best alternative was a connection to the railway network in neighbouring Prussia. However, the government in Vienna refused it on political and military grounds. On 14 December 1898 a line from Třemešná was opened. Since 1958 the trains are operated by diesel-electric locomotives T 47.0. See also *Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy (''Jindřichův Hradec Local Railways'') was the company which Operated the narrow gauge railway ...
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Osobłoga
The Osobłoga (, ) is a river in the Czech Republic and Poland, a left tributary of the Oder. It flows through the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic and through the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. It is long. Etymology The origin of the name is unclear. The name is of pre-Slavic origin and there is a theory that name may be derived from the root ''as-'', meaning 'dry'. Characteristic The Osobłoga originates in the territory of Petrovice (Bruntál District), Petrovice in the Opawskie Mountains, Zlatohorská Highlands at an elevation of and flows to Krapkowice, where it merges with the Oder River at an elevation of . It is long, of which is in the Czech Republic. Its drainage basin has an area of , of which is in Poland and is in the Czech Republic. The longest tributaries of the Osobłoga are: Course The river flows through the municipal territories of Petrovice (Bruntál District), Petrovice, Janov (Bruntál District), Janov, Jindřichov (Bruntál District), J ...
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Bruntál District
Bruntál District () is a Okres, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Bruntál, but the most populated town is Krnov. Administrative division Bruntál District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence, administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Bruntál, Krnov and Rýmařov. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold: Andělská Hora (Bruntál District), Andělská Hora – Bílčice – Bohušov – Brantice – Břidličná – Bruntál – Býkov-Láryšov – Čaková – Dětřichov nad Bystřicí – Dívčí Hrad – Dlouhá Stráň – Dolní Moravice – Dvorce (Bruntál District), Dvorce – Heřmanovice – Hlinka (Bruntál District), Hlinka – Holčovice – Horní Benešov – Horní Město – Horní Životice – Hošťálkovy – Janov (Bruntál District), Janov – Jindřichov (Bruntál District), Jindřich ...
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Gmina Izbicko
__NOTOC__ Gmina Izbicko, German Gemeinde Stubendorf, is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Izbicko, which lies approximately north-west of Strzelce Opolskie and south-east of the regional capital Opole. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 5,415. Villages Gmina Izbicko contains the villages and settlements of Borycz, Grabów, Izbicko, Krośnica, Ligota Czamborowa, Otmice, Poznowice, Siedlec, Sprzęcice, Suchodaniec and Utrata. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Izbicko is bordered by the gminas of Chrząstowice, Gogolin, Ozimek, Strzelce Opolskie and Tarnów Opolski. Twin towns – sister cities Gmina Izbicko is twinned with: * Florstadt, Germany * Götschetal (Petersberg), Germany * Orebić, Croatia * Osoblaha, Czech Republic References {{Strzelce County Izbicko Izbicko is a village in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-wes ...
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The Robber Hotzenplotz
The Robber Hotzenplotz ( ) is a character created by German author Otfried Preußler for his children's book series of the same name. There are three tales about Hotzenplotz: * ''The Robber Hotzenplotz'' (1962) * ''News from the Robber Hotzenplotz'' (1969) * ''Hotzenplotz 3'' (later editions are titled ''The Robber Hotzenplotz: Enough with the Robbery'') (1973) All three books were illustrated by artist Josef Tripp, as were most of Preußler's works. These books were translated into at least 34 languages (e.g.: French: ''Le Brigand Briquambroque'', Italian: ''Il Brigante Pennastorta'', Spanish: ''El bandido Saltodemata'', Turkish: ''Haydut Haytazot''). Moreover, more than six million books were sold. In 2018 another original manuscript by Preußler was discovered detailing an adventure with Hotzenplotz. Originally meant for a puppet theater play, it was released in late May 2018 with permission and cooperation of Preußler's daughter Susanne Preußler-Bitsch. This volume was il ...
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Berthold Englisch
Berthold Englisch (9 July 1851 in Hotzenplotz – 19 October 1897 in Vienna) was a chess master from Austria-Hungary. Englisch was born in Austrian Silesia, Austrian Empire into a Jewish family. He earned his living as a stock-market agent. He won the tournaments at Leipzig 1879 (the 1st DSB Congress), at Wiesbaden 1880 (ex-equo with Blackburne and A. Schwarz, ahead of Schallopp, Mason, Bird, Winawer, etc.) and at Vienna 1896 (''Quadrangular''). He lost two matches against Vincenz Hruby in 1882 and to Emanuel Lasker in 1890, both scoring 1.5 : 3.5, and drew a match with Harry Nelson Pillsbury Harry Nelson Pillsbury (December 5, 1872 – June 17, 1906) was a leading American chess player. At the age of 22, he won the Hastings 1895 chess tournament, one of the strongest tournaments of the time, but his illness and early death prevente ... 2.5 : 2.5 (+0 –0 =5) in 1896, all in Vienna.
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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 ...
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Roman Catholics
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upon whom ...
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Jews
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, as Judaism is their ethnic religion, though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. Despite this, religious Jews regard Gerim, converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the Conversion to Judaism, long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Israel and Kingdom of Judah, Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.John Day (Old Testament scholar), John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 [48] 'In this sense, the emergence of ancient Israel is viewed not as the cause of the demise of Canaanite culture but as its upshot'. Originally, J ...
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Expulsion Of Germans From Czechoslovakia
The expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II was part of a broader series of Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950), evacuations and deportations of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe during and after World War II. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the Czech resistance groups demanded the deportation of ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia. The decision to deport the Germans was adopted by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile which, beginning in 1943, sought the support of the Allies of World War II, Allies for this proposal.Československo-sovětské vztahy v diplomatických jednáních 1939–1945. Dokumenty. Díl 2 (červenec 1943 – březen 1945). Praha. 1999. () However, a formal decision on the expulsion of the German population was not reached until 2 August 1945, at the conclusion of the Potsdam Conference#Agreements, Potsdam Conference. In the months following the end of the war, "wild" expulsions happened from May until August ...
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