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Rokycany
Rokycany (; ) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Rokycany consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Nové Město (8,387) *Plzeňské předměstí (3,359) *Střed (1,565) *Borek (Rokycany), Borek (447) Etymology The term ''rokycan'' denoted a person who lives near willows (''rokyty'' in old Czech). The name Rokycany denoted a village of such people. Geography Rokycany is located about east of Plzeň. It lies in the Švihov Highlands. The highest point is the Čilina hill at above sea level. Rokycany is situated at the confluence of the Klabava (river), Klabava River and the brook Holoubkovský potok. There is another brook (Rakovský potok) which flows through the western part of the town. The largest body of water is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rokycany District
Rokycany District () is a district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Rokycany. Administrative division Rokycany District is formed by only one administrative district of municipality with extended competence: Rokycany. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bezděkov - Břasy - Březina - Bujesily - Bušovice - Cekov - Cheznovice - Chlum - Chomle - Čilá - Dobřív - Drahoňův Újezd - Ejpovice - Hlohovice - Holoubkov - Hrádek - Hradiště - Hůrky - Kakejcov - Kamenec - Kamenný Újezd - Kařez - Kařízek - Klabava - Kladruby - Kornatice - Lhota pod Radčem - Lhotka u Radnic - '' Liblín'' - Líšná - Litohlavy - Medový Újezd - Mešno - Mirošov - Mlečice - Mýto - Němčovice - Nevid - Osek - Ostrovec-Lhotka - Plískov - Podmokly - Příkosice - Přívětice - Radnice - Raková - Rokycany - Sebečice - Sirá - Skomelno - Skořice - Smědčice - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borek (Rokycany)
Borek is a village and administrative part of Rokycany in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. History The formerly independent village of Borek is located ca.2 km east of Rokycany's town centre. Mentioned for the first time in 1390 („Borek villa ad distr. Rokyczan“). In the 15th century the village was abandoned to be resettled in the 17th century as a small cluster of dwellings centered on the iron mill. It grew further in the 18th and 19th centuries, covering most of the elevated peninsula of Borecký pond. During the 19th century the built-up area expanded southwards, to the proximity of the major Prague–Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ... road. In 1960 Borek came under the jurisdiction of Rokycany. In the 20th century th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plzeň Region
Plzeň Region or Plzeňský Region (also known as Pilsen Region; ) is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the western part of the historical land of Bohemia and named after the capital, Plzeň. In terms of area, Plzeň Region is 7,561 km2, the third largest region in the Czech Republic. However, with a population of about 585,000 inhabitants it is the ninth most populous region. After the South Bohemian Region it is the second least densely populated region. The region can be roughly divided into two parts: a highly industrialized north-eastern part with a strong engineering tradition around Pilsen () and a more hilly and rural south-western part with smaller-sized manufacturing companies processing natural resources. The region borders the Karlovy Vary Region (to the north-west), Ústí nad Labem Region (to the north), Central Bohemian Region (north-east), South Bohemian Region (to the east) and with Bavaria (part of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klabava (river)
The Klabava is a river in the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Berounka River. It flows through the Plzeň Region, Plzeň and Central Bohemian Region, Central Bohemian regions. It is long. Etymology The origin of the name is uncertain. The name probably originated in the 14th century and was derived from the old Czech verbs ''klabati'' ('to cut down') or ''klábati'' ('to chatter'). There is also a theory that the name has its root in the Slovenian language, Slovenian word ''klabotina'', i.e. 'alluvium'. The village of Klabava was named after the river. Characteristic The Klabava originates in the territory of Věšín in the Brdy, Brdy Highlands at an elevation of and flows to Oslov, where it enters the Berounka River at an elevation of . It is long. Its drainage basin has an area of . The longest tributaries of the Klabava are: Settlements The most important settlement on the river is the town of Rokycany. The river flows through the municipal territories of Věš� ... [...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] |
Jan Žižka
Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha (; 1360 – 11 October 1424) was a Czechs, Czech military leader and Knight who was a contemporary and follower of Jan Hus, and a prominent Radical Hussite who led the Taborites, Taborite faction during the Hussite Wars. Renowned for his exceptional military skill, Žižka is celebrated as a Czech Folk hero, national hero. Žižka led the Hussite forces in battles against three crusades and remained undefeated throughout his military career. Žižka was born in the village of Borovany, Trocnov, located in the Kingdom of Bohemia, into a family of lower Czech nobility. According to Piccolomini's ''Historia Bohemica'', he maintained connections within the royal court during his youth and later held the office of Chamberlain (office), Chamberlain to Queen Sofia of Bavaria. He fought in the Battle of Grunwald (15 July 1410), where he defended Radzyń Chełmiński, Radzyń against the Teutonic Knights, Teutonic Order. Later, he played a prominent rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussite Wars
The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, and European monarchs loyal to the Catholic Church, as well as various Hussite factions. At a late stage of the conflict, the Utraquists changed sides in 1432 to fight alongside Roman Catholics and opposed the Taborites and other Hussite factions. These wars lasted from 1419 to approximately 1434. The unrest began after pre-Protestant Christian reformer Jan Hus was executed by the Catholic Church in 1415 for heresy. Because Sigismund had plans to be crowned the Holy Roman Emperor (requiring papal coronation), he suppressed the religion of the Hussites, yet it continued to spread. When King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, brother of Sigismund, died of natural causes a few years later, the tension stemming from the Hussites grew stronger. In Prague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladislaus II Of Hungary
Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav, Władysław or Wladislas (; 1 March 1456 – 13 March 1516), was King of Bohemia from 1471 to 1516 and King of Hungary and King of Croatia from 1490 to 1516. As the eldest son of Casimir IV Jagiellon, he was expected to inherit the Kingdom of Poland, Crown Kingdom of Poland and adjacent Grand Duchy of Lithuania. George of Poděbrady, the Hussites, Hussite (followers of late 14th-early 15th centuries and pre-Protestantism, Protestant Bohemia, Bohemian Protestant Reformers, Reformer in the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church of persecuted theologian John Hus, 1370–1415) ruler of Bohemia, offered to make Vladislaus his heir in 1468. George needed Casimir's support against the rebellious Catholic, Roman Catholic noblemen and their ally King of Hungary Matthias Corvinus. The Diet of Bohemia elected Vladislaus king after George's death, but he could rule only Bohemia proper because Matthias, whom the Roman Catholic nobles had elected king, occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavs
The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout the northern parts of Eurasia; they predominantly inhabit Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Northern Asia, though there is a large Slavic minority scattered across the Baltic states and Central Asia, and a substantial Slavic diaspora in the Americas, Western Europe, and Northern Europe. Early Slavs lived during the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages (approximately from the 5th to the 10th century AD), and came to control large parts of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe between the sixth and seventh centuries. Beginning in the 7th century, they were gradually Christianized. By the 12th century, they formed the core population of a number of medieval Christian states: East Slavs in the Kievan Rus', South Slavs in the Bulgarian Empire, the Principality of Serbia, the Duchy of Croatia and the Banate of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the House of Habsburg. Rudolf's legacy has traditionally been viewed in three ways:Hotson, 1999. an ineffectual ruler whose mistakes led directly to the Thirty Years' War; a great and influential patron of Northern Mannerism, Northern Mannerist art; and an intellectual devotee of occult arts and learning which helped seed what would be called the Scientific Revolution. Determined to unify Christendom, he initiated the Long Turkish War (1593–1606) with the Ottoman Empire. Exhausted by war, his citizens in Kingdom of Hungary (1526-1867), Hungary revolted in the Bocskai uprising, Bocskai Uprising, which led to more authority being given to his brother Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Matthias. Under his reign, there was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditions of the self-administration of Roman cities. Judicially, a borough (or burgh) was distinguished from the countryside by means of a charter from the ruling monarch that defined its privileges and laws. Common privileges involved trade (marketplace, the storing of goods, etc.) and the establishment of guilds. Some of these privileges were permanent and could imply that the town obtained the right to be called a borough, hence the term "borough rights" (; ). Some degree of self-government, representation by diet, and tax-relief could also be granted. Multiple tiers existed; for example, in Sweden, the basic royal charter establishing a borough enabled trade, but not foreign trade, which required a higher-tier charter granting staple ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
