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Zdounky
Zdounky is a municipality and village in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Zdounky consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Zdounky (1,313) *Cvrčovice (142) *Divoky (124) *Lebedov (17) *Nětčice (231) *Těšánky (143) Etymology There are several theories about the origin of the name. Either it was derived from the personal names Vzdún or Zdúnek, or from the old word for a potter (''zdún''). Geography Zdounky is located about southwest of Kroměříž and west of Zlín. Most of the municipal trerritory lies in the Litenčice Hills, only the southern part lies in the Chřiby range. The highest point is the hill Na Kopě at above sea level. History The first written mention of Zdounky is from 1298. From 1358, Zdounky was referred to as a Městys, market town, but throughout its history its economic and political importance was only local. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kroměříž District
Kroměříž District () is a Okres, district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Kroměříž. Administrative division Kroměříž District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence, administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Kroměříž, Bystřice pod Hostýnem and Holešov. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bařice-Velké Těšany - Bezměrov - Blazice - Bořenovice - Brusné - Břest - Bystřice pod Hostýnem - Cetechovice - Chomýž - Chropyně - Chvalčov - Chvalnov-Lísky - Dřínov (Kroměříž District), Dřínov - Holešov - Honětice - Horní Lapač - Hoštice (Kroměříž District), Hoštice - Hulín - Jankovice (Kroměříž District), Jankovice - Jarohněvice - Karolín - Komárno (Kroměříž District), Komárno - Koryčany - Kostelany - Kostelec u Holešova - Kroměříž - Kunkovice - Kurovice - Kvasice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obec
(, ; plural ) is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality (in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia and abroad). The literal meaning of the word is " commune" or " community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities and towns are also municipalities. Definition The legal definition (according to the Czech code of law with similar definition in the Slovak code of law) is: ''"The municipality is a basic territorial self-governing community of citizens; it forms a territorial unit, which is defined by the boundary of the municipality."'' Every municipality is composed of one or more cadastral areas. Every municipality is also composed of one or more municipal parts (), which are usually town quarters or villages. A municipality can have its own flag and coat of arms. Czech Republic Almost the entire area of the Czech Republic is divided into municipalities, with the only exception being military training areas. The smaller mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chřiby
Chřiby (, the "Mars Mountains") is a geographic region of the Czech Republic, part of the Central Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians. The area is a nature park and tourist park, offering a variety of natural features, rock formations, and historical monuments. Chřiby is the highest portion of the Central Moravian Carpathiants, composed of clay and sandstone cliffs, covered by dense deciduous forest, crossed by the Morava (river), Morava River, and dotted with Czech national parks and nature reserves. The highest point is Brdo, at . The name Chřiby is of ancient origin. The region was populated by humans as early as the Paleolithic era, and on the medieval trade route from the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic to the Baltic Sea, Baltic; among the many historical resources of the area is Buchlov Castle, dating from the 13th century. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chriby Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
České Dráhy
České dráhy (English: ''Czech Railways''), often shortened to ČD, is the major Rail transport, railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services. The company was established in January 1993, shortly after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, as a successor of the Czechoslovak State Railways. It is a member of the International Union of Railways, International Railway Union (UIC Country Code for the Czech Republic is 54), the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies, and the Organization for Cooperation of Railways. With twenty-four thousand employeesAnnual Report of České dráhy, a.s. for the Year 2014, auditor Deloitte Audit s.r.o. ČD Group is the fifth largest Czech company by the number of employees. History In 1827–1836, the Budweis–Linz–Gmunden Horse-Drawn Railway, České Budějovice–Linz railway was built, which was the second Horsecar, horse-drawn railway in continental Europe was established. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zborovice
Zborovice is a municipality and village in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. Administrative division Zborovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Zborovice (1,170) *Medlov (194) Geography Zborovice is located about southwest of Kroměříž and west of Zlín. It lies in the Litenčice Hills. The highest point is the hill Troják at above sea level. History The first written mention of Zborovice is from 1276, but settlement in the area extends far further into the past. This has been proven by archaeological excavations in a nearby village, 10th century earrings and rings were found. In the mid-19th century, sugar beet growing spread in the region and a sugar factory was established in Zborovice. In 1881, the railway to Kroměříž was built for the transportation of sugar pulp. Demographics Economy In the 20th century, the sugar factory was rebuilt and today ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bystřice Pod Hostýnem
Bystřice pod Hostýnem (; ) is a town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Bystřice pod Hostýnem consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Bystřice pod Hostýnem (6,270) *Bílavsko (258) *Hlinsko pod Hostýnem (290) *Rychlov (913) *Sovadina (130) Geography Bystřice pod Hostýnem is located about northeast of Kroměříž and north of Zlín. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The Bystřička stream flows through the town. Hostýn hill, whose name is included in the name of the town, is located south of the town outside of the municipal territory, but a contour line below the hill at above sea level is the highest point of Bystřice pod Hostýnem. History The first written mention of Bystřice is from 1368, when the settlement was acquired by Boček I of Poděbrady. A fortress was first mentioned here in 1440. From 1650 to 1827, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesuits
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. It was founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions, with the approval of Pope Paul III. The Society of Jesus is the largest religious order in the Catholic Church and has played significant role in education, charity, humanitarian acts and global policies. The Society of Jesus is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 countries. Jesuits work in education, research, and cultural pursuits. They also conduct retreats, minister in hospitals and parishes, sponsor direct social and humanitarian works, and promote Ecumenism, ecumenical dialogue. The Society of Jesus is consecrated under the patron saint, patronage of Madonna della Strada, a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it is led by a Superior General of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zierotin
The House of Zierotin or House of Žerotín () was a Czech Bohemian nobility, noble family in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, one of the oldest and most illustrious noble families from Bohemia and Moravia. The ancestors of the family were first mentioned around 1200. The family achieved the rank of Imperial Counts in the Holy Roman Empire. The family died out at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, but its indirect lines continue to exist. Several properties were returned to the Mornstein-Zierotin after fall of Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, Communist rule in 1989. History According to romantic legend, the Zierotins were the offspring of Prince Oleg of Drelinia, brother of Vladimir I of Kiev, and therefore the family uses in its coat of arms a royal crown (or more properly the crown of Grand Prince) and princely mantling. The heraldic device is a blazon of arms in gules (red) with a lion sable (black), crowned, on three mountains argent (silver). The crest is the crowne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussites
upright=1.2, Battle between Hussites (left) and Crusades#Campaigns against heretics and schismatics, Catholic crusaders in the 15th century upright=1.2, The Lands of the Bohemian Crown during the Hussite Wars. The movement began during the Prague.html" ;"title="Renaissance in Prague">Renaissance in Prague and quickly spread south and then through the rest of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Eventually, it expanded into the remaining domains of the Bohemian Crown as well. The Hussites (Czech: ''Husité'' or ''Kališníci'', "Chalice People"; Latin: ''Hussitae'') were a Czech Proto-Protestantism, proto-Protestant Christian movement influenced by both the Byzantine Rite and John Wycliffe that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus (fl. 1401–1415), a part of the Bohemian Reformation. The Czech lands had originally been Christianized by Byzantine Greek missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius, who introduced the Byzantine Rite in the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language and the B ... [...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] |
Městys
Městys (or, unofficially or obsolete, městečko iterally "small town", translated as " market town", is a status conferred on certain municipalities in the Czech Republic, lying in terms of size and importance higher than that of simple ''obec'' (municipality) but lower than that of ''město'' (city, town). Historically, a ''městys'' was a locality that had the right to stage livestock markets (and some other "extraordinary" and annual markets), and it is therefore translated as "market town". The term went out of official use in Czechoslovakia in 1954 but was reintroduced in the Czech Republic in 2006. As of September 2020, there are 228 municipalities on which the status of ''městys'' has been re-admitted. In all cases, these are municipalities that have requested the return of their former title. This title has not been newly awarded to any municipality that would not have it in the past—the law does not even set any specific criteria for it, only procedural competenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litenčice Hills
Litenčice () is a market town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Administrative division Litenčice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Litenčice (363) *Strabenice (88) Geography Litenčice is located about southwest of Kroměříž and west of Zlín. It lies in the Litenčice Hills. The highest point is at above sea level. History Archaeological findings of an Early Middle Ages, early medieval burial site denote a settlement already during the Great Moravian empire. The first written mention of Litenčice is from 1141 in a deed issued by bishop Jindřich Zdík in a rental of the Spytihněv (Zlín District), Spytihněv archdeaconry. A fortress existed here from the second half of the 14th century, however, it was first mentioned in 1437, when it was held by the Zástřizl family. In 1667, during the rule of archbishop Péter Pázmány, it was largely rebuilt to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
