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14 unusual facts about Czech Republic


Bella bat R. Jakob Perlhefter

Bella bat Jakob Perlhefter (Isabell, Bilah, born ca. 1650 in Prague, modern Czech Republic) died 1709 in Prague) was a professional Hebrew letter writer, businesswoman and instructor of music.

Jan Firbas

Born in Brno, in the Czech Republic, he studied English, German and philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University.

Karel Fortyn

Karel Fortýn (1930–2001) was a Czech (originally Czechoslovakian) physician who invented a breakthrough surgical method in healing cancer called devitalization.

Markus Oscarsson

He returned to action in 2006 and won the K-1 1000 m bronze medal at the European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic - the first individual medal of his senior career.

Michael Kolganov

At the 2006 European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic, he won the K2 200m bronze medal with partner Barak Lufan.

Milan Đenadić

Meanwhile, he made his first appearance for Serbia in international competition at the 2006 European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic, finishing in 11th place in the K1 200m.

Norman Bröckl

They took the 1000 m bronze medal at the European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic in July.

Pius Parsch

Pius Parsch, born John Bruno Parsch on May 18, 1884 in Neustift near Olmutz, Moravia, in what is now the Czech Republic.

Post-communism

The newly created Social Democratic parties were generally larger and more powerful than the remaining communist parties; only in Russia, Moldova, and the Czech Republic did the Communist Party remain a significant force.

Ronald Rauhe

At the European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic he won three gold medals, retaining his K-2 500 m title, regaining the K-1 200 m crown from Pérez and winning the K-2 200 m for the first time in his career.

Tim Brabants

However, he returned to action in 2006, winning the gold medal in Račice in the K-1 1000 m event at the European Championships and the silver medal in the same event at the World Championships in Szeged in August 2006, finishing just 0.06 seconds behind Sweden's Markus Oscarsson.

Trine Hansen

The same year she won the Bronze medal at the World Rowing Championship in Račice, Czech Republic.

Vančura

Vančura (or Vančura z Řehnic) is an old aristocratic family of Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Vilnius letter

The letter of the eight was followed on 6 February by a letter from the Vilnius group comprising Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, and Slovakia which effectively supported a US military intervention in Iraq.


1999 Nokia Cup – Doubles

The 1999 Nokia Cup was a WTA Tier IV tournament held in Prostějov, Czech Republic, and the only edition of the Nokia Cup.

2008 World University Cycling Championship

Prague, Czech Republic and Bangkok, Thailand were also candidate cities to organize the championship.

Abbeyshrule Aerodrome

The Abbeyshrule assembly plant produces the popular Czech kit planes from Urban Air, called Samba and Lambada.

Aero Vodochody

Aero Vodochody (commonly referred to as Aero; Vodochody is a location) is a Czech (and Czechoslovak) aircraft company, active from 1919, notable for producing the L-29 Delfin, L-39 Albatros, L-59 Super Albatros and the L-159 Alca.

AHG Industry

The holding is formed by several companies active in Germany, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, People's Republic of China, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

Alexandra Proklova

Proklova then won gold in her next assignment in Ostrava, Czech Republic, finishing 15.59 points ahead of silver medalist and teammate Maria Sotskova.

Ali Elsamni

Ali is from a sporting family; his younger brother Osama Elsamni plays forward for FK Teplice of the Czech Republic, and his father Ibrahim was a player on the Egypt national football team.

Blumentritt railway station

It is located at the corner of Old Antipolo Street and Rizal Avenue in Sampaloc, Manila and derives its name from nearby Blumentritt Road, which is named after the Czech professor Ferdinand Blumentritt, friend of José Rizal and sympathizer of the Filipino cause.

Bohemia, New York

Proposed new names have included: Sayville Heights, after the town immediately to the south; Lidice, after a Czech town destroyed by Nazi troops during World War II; and MacArthur, after the airport built in the 1940s (the airport is named for famed American General Douglas MacArthur).

Christian and Democratic Union

The alliance was formed prior to the 1990 elections by the Czechoslovak People's Party, the Christian Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Movement.

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Budeč

The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Budeč is a rotunda church at early medieval fortified settlement of Budeč near Zákolany, Czech Republic.

David Čada

David Čada (born 5 August 1986) is a professional Czech football player who currently plays for FK Baník Sokolov.

David Vychodil

David Vychodil (born March 25, 1980 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) is a Czech professional ice hockey player, currently playing and coaching for Chiefs Leuven in Belgium .

Ectaco

Within the next 2 years offices were opened in Germany (Berlin), Great Britain (London), the Czech Republic (Prague), Canada (Toronto), Poland (Warsaw) and Ukraine (Kiev).

Egon Hostovský

Egon Hostovský (23 April 1908, Hronov – 7 May 1973, Montclair), was a Czech writer.

FPB

FPB, short for Fourth Price Band, is an influential Czech punk rock band formed in 1980 in Teplice, a Czech town bordering Germany, by bassist, singer and poet Miroslav Wanek and his friend, Petr Růžička, who was considered the band's manager.

František Fadrhonc

František Fadrhonc (December 18, 1914 – October 9, 1981) was a football manager, who was born in Nymburk, Austria-Hungary, present day Czech Republic.

Hans Gfäller

He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the inaugural European championships of 1914 in Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

Hostovice

Hostovice may refer to several places in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Hrušovany

Hrušovany may refer to several places in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Jacob Platzer

He won a silver medal in the men's singles event at the inaugural European championships of 1914 in Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

Jaromír Paciorek

Jaromír "Jarda" Paciorek – (born 11 July 1979 in Kroměříž) is a Czech football player who played as a midfielder.

Jiří Mlika

Jiří Mlika (born 18 July 1980) is a professional Czech football player who currently plays for FK Baník Sokolov.

Jiří Polívka

Jiří Polívka (born March 2, 1974 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s (decade).

Julius Mader

Julius Mader, alias Thomas Bergner, (born October 7, 1928 in the village of Radejčín, now part of Řehlovice in the Czech Republic, died May 17, 2000 in Berlin) was a German jurist, political scientist, journalist and writer.

Krista van Velzen

In subsequent years, she was active in the 10 years after Chernobyl campaign and with the campaign by Czech environmentalists against the construction of the Temelín Nuclear Power Station.

Little Otik

Based on the folktale "Otesánek" by K.J. Erben, the film is a comedic live action, stop motion-animated feature film set mainly in an apartment building in the Czech Republic.

Luboš Kubík

Luboš Kubík (born 20 January 1964 in Vysoké Mýto) is a Czech former professional footballer and former manager of Torquay United, who played sweeper for the Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic national teams, winning 56 caps in total, and a number of notable clubs.

Maxim Turbulenc

Maxim Turbulenc is a musical group from Klánovice, Prague, Czech Republic.

Michiko Kashiwabara

Kashiwabara finished third in the 5 km qualification event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic.

Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová

Her sister, Kateřina Jacques is a former deputy chairperson of the Green Party and former member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament.

Olga Šplíchalová

Olga Šplíchalová (born September 1, 1975 in Třebíč, Vysočina) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from the Czech Republic, who twice competed for her native country at the Olympic Games: in 1992 and 1996.

Pavel Pavel

Pavel Pavel (born March 11, 1957 in Strakonice) is a Czech engineer and experimental archaeologist best known for investigating how ancient civilizations transported heavy weights.

Pavel Verbíř

Pavel Verbíř (born 13 November 1972) is a former Czech football player who spent his entire playing career at the Czech Gambrinus liga for FK Teplice.

Pierluigi Pairetto

Among the many prestigious games he officiated were the Euro 96 final between Germany and the Czech Republic at Wembley, and the classic USA 94 second-round clash between Romania and Argentina in Pasadena.

Prague Declaration

The document was signed by the Conservative Party of the UK, the Czech Civic Democratic Party, the Polish Law and Justice, the Bulgarian Order, Law and Justice, the Belgian Lijst Dedecker and Latvia's For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK.

Rabí Castle

Rabí or Rábí is ruined castle in Southwestern Bohemia (Plzeň Region), situated on a prominent hill by the central course of the River Otava, in the foothills of Šumava region, 130 km from Prague, Czech Republic.

Radim Breite

Radim Breite (born 10 August 1989) is a Czech football midfielder who plays for FK Varnsdorf in the Czech Republic.

Rýnovice

The site of the former LIAZ truck factory, a division of Škoda Auto open from 1952 to 2002, now houses several industrial companies sch as TI Automotive and Tedom.

Spengler's freshwater mussel

Czech Republic - only fossil records in layers with settlement from neolite: Ďáblice, Kobylisy, Roztoky, Podbaba.

Svit

It was established in 1934 by business industrialist Jan Antonín Baťa of Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) through his organization Baťa a.s., Zlin in accordance with his policy of setting up villages around the country for his workers.

The Sound Above My Hair

The video features the members of Scooter riding around the German town of Wernigerode, where they travel around on a Czech military truck Praga V3S with giant speakers attached.

Turów Coal Mine

Situated 55 km west of Jelenia Góra, 80 km east of Dresden, Germany, and 20 km northwest of Liberec, Czech Republic, the Turów mine forms a part of an area widely known as the "Black Triangle" due to its past heavy industrial pollution, covering portions of eastern Germany, southwestern Poland and northern Czech Republic.

Výtopna

From the very beginning the restaurant was conceived as a franchise project, in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia - regions of the Czech Republic.

Wenceslaus Linck

Born in Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic), he entered the Jesuit order at age 18 and studied at Brno and Prague.

Will Caldwell

Will Caldwell was named vice-captain for the Waratahs clashes with the Czech Republic and Romania on a tour of Eastern Europe.

Workshop for All Beings

The organization conducted projects on preservation of the Wapienica Valley in Bielsko-Biała, they protested against building a coke plant just by the Polish border in Stonava in the Czech Republic, against building of a nuclear power plant in Żarnowiec as well as against deforestation of Bielsko-Biała.