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34 unusual facts about Prague


Alexey Eisner

Eisner joined the literary association of Russian émigrés in Prague.

Anima Sound System

After touring Eastern European cities and capitals - 8 performances in Prague alone - Anima Sound System has begun to draw interest from Western European promoters - from the "Glasshaus" in Berlin, to "Divan du Monde" in Paris.

Animefest

Animefest is one of the two largest conventions held in The Czech Republic, having around the same number of visitors as Advík, which is held in Prague, in July.

Central European Australian Football League Championships

The 2006 EU Cup was to be held in Paris, but when organisers cancelled the event, the CEAFL championships were instead arranged to be hosted in Prague by the Czech Lions.

Christoph Franz von Buseck

In 1796, when Bamberg was invaded by the French, von Buseck fled to Prague and when the French invaded Prague in 1799, he fled to Saalfeld.

Cossackia

Calls for an independent Cossackia emerged within the vibrant émigré Cossack community in Prague, Czechoslovakia, later in the 1920s.

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

The head office and centralized workplaces of the CHMI, including the data processing, telecommunication and technical services, are located at the Institute's own campus in Prague.

Dan Lynch

After retiring from football he completed a MBA at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley and moved to work in Central Europe and now resides in Prague, Czech Republic.

Doppler effect

The Doppler effect (or Doppler shift), named after the Austrian physicist Christian Doppler, who proposed it in 1842 in Prague, is the change in frequency of a wave (or other periodic event) for an observer moving relative to its source.

Duke Siegfried August in Bavaria

The Lady Abbess of this particular order is the only woman to whom is accorded the right of fulfilling certain Episcopal functions, it being the prerogative of her office to crown the Queen of Bohemia when the Cardinal Archbishop of Prague, crowns the King.

Electrocutango

In 2006, the performance toured theaters worldwide, visiting Dramaten in Stockholm, Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Bulgaria, and also theaters in Prague, Helsinki, The Faeroe Islands, Shanghai and Beijing.

Gunther of Bohemia

Gunther died at about the age of ninety in Hartmanice, Bohemia, on 9 October 1045, in the arms of Duke Bretislaus of Bohemia and of the Bishop of Prague.

Hillel Noah Maggid

Among these may be noted his biography of David Oppenheim, rabbi of Prague (in "Gan Peraḥim," 1882), and his notes on the history of the Jewish community of Lemberg (in "Anshe Shem," 1895).

Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

^Prague and Ostrava are the sites for 2012 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.

Johann Friedrich Schannat

In 1735 the Archbishop of Prague, Count Moriz von Manderscheid, sent Schannat to Italy to collect material for a history of the councils.

John Hasek

After being operated on in a nearly abandoned hospital in Zadar, Croatia he was transferred in a Czech government flight to the Central Military Hospital in Prague on 30 June and died six months later on 1 January 1994.

Letná Park

Letná Park (in Czech Letenské sady) is a large park on Letná hill, built on a plateau above steep embankments along the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic.

Lucan Concert Band

The band has played at various events ranging from their hometown of Lucan, venues throughout Ireland, and even as far as the United Kingdom & Prague.

Martin Jágr

He was first noticed at Sparta Prague, in the Czech Republic, where he played from 1997/1998 to 1999/2000, winning two titles of National Champion, within the first two seasons.

MTX Tatra V8

After it passed driving tests at the Tatra polygon races at Kopřivnice, at airport in Mošnov and at autodrom in Most, it was finally introduced to the public in October 1991 at the auto show in Prague.

Nataliia Polonska-Vasylenko

As the tide of the war turned against the Germans, she fled west, first to Lviv, then to Prague, and finally to Bavaria.

National Gallery in Prague

St. George's Convent (Hradčany) was formerly used to display Art of the Middle Ages in Bohemia and Central Europe, Baroque art, and 19th-century art of Bohemia.

National Marionette Theatre

The National Marionette Theatre (Czech: Národní divadlo marionet, NDM) is a theater company devoted to puppetry performances, located in the Old Town neighborhood of Prague, Czech Republic.

Nightmare Creatures II

Kalisto's concept of the game involved a heroine exploring 19th century Prague during the daytime and merging with a raven at nightfall to transform into a beast and battle Adam Crowley's monsters, but Ubisoft reportedly began designing the game from the ground up when it gained control over the game's development.

Nijmegen breakage syndrome

Mrs Seemanova MD after whom the name of the syndrome was given, currently works at Motol Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, as a Professor of medical genetics.

Prague-Velká Chuchle Racecourse

In the week starting 12 August, extensive flooding of the Vltava and Berounka rivers wreaked havoc at the racecourse.

Sir Anthony Rumbold, 10th Baronet

He moved to Prague in 1947, returned to the Foreign Office again in 1949 as head of the Southern Europe department with the rank of Counsellor, and was posted to Paris in 1951 with the same rank.

Těžká Barbora

The play had premiere on 14 June 1960 in ABC Theatre, Prague.

The Adventure of the Creeping Man

It was only through a letter from a friend sent to Mr. Bennett that the family learnt that Professor Presbury had been to Prague.

The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives

At the same time, John Harding comes back from Prague with a new wife who is far from the normal size two socialites of Hunting Hill.

Thomas Ebendorfer

He represented the university at the Council of Basle (1432–1434), took an active part in all its discussions, and was one of the delegates sent by the council to Prague to confer with the Hussites.

University of International and Public Relations Prague

The University of International and Public Relations Prague (in Czech: Vysoká škola mezinárodních a veřejných vztahů Praha) is a private university in Prague, specializing in bachelors and masters degrees in international and public relations.

WinSCP

Originally it was hosted by the University of Economics in Prague, where its author worked at the time.

World Scrabble Championship 2013

The Scrabble Champions Tournament 2013 (formerly World Scrabble Championship) was held in the Andel's Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic, from 4 December to 8 December 2013.


2008 World University Cycling Championship

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

Adolf Heyduk

After finishing his studies in 1859, he then became a teacher in Prague, then later in Písek.

Aleksander Brückner

He was a member of many learned societies, including the Polish Academy of Learning in Kraków, the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Lemberg, and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as well as academies in Prague and Belgrade.

Antonín Rezek

Antonín Rezek (13 January 1853 Jindřichův Hradec – 4 February 1909 Prague) was a renowned Czech political historian, specialized in political and religious history of the 16th to 18th century.

Bolko III of Strzelce

Bolko III spent much of his time at the courts of King Charles in Prague and King Louis I in Buda.

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Lauf (Wenzelsburg) - built on the way connecting Prague and Nuremberg in Bohemian Palatinate, inside survived 112 coats of arms of the Czech Kingdom

Charlotte Fritz

When two executives of the Gestapo showed up and asked for Edeltrud's fiancé, Charlotte denied any presence of the man who lived with his brothers in Prague at that time.

Chittaprosad Bhattacharya

He is represented in the National Museum, Prague, The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Osians Art Archive, Mumbai, and the Jane and Kito de Boer Collection, Dubai.

City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra works with labels such as Decca, EMI, Sony BMG and many international film studios.

Constitutional Act on the Czechoslovak Federation

The reform concerned Slovak autonomy; the concentration of governmental authority in Prague was a source of discontent within Slovakia throughout the 1960s, and the federalization of the Czechoslovak government codified in the 1968 constitutional amendments was virtually the only product of the reform movement associated with the Prague Spring to survive.

Czech art

An important event in Czech art was the exhibition of Edvard Munch which took place in Prague in 1905 and inspired a new generation of Czech artists to express themselves in new ways, often looking to the international art scene, in particular that of France, for new ideas.

Dětmarovice

The power station is situated on an important main railway line from Prague/Vienna to Warsaw.

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).

Eduard Štorch

Eduard Štorch (April 10, 1878, Ostroměř – June 25, 1956, Prague) was a Czech pedagogue, archaeologist and writer, known for novels set in prehistoric Bohemia during Stone and Bronze Age.

Exakta

An Exakta camera, loaded with salvaged movie film, was used by Czech photographer Josef Koudelka to capture his historic photojournalistic images of the 1968 Prague Spring.

Frantisek Kotzwara

The Battle of Prague was a popular piece of music during the late 18th and 19th centuries, with Mark Twain mentioning the piece in his books Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A Tramp Abroad.

František Tomášek

František Tomášek (30 June 1899, Studénka, Moravia – 4 August 1992, Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Bohemia, the 34th Archbishop of Prague, and a Roman Catholic theologian.

George Mansour

Other journalistic responsibilities included broadcasting at Radio Free Iraq in Prague, correspondent of Az Zaman and Al-Mutamar newspapers based in London, England, reporter at Sawt Alshab Al Iraqi radio based in Saudi Arabia and Radio Canada International based in Toronto and Senior Advisor for the International Organization for Migration - Canada.

Gerhard Kowalewski

Kowalewski was a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences, the Société Mathématique de France, and socially associated with members of the Louvre Circle and Prague intellectual elite, which included Berta Fanta, Oskar Kraus, Franz Kafka, Hugo Bergmann, Philipp Frank, Albert Einstein, and Christian von Ehrenfels.

Gymnázium Jana Keplera

The Gymnázium Jana Keplera (English: Johannes Kepler Gymnasium or Johannes Kepler Grammar School) is a public gymnasium located in Prague 6 district in Prague, Czech Republic.

Hana Mašková

Her tomb is at the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague, decorated by a winged female torso made by Jan Štursa.

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.

Ivan Padovec

Ivan Eugen Padovec (1800 – 1873), commonly known as Johann (Ivan) Padowetz (see the signature on the photo), born in the baroque town of Varaždin in Croatia (known for its festivals of baroque music) was a guitar virtuoso, who gave concerts in Zagreb, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Hamburg, London, in Poland, Russia etc.

Jan Rezek

In 2003 he won the Czech Cup with FK Teplice, one year later he won the cup with Sparta Prague.

Jaroslav Dietl

Jaroslav Dietl (22 May 1929, Zagreb – 29 June 1985, Prague) was a Czechoslovak scenarist of series.

Jeffrey Douma

Choirs under his direction have appeared in Leipzig's Neue Gewandhaus, Prague's Dvorak Hall, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Sydney Town Hall, Christchurch Cathedral, Avery Fisher Hall, and Carnegie Hall, and he has prepared choruses for performances under such conductors as Valery Gergiev, Sir David Willcocks, Nicholas McGegan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir Neville Marriner, and Helmuth Rilling.

Josef Kajetán Tyl

After finishing elementary school, Josef Kajetán studied at a grammar school in Prague and in Hradec Králové.

Lack of outside support during the Warsaw Uprising

This basic scenario of an uprising against the Germans launched a few days before the arrival of Allied forces played out successfully in a number of European capitals, notably Paris and Prague.

Louise Fishman

This trip was part of a larger one that took her to Warsaw, Prague, and Budapest.

Marianne Kirchgessner

After that she traveled throughout Europe for ten years, visiting Prague, Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Hamburg and Magdeburg, playing four times at the Prussian court for King Friedrich Wilhelm II in Berlin.

Monita Secreta

The place where they were found was variously set down as Paderborn, Prague, Liège, Antwerp, Glatz, and on board a captured East Indiaman.

Nový Bor

The city dominant is the mountain Klíč (759 m), offers breathtaking views over a large part of Northern Bohemia, all the way to Germany and Poland on the North and Krkonoše mountains in the east to almost the outskirts of Prague in the south.

Out Distance

Their plan had involved the sabotage of gasworks in Prague, providing radio-sets to other resistance fighters, and navigating bombers to the Škoda Works in Pilsen.

Prague Half Marathon

The Prague Half Marathon has a looped course format which has its race start and end point on Jan Palach Square near the Rudolfinum.

Prague Quartet

In 1927, the Prague Quartet undertook a six month-tour of South America.

Sainte-Chapelle

As the status of Saint Louis grew among Europe's aristocracy, the influence of his famous chapel also extended beyond France, with important copies at Karlštejn Castle near Prague (c.1360), the Hofburgkapelle in Vienna (consecrated 1449) and Exeter College, Oxford (1860).

Schnellzug

In 1861 the first express train ran from Vienna to Budapest, in 1862 express services began on the Vienna to Dresden line via Prague and in 1868 the first express ran from Vienna via Krakau and Lemberg to Bucharest.

Silicon Hill

Silicon Hill with approximately 4,200 members is the largest club of Student Union CTU located in Petřín, Prague, CZ.

Society for Experimental Biology

The main meeting is held in the UK or continental Europe (Swansea, Wales, 2002; Southampton, England, 2003; Edinburgh, Scotland, 2004; Barcelona, Spain, 2005; Canterbury, England, 2006; Glasgow, Scotland 2007, 2009, 2011; Marseille, France, 2008; Prague, Czech Republic, 2010; Salzburg, Austria, 2012; Valencia, Spain, planned for 2013).

Tan Kheng Hua

Drama: Aquafire Productions: Cages directed by Graham Streeter (lead, Pusan Film Festival 2006, Prague Film Festival 2006, Bangladesh Film Festival 2007, distributed by Golden Village in Singapore and Hallmark for Asia Pacific Region), Final Cut (lead, Singapore Int'l Film Festival 1993, Asia Pacific Film & Video Festival in LA 1993, broadcast over HBO and Arts Central Singapore); Zhao Wei Films: Mee Pok Man, 12 Stories (screened at film festivals in Singapore, Moscow, England and Venice, 1994)

Union station

Three routes flowed into it: Pražská spojovací dráha (the Prague Connecting Railroad, 1872), the extension of Buštěhradská dráha from Hostivice (1872) and Pražsko-duchcovská dráha (the Railroad Prague – Duchcov, 1873).

University of Business in Prague

The University of Business in Prague (VSO Praha) is a not-for-profit private university in Prague, Czech Republic.

Vimperk

The forests in the west and south from the Boubín Mountains were owned from 10th century by the Saint Vitus Church canonry of Prague (Note: This was the ancient canonry of Prague. St. Vitus Cathedral did not yet exist at this time.) Territorial disputes between the Duchy of Bohemia and the Duchy of Bavaria in the 11th century resulted in the loss of much of the local population.

Vladimír Franz

2002 – scenic music to the play Marketa Lazarová (Vladislav Vančura), directed by J. A. Pitínský, National Theatre, Prague

Waldstein

Wok of Waldstein a notable figure among the Hussites of Prague in the 15th century

William Morfill

He first visited Russia in 1870 and Prague in 1871, learning languages as he travelled; a visit to Georgia in 1888 led to an article on Georgian literature.

Zdeněk Mácal

In 2006, Mácal made a brief appearance in the Japanese drama series Nodame Cantabile, based on the manga by Tomoko Ninomiya, during scenes shot in Prague.

Zuzana Roithová

Zuzana Roithová (born on 30 January 1953 in Prague) is a Czech politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party, part of the European People's Party.