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17 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.

Björn Bach

His most recent success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won a K-4 1000 m bronze medal.

FusionArts Museum

The museum was founded by Shalom Tomas Neuman (July 27, 1947 – ), a Czech-born American multimedia artist.

Hostovice

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

Hrušovany

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

Imre Pulai

Most assumed that would be the final medal of his long career, but in 2006 he made a comeback at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, winning a C-4 500 m bronze medal.

Karel Fortyn

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

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.

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.

Sedlice

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

Šimánek

Šimánek or Simanek is a Czech surname.

Teplička

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

Teschen

Teschen is the German name of a town on the Olza River divided in 1920 into the towns of Cieszyn, Poland and Český Těšín, Czech Republic.

Vančura

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

Viktor Kadler

In 2006 they lost their 200 m titles, finishing third at the European Championships at Račice, and second at the World Championships in Szeged.

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.

2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic

The 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Czech Republic was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on October 8, 2006 at Masaryk Circuit near Brno, Czech Republic.

Abbeyshrule Aerodrome

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

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.

Antonín Bořuta

Antonín Bořuta (born October 26, 1988) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman currently with Orli Znojmo of the Austrian Hockey League.

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.

Čezeta

The Čezeta was originally a motor scooter manufactured from 1957 to 1964 in what was then Czechoslovakia, (now the Czech Republic), by the Česká Zbrojovka Strakonice (ČZ) company, which manufactured motorcycles from 1935 to 1997.

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.

Doug Bruno

Because many team members were still playing in the WNBA until just prior to the event, the team had only one day of practice with the entire team before leaving for Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

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.

Erwin Posselt

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

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.

Franz Planer

Franz Planer, A.S.C. (March 29, 1894 - January 10, 1963) was a cinematographer born in Karlsbad, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic),

George Preddy

William died in today's Czech Republic on April 17, 1945, from wounds he sustained when he was shot down by AA fire, while strafing Ceske Budejovice airfield.

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.

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).

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).

Jan Kasl

In 2002 he resigned and left the Civic Democratic Party a few weeks before the parliamentary elections, because he thought that party was not able to deal with corruption.

Jan Malík

Jan Malík (born 7 April 1992) is a professional Czech football player currently playing for FC Zbrojovka Brno.

Jaromír Paciorek

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

Jindřich Kopeček

Jindřich (Henry) Kopeček (born January 27, 1940, in Strakonice, Czech Republic) is a polymer chemist and pharmaceutical scientist notable as one of the pioneers in drug delivery.

Jiří Mlika

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

Jitka Janáčková

Jitka Janáčková (born May 22, 1973 ın Mladá Boleslav) is a Czechoslovak-Czech sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1990s.

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.

Kvetoslav

Květoslav Svoboda - a freestyle swimmer from the Czech Republic, who won the silver medal in the 400m Freestyle at the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships

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.

Miloslav Ransdorf

Miloslav Ransdorf (born 15 February 1953 in Rakovník) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament.

National Model United Nations

Since 2008, NMUN has expanded internationally, hosting conferences in Xi’an, China (2008), Quito, Ecuador (2010), Olomouc, Czech Republic (2010), Lille, France (2012), Galápagos, Ecuador (2013), and Seoul, South Korea, planned for December 2013.

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.

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.

Silicon Hill

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

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.

Sychrov Castle

Sychrov Castle can be found near the village Sychrov in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.

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.

Topolná transmitter

The Topolná transmitter (Czech: RKS Topolná) is the central longwave broadcasting facility of the Czech Republic situated westward of the village Topolná at the Morava River.

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.

University of Business in Prague

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

Věra Barandovská-Frank

Věra Barandovská-Frank (born 17 August 1952 in Opava) is a Czech Esperantist and philologist, at La Internacia Sciencista Dokumentaro.

Výtopna

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