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12 unusual facts about Hradec Králové


Biskupské gymnázium Bohuslava Balbína

Biskupské gymnázium Bohuslava Balbína (Bohuslav Balbín Bishop Grammar School) is a Roman Catholic Church run gymnázium (type of grammar school) in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.

FA Inter-League Cup

After a 1–2 defeat to the Bratislava team (Slovakia) a 3–2 win over the hosting Hradec Králové team left the side with a chance of qualifying for the finals.

Jan Boháč

Jan Boháč (born April 22, 1963 in Hradec Králové) is a Czechoslovak sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s.

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).

Josef Kajetán Tyl

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

Karel Kašpar

On March 8, 1920, Kašpar was appointed Titular Bishop of Bethsaida and Auxiliary Bishop of Hradec Králové.

Karel Kuttelwascher

He joined the Czechoslovak Air Force in 1934, became a fighter pilot and served with the 32nd squadron in Hradec Králové.

Ladislav Lubina

He started to play ice hockey on high level in town of Hradec Králové, then he came to HC Pardubice in 1984–85 and spent over 20 seasons in Czech Extraliga (Czechoslovak).

Martin Barbarič

On 11 January 2013 Barbarič shot and killed his ex-wife in Hradec Králové.

Martin Zounar

Martin Zounar (born May 26, 1967 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech actor and TV personality.

Speciálník Codex

The manuscript is currently in the Hradec Králové Museum, which acquired it from a Prague antique dealer in 1901.

Svetlana Kapanina

Together with Mikhail Mamistov and Oleg Spolyansky, she won the team gold medal in the 16th FAI European Aerobatic Championships 2008 in Hradec Králové (Czech Republic).


2010–11 KHL season

By the deadline of 1 April 2010, six new teams from four different countries applied for KHL membership for this season: HC Yugra, Krylya Sovetov Moscow and Gazovik Tyumen from Russia; HC Budivelnyk from Kiev, Ukraine; HC Lev from Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; and Vėtra Vilnius from Lithuania.

Ignác Raab

Ignác Viktorin Raab (5 September 1715, in Nechanice, Hradec Králové – 2 February 1787, in Velehrad) was a Czech Jesuit and is considered one of the most important Czech painters of the 18th century.

Kateřina Winterová

From 1996 to 1998, she appeared as a guest in Klicpera Theatre in Hradec Králové and in the National Theatre (in plays Romance for Bugle and Wandering).

Stanislava Nopova

After graduating from secondary school in Zlin and then Nursing High School in Brno, she worked as a Physiotherapy specialist in Prostejov, Luhacovice and Hradec Kralove .