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unusual facts about St. Catherine Monastery, Olomouc



2005 Pavel Roman Memorial

The 2005 Pavel Roman Memorial was held between November 18 and November 20, 2005 in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

30564 Olomouc

The citation accompanying the suggestion of the name and published in the Minor Planet Circular on 6 January 2003 said: "The city of Olomouc is the center of Hanakia in the heart of Moravia. The seat of Catholic bishops since 1063 and Moravian primates since 1777, it has been home to a university since 1573, now called Palacký University."

Alessandro Poglietti

Poglietti also had friends among Austrian nobility, among them Count Anton Franz von Collalto and Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, Prince-Bishop of Olomouc—in 1672 Poglietti inherited estates near their residences.

Andrey Khramov

He won the World Orienteering Championships in the sprint distance in Olomouc in 2008 and defended his title in Miskolc in 2009.

Anselm of Meissen

During the Prussian uprising, he remained in Silesia, and also performed duties there, in Reichenbach, Breslau and in Olmütz (Olomouc).

Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn

The salary of Casimir II as Starost General (1,200 guilders a year), and the incomes derived from the towns near Kraków allowed him to buy the cities of Mistek and Friedland from the Bishop of Olomouc in 1527.

Chien Wen-pin

Through his extensive involvement with operatic performances, Chien has been invited by the Amsterdam Royal Opera, State Opera of Hamburg and Komische Oper Berlin, and was the guest conductor of the Moravian Philharmonic of Olomouc, Czech Republic and Orchestre des concerts Lamoureux of France.

ČSD Class E 499.1

Currently the whole series is being systematically withdrawn with last units used in Prague, Olomouc and Ústí nad Labem.

Daniel Hubmann

He won the long distance at the 2008 World Orienteering Championships in Olomouc (before Anders Nordberg), and finished second in the sprint event after Andrey Khramov.

Dobromil

Dobromilice, a village and municipality (obec) in Prostějov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.

Earl of Carlingford

The next brother, Francis, the third Earl, was one of the most celebrated men of his time: he was brought up at Olmütz, at the imperial court, and in the service of Duke Charles of Lorraine, whose most intimate friend he became.

Ede Szerdahelyi

Ede Szerdahelyi (1820–1880) was a Hungarian pianist and composer who had been imprisoned in Olmütz for his participation in the Hungarian uprising of 1848.

Graham Gristwood

He received a gold medal in the relay event at the 2008 World Orienteering Championships in Olomouc, together with Jon Duncan and Jamie Stevenson.

Hans Joachim von Zieten

In June 1758 he was sent to protect a convoy with supplies for the army besieging Olmütz, but could not prevent it from being completely destroyed at Domstadtl.

Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc

John Sarkander was a priest who was tortured to death in Olomouc prison in the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, because he, as the legend says, refused to break the seal of confession.

Hudler

Jiří Hudler (born 1984, Olomouc), a Czech professional ice hockey player

Hynek Bílek

Following retirement from competition, Bílek worked at an Olomouc branch of the Komerční banka, however, in June 2010, he was sentenced to six years in prison for defrauding clients of 15 million Czech koruna.

Ignazio Albertini

He may have been born in Milan, but first surfaces in Vienna, in a letter exchange between the famous violinist Johann Heinrich Schmelzer of the Viennese court and Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, Prince-Bishop of Olomouc.

János Thurzó

Thurzo first married Ursula Boehm and the couple had three sons: György Thurzó who married Anna Fugger, later György Thurzó became the major of Kraków; another son of János, became the archbishop of Breslau (today Wroclaw); and their third son became the bishop of Olomouc.

Jezernice

Jezernice, Czech Republic, a village and municipality in Přerov District in the Olomouc Region

Josef Humpál

Josef "Pepi" Humpál (born 30 January 1918 in Olomouc, died 1 December 1984) was a footballer and football manager from the Czech Republic.

Joseph von Petrasch

He founded in 1746 the Olomouc-based Societas incognitorum, the first Enlightenment-inspired learned society in the Hapsburg territories.

Lubomír Dvořák

From 1997 to 2000 and again between 2006 and 2010 he was Rector of the Palacký University of Olomouc.

Michal Peprník

He is also the chief coordinator of the international Olomouc Colloquium of American Studies.

Miroslav Obermajer

The outcome of the scandal, settled in 2011, saw Olomouc goalkeeper Petr Drobisz suspended for 18 months for giving a bribe of 300,000 CZK to Obermajer, but Obermajer himself was acquitted.

Náměšť

Náměšť na Hané, a town in Olomouc district, Olomouc region, Czech Republic

Natalia Yurchenko

At the Friendship Games in Olomouc, Yurchenko battled with Olga Mostepanova and managed to win the gold medal on the vault and in the team competition.

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.

Norman C. Skogstad

His last confirmed kills occurred on March 25, 1945 where he destroyed four FW-190s over Olomouc, Moravia.

Papal conclave, 1621

Franz von Dietrischstein (March 3, 1599) – Cardinal-Priest of S. Silvestro in Capite; Bishop of Olomouc

Pavel Přindiš

Pavel Přindiš (born August 17, 1961 in Olomouc) is a Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s.

Przemysław II, Duke of Cieszyn

In 1469 he took part in the election of Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus as (anti)King of Bohemia in Olomouc (Olmütz), mainly thanks to the efforts of Pope Paul II and insurgent Bohemian Catholic nobility.

Rainer Knaak

In international tournaments he has achieved first places at Olomouc 1972, Leipzig 1977 (shared with Malich and Smejkal), Halle 1978 (shared with Farago and Uhlmann) and Cienfuegos 1984.

Silesian Wars

After his Saxon, Bavarian and French allies had stormed Prague in November, Frederick, to safeguard his interests, again mobilized his troops and likewise campaigned Bohemia and Moravia, occupying Olomouc on December 26.

SimCity 4: Rush Hour

Composers Jerry Martin, Andy Brick and conductor Petr Pololanik worked with the seventy-piece Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra to record five songs for the soundtrack in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

St. Catherine Monastery, Olomouc

The Monastery of St. Catherine in Olomouc, in the Czech Republic, was founded in 1287 for a community of Dominican nuns in 1287, who occupied it until 1782, when it passed over to the Ursuline nuns.

Stanislav Látal

Stanislav Látal (Samotišky, near Olomouc, 7 May 1919-Prague, 4 August 1994) was a Czech puppet-film maker and animator.

Stylus fantasticus

In summer the Prince Bishop of Olomouc and his court retired to Kromeriz Castle, where there were lavish musical entertainments.

Tadeáš Polanský

He was lecturing in Olomouc at the time when Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor stepped up his fight for absolute power, effectively restricting the Jesuit monopoly in education.

Vojtěch Schulmeister

Vojtěch Schulmeister (born 9 September 1983 in Olomouc) is a Czech footballer who currently plays as a striker for the Polish First League club LKS Nieciecza.


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