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unusual facts about the Czech Republic



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.

Ivan Fijolić

He has three realized public sculptures: Foundation Batta, Zlín, the Czech Republic, Black Foot,in the Park of Sculptures, Vrsar, Croatia, and the Mostar Bruce Lee statue, in the town of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Two Seater and Retro Glider Aerobatic Cup Zbraslavice

Two Seater and Retro Glider Aerobatic Cup Zbraslavice is a special combined aerobatic competition, held at Zbraslavice Airport in the Czech Republic.

Villa Enterprises

Internationally, Villa Enterprises currently operates 22 locations in Italy, the United Kingdom, Kuwait, the Czech Republic and Mexico.


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2002 Winter Olympics medal table

She also lost a silver medal in the 15 km race so Kateřina Neumannová of the Czech Republic and Yuliya Chepalova of Russia were upgraded to silver and bronze.

2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres

Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Stephanie Beckert of Germany came second, and Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, also of Germany, came third.

2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres

Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season by winning all races, while Stephanie Beckert of Germany came second, and Claudia Pechstein, also of Germany, came third.

Andrzej Jerzy Lech

On September 11, 2002, his multi-media show dedicated to the WTC was shown simultaneously in 14 galleries in Poland, in Ostrava, the Czech Republic and in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Arsonists Get All the Girls

Arsonists Get All the Girls have toured with Darkest Hour, Carnifex, and Bleeding Through, among others, in the Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009 in April and May 2009 in Europe, spanning regions from Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, France and England.

Bártová

Heidemarie Bártová (born 1965), retired female diver from the Czech Republic

Bednarek

Bednárec and Bednáreček, villages in the Jindřichův Hradec district of the Czech Republic

Benjamin F. Stapleton

He is the great-grandfather of Walker Stapleton, who was elected Colorado Treasurer in 2010, and the grandfather of Craig Roberts Stapleton, former U.S. ambassador to France and the Czech Republic.

Bezovica, Vojnik

Similar names based on the same root are common in Slovenian ethnic territory (e.g., Basovizza in Italy and Bezgovica) as well as in other Slavic areas (e.g., Bazje in Croatia, Bzová in the Czech Republic, etc.

Bohova, Hoče–Slivnica

Like related Slavic place names (e.g., Bochowo in Poland and Bochov in the Czech Republic), the name is derived from the Slavic personal name *Boxъ, referring to early ownership or association with the place.

Brandys

Brandýs nad Orlicí, town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic

Break-of-gauge

More rarely, standard gauge vehicles are carried over narrow gauge tracks using adaptor vehicles; examples include the Rollbocke transporter wagon arrangements in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic and the milk transporter wagons of the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway in England.

Breg, Sevnica

Breg is not only a common toponym in Slovenia, but also has equivalents in other Slavic languages (e.g., Brijeg in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Břehy in the Czech Republic, Brehy in Slovakia, and Brzeg in Poland), all derived from the Slavic common noun *bergъ 'slope, bank'.

Brodek u Přerova

Bells of many churches in the Czech Republic have been cast in local workshop od Dytrych family, founded in 1951.

Central European Media Enterprises

CME was founded by Ronald Lauder in 1994.The business is managed on a geographical basis, with six operating segments, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, The Slovak Republic and Slovenia, which are also the main operating countries.

Cyprus Regiment

Many soldiers were taken prisoner especially at the beginning of the war and were interned in various POW camps, including Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf, Stalag IV-C at Wistritz bei Teplitz, and Stalag IV-B near Most in the Czech Republic.

Daniel Cox

Cox advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Boys' Singles championship before losing to Roman Jebavý of the Czech Republic.

E10 European long distance path

The E10 European long distance path or E10 path is one of the European long-distance paths, running from Finland through Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy and France to finish at Tarifa on the south coast of Spain.

Esperanto Museum in Svitavy

The city museum borrowed Zamenhof’s bust and many books from nearby Česká Třebová, which has the largest collection of Esperanto books in the Czech Republic.

Flying Spaghetti Monster

In July 2013, a member of the Czech Pirate Party from Brno in the Czech Republic was given permission to wear a pasta strainer on his head for the photograph on his official ID card.

Gastrocopta moravica

Records of this species include the Czech Republic, Hungary (locality Rábaszentandrás), Germany and France (locality Cessey-sur-Tille).

Gordon Gilkey

He was partially responsible, along with Virginia Fontane (wife of painter Paul Fontaine), for bringing numerous prints from the Czech Republic to the United States for exhibition in 1968.

Gregory Mertl

Previously his music has reached audiences in France, at the Festival du Moulin d’Andé and the France Musique radio station, Belgium, where he placed third at the Harelbeke International Wind Ensemble Composition Competition (2004), and the Czech Republic, where he was featured composer of the Ostrava Oboe Festival in both 2005 and 2009.

Halbstadt

Meziměstí (Halbstadt in German), a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic

History of the violin

In the 19th and 20th centuries numerous violins were produced in France, in Saxony and the Mittenwald in what is now Germany, in the Tyrol, now parts of Austria and Italy, and in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.

House of Lobkowicz

William Lobkowicz, current heir and manager of the Lobkowicz lands in the Czech Republic.

Hrubá

Hrubá Vrbka, village and municipality (obec) in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic

Keimfarben

Keimfarben has two German sites in Diedorf (headquarters) and Alteno/Luckau and altogether eleven foreign subsidiaries in Europe (Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Poland, the Czech Republic) and the United States.

Klösterle

Klášterec nad Ohří, a town in the Czech Republic known in German as Klösterle an der Eger

Konopište

Konopiště, a castle near the city of Benešov in the Czech Republic

Kosor

Kosoř, a village and municipality in the Czech Republic

Laskov

Laškov, a village and municipality (obec) in the Czech Republic.

Levinsky

Jaroslav Levinský (born 1981), professional doubles tennis player from the Czech Republic

Maurice Peress

Maurice Peress has also extensively conducted orchestras internationally, including the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in 1980, the Vienna State Opera in 1981, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome in 1988, the Brno Orkester of the Czech Republic in 1997, the FOK Orkester at the Prague Spring Festival in 1988, the Shanghai Radio and Television Orchestra in 1996-97, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 1998, and the Barbican Centre Orchestra in London in 1999.

Michaela Paštiková

Michaela Paštiková (born 27 March 1980 in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia) is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic.

Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

David Svoboda, representing the Czech Republic, won the men's event, and Laura Asadauskaitė of Lithuania won the women's.

Peg Belson

These contacts included Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Malta, Finland, West Germany, Denmark, Japan, China, Kuwait, the Czech Republic, Poland and Bosnia.

Peter Bridges

After leaving government service Bridges worked successively as the executive director of the Una Chapman Cox Foundation in Washington, the manager international affairs of Shell Oil Company in Houston, and the resident representative in the Czech Republic of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development.

Petr Procházka

At the age of forty-two, the evergreen Procházka and the C-4 200 m crew finished in fourth place at the 2006 European Championships held in Račice (where he now lives) in the Czech Republic.

Porajów

It lies on a railway line and road running from Zittau in Germany to Hrádek nad Nisou village in Liberec district in the Czech Republic; however the trains do not stop on Polish territory.

Prahu

Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic; the accusative (4th form) of the Czech word Praha

Protivin

Protivín, a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic

Rožmberk

Rožmberk Castle, in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic (Český Krumlov District)

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.

Teplitzer FK

FK Teplice, association football club from the Czech Republic, formed in Teplice in 1945

Tereza Kerndlová

She represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Have Some Fun", which was written by Gordon Pogoda (who wrote 4 songs on her album Have Some Fun) and Stano Simor (who produced the album).

Tomáš Netopil

Tomas Netopil studied violin and conducting in his home town in the Czech republic as well as at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Prof. Jorma Panula, who educated many prominent conductors.

Tomáš Poláček

He left Serbia in summer 2011 and returned to the Czech Republic where he joined FK Chmel Blšany.

Zebrak

Žebrák, a town in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic

Žebrák (Nečín), a village in Nečín municipality in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic