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The Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Polish: Czarna Madonna z Częstochowy; Latin: Imago thaumaturga Beatae Virginis Mariae Immaculatae Conceptae, in Claro Monte, lit. 'Miraculous Image of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Crystal Mountain'), also known as Our Lady of Częstochowa (Polish: Matka Boska Częstochowska) is a venerated icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary housed ...
Częstochowa (/ ˌ tʃ ɛ n s t ə ˈ k oʊ v ə / CHEN-stə-KOH-və, [2] [3] Polish: [t͡ʂɛ̃stɔˈxɔva] ⓘ, Silesian: Czynstochowy) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. [1]
The Wehrmacht entering the suburbs of Czestochowa. The Regimental headquarters, located 20 km south of the city, received a report on the evening of 4 September from the German units of the 42nd Regiment (46th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)), [4] alleging that they had been attacked by "Polish partisans" in two different incidents; one in the courtyard of the Technical School where the regiment ...
Pasterka (Polish: [pasˈtɛrka]) is a midnight mass celebrated by Catholics during Christmas between December 24 and 25 across Poland. [1] A close translation of the name would be the "Shepherds' Mass" (literally: 'that which belongs to the shepherds' in Polish), in reference to the Biblical shepherds, who were visited by an angel and told of the birth of Christ.
According to a survey conducted in April 2014, only 16% of the Czech population was in favour of replacing the koruna with the euro. [7] As reported by an April 2018 survey by CVVM (Public Opinion Research Center), this value remained at nearly identical levels between 2014-18, with only 20% of the Czech population above 15 years old supporting ...
Czech orthography is a system of rules for proper formal writing (orthography) in Czech.The earliest form of separate Latin script specifically designed to suit Czech was devised by Czech theologian and church reformist Jan Hus, the namesake of the Hussite movement, in one of his seminal works, De orthographia bohemica (On Bohemian orthography).
The following list provides information relating to the minimum wages (gross) of countries in Europe. [1] [2]The calculations are based on the assumption of a 40-hour working week and a 52-week year, with the exceptions of France (35 hours), [3] Belgium (38 hours), [4] United Kingdom (38 hours), [3] Germany (38 hours), [5] Ireland (39 hours) [5] and Monaco (39 hours). [6]
Albert Česká republika, s.r.o., is a division of the Netherlands-based Ahold Delhaize group, operating in the Czech Republic. The company (then known as Euronova a.s.) began trading in Czechoslovakia in 1990. Up until 2023 it operates the approximately 335 outlets forming the supermarket chain Albert.