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History of Brno. Brno was recognised as a town in 1243 by Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia, but the area had been settled since the 2nd century. It is mentioned in Ptolemy's atlas of Magna Germania as Eburodunum. [1] From the 11th century, a castle of the governing Přemyslid dynasty stood here, and was the seat of the non-ruling prince.
Brno (/ ˈ b ɜːr n oʊ / BUR-noh, [5] Czech: ⓘ; ‹See Tfd› German: Brünn ⓘ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 400,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the European Union.
v. t. e. The Brno death march[1][2][3] (German: Brünner Todesmarsch) began late on the night of 30 May 1945 [1] when the ethnic German minority in Brno (German: Brünn [bʁʏn] ⓘ) was expelled to nearby Austria following the capture of the city by the Allies during World War II. Only about half of expellees actually crossed the border.
German Technical University in Brno founded. [10] Population: 45,189. [11] 1855 - Synagogue consecrated. [12] 1861 - Natural History Society established. [13] 1864 - Vankovka engineering works built near Brno. [14] 1866 - 13 July: Prussians in power. [15] 1867 Czech-language secondary school founded. [16] Red Church construction completed. 1869 ...
Area. 0.73 ha. Buffer zone. 2,824.9 ha. Villa Tugendhat (Czech: Vila Tugendhat) is an architecturally significant building in Brno, Czech Republic. It is one of the pioneering prototypes of modern architecture in Europe, and was designed by the German architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich.
Siege of Brno. The Siege of Brno, which occurred from 3 May 3 to 23 August 1645, was the second Swedish siege of the city of Brno in the last years of the Thirty Years' War. [2] The Brno garrison, consisting of 500 soldiers and about 1,000 Brno residents, successfully defended the city against about 28,000 soldiers of General Lennart Torstensson.
Church of St. James (Brno) Coordinates: 49°11′48.04″N 16°36′30.4″E. Saint James Church. Saint James` church (Czech: Kostel svatého Jakuba Staršího) is a late Gothic three-nave church situated in James' square (Jakubské náměstí) in the centre of Brno, in Czech Republic. Its history starts in the beginning of the 13th century.
Špilberk Castle (Czech: hrad Špilberk; ‹See Tfd› German: Spielberg, locally Špilas) is a castle on the hilltop in Brno, Southern Moravia. Its construction began as early as the first half of the 13th century by the Přemyslid kings and completed by King Ottokar II of Bohemia. [1] From a major royal castle established around the mid-13th ...