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The brothers Lech and Czech, founders of West Slavic lands of Lechia and Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic) in "Chronica Polonorum" (1506). Lech, Czech and Rus (Czech pronunciation: [lɛx tʃɛx rus], Polish pronunciation: [lɛx t͡ʂɛx rus]) refers to a founding legend of three Slavic brothers who founded three Slavic peoples: the Poles, the Czechs, and the Ruthenians [1] (Belarusians ...
The Royal field is a historical place on which according to the legend Přemysl the Ploughman was called to become the ruler of the Czech state. Measurements of the Royal field served in the Middle Ages as a basis of the Czech field pole (Czech: česká polní míra).
Polish–Czech Friendship Trail on the Czech–Polish border in the Giant Mountains. There is a Polish Institute in Prague.. April 17–18, 2010, were declared days of national mourning in the Czech Republic to commemorate the 96 victims of the Smolensk air disaster, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria Kaczyńska.
She finished 11th place overall in the final of the 2004 Summer Olympics pole vault competition. [1] In 2001, she won the IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal after securing a new games record of 4.56 metres. [1] In 2005, she won bronze at the World Championships in Finland. [1] Pavla Hamáčková married decathlete Jiří Ryba in 2006. [1]
This is a list of municipalities of the Czech Republic which have status of a city, town or market town granted by law. As of 2024, there are 27 cities, 583 towns and 232 market towns in the Czech Republic. The population is shown in brackets and is current to 1 January 2024. [1]
The Polish minority in the Czech Republic is a Polish national minority living mainly in the Trans-Olza region of western Cieszyn Silesia. The Polish community is the only national (or ethnic) minority in the Czech Republic that is linked to a specific geographical area. [ 4 ]
The Czech Republic, [c] [12] also known as Czechia, [d] [13] and historically known as Bohemia, [14] is a landlocked country in Central Europe.The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. [15]
Romana Maláčová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈromana ˈmalaːtʃovaː]; born 15 May 1987, in Brno) is a Czech athlete who specialises in the pole vault. [3] She represented her country at the 2009 World Championships without qualifying for the final. In addition, she competed at three outdoor and two indoor European Championships.