Rétság is a town in the Danube Bend region, 55 km (34 mi) north of Budapest, halfway between Vác and Balassagyarmat. The population is a bit over 2700 people. History The settlement was property of the Losonczy family in 1393, its name was Réthy Saag. The Ottoman conquest started in the middle of the 16th century (when castle Nógrád was captured by the Ottoman army) and lasted […]
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Mariánské Lázně is a spa town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. The town, surrounded by green mountains, is a mosaic of parks and noble houses. Most of its buildings come from the town’s Golden Era in the second half of the 19th century, […]
Litomyšl is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 10,000 inhabitants. It is former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see. It lies 136 kilometres (85 mi) east of Prague. The château-type castle complex in the town centre is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sights The dominant feature of Litomyšl […]
Nyírlugos is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Location Nyírlugos is located in the northeastern part of the Great Plain , it belongs to the Nyírség , which rises 20-50 meters above the plane of the Trans-Tisza . Nyírlugos is located in the southeastern part of Nyírség. This region is the largest running sand area in Nyírség, its surface consists of a mass of sand dunes. From the sand, the wind formed parabolic mounds […]
Litoměřice is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. It lies at the junction of the rivers Elbe and Ohře, approximately 64 km (40 mi) northwest of Prague. The area within the Ústí nad Labem Region is sometimes called The Garden of Bohemia due to the mild weather conditions important for growing fruits and grapes. During the time of the Austro-Hungarian […]
Szob is a town in Pest county, Central Hungary, Hungary. It is just south and east of the Slovak border on the north bank of the Danube. Szob is on a major electrified rail connection from Bratislava and a major railway border crossing into Hungary. The border is located between Szob and Štúrovo. On 21 December 2007, all border controls ceased […]
Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. It is on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge. It is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic. Liberec was once home to a thriving textile industry and hence nicknamed the “Manchester of Bohemia”. For many Czechs, Liberec is mostly associated […]
Kutná Hora is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of about 21,000. Architecture The center of Kutná Hora and Sedlec Abbey with its famous ossuary are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is estimated that the ossuary is decorated with bones of more than 40,000 skeletons. Among the most important buildings in […]
Kroměříž is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 29,000 inhabitants. Economy On the outskirts of the town there is the Agricultural Research Institute Kroměříž (formerly the Research Institute of Grain, etc., founded in 1951), which is engaged in research and breeding of cereals. Sights The town’s main landmark […]
Krnov is a town in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. Geography Krnov lies in the historical region of Upper Silesia, at the confluence of the rivers Opava and Opavice, near the Polish border. The highest peak of the municipal area is Bednářský vrch (588 m). Administrative parts The town […]
Kolín is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of about 32,000. It lies some 55 kilometers (34 mi) east from Prague, on the Elbe River. History Ptolemy‘s world map mentions Kolin – Budorgis in the 2nd century.[2] In the 12th and 13th-century German settlers were called in after the […]
Kladno is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located 25 kilometres (16 miles) northwest of the capital city Prague. The city is a part of the Prague metropolitan area. Economy Kladno was the historical birthplace of heavy industry in Bohemia. For years, the city was home to the Poldi steel factory, […]
Karviná is a city in Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, on the Olza River. It is administrative center of Karviná District. Karviná lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and is one of the most important coal mining centers in the Czech Republic. Together with neighboring towns it forms the industrial Ostrava-Karviná Coal […]
Karlovy Vary is a spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 48,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá, approximately 130 km (81 mi) west of Prague. It is named after Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Bohemia, who founded […]
Kadaň is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. The town lies on the banks of the river Ohře. Kadaň is a tourist centre with highlights being the Franciscan Monastery and the historical square with late Gothic Town Hall Tower. It is also a town […]
Jindřichův Hradec is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has approximately 21,500 inhabitants and is the capital of the Jindřichův Hradec District. Sights The town castle and palace is the third largest in the country after those in Prague and Český Krumlov. It covers 3 hectares (7.4 acres) and contains 320 rooms. […]
Jihlava is a city in the Czech Republic. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava river (German Igel) on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia, and is the oldest mining town in the Czech Republic, approximately 50 years older than Kutná Hora. Among the principal buildings are the early […]
Jablunkov and its surroundings are a tourist and recreational paradise. It is surrounded by the Silesian Beskydy, the Moravian-Silesian Beskydy and the Slovak Beskydy. Jablunkov is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,500 inhabitants. Polish minority makes up 15.7% of the population. In summer you can […]
Jablonné v Podještědí is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages and towns parts of Česká Ves, Heřmanice v Podještědí, Kněžice, Lada v Podještědí, Lvová, Markvartice, Petrovice, Pole, Postřelná, Valdov and Zámecká are administrative parts of Jablonné v Podještědí. History Until 1918, the town was part of […]
Hradec Králové is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. it is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and historically significant and is protected by law as urban monument reservation. The city’s economy is based on food-processing technology, photochemical, electronics manufacturing […]
Horšovský Týn is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,000 inhabitants. It lies on the River Radbuza, some 40 km (25 mi) south-west of the region capital Plzeň. History A settlement on the right bank of the Radbuza river was first established in the mid-13th century, on land […]
Hodonín is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Morava River, on the border with Slovakia. History Hodonín was first mentioned in 1046. In 1228 it became a town. During the Thirty Years’ War the town was severely damaged and the population decreased. In 18th century a local castle was […]
Havlíčkův Brod is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of about 23,000. It is located roughly in the geographical centre of the country, on the Sázava River in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. History[edit] Settlement in Brod has been documented as far back as the […]
Havířov is a city in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 71,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the region. Havířov lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Havířov was founded after World War II (thus being the youngest city in today’s Czech Republic) as a coal […]
Harrachov is a town in Semily District, Liberec Region, in the northern Czech Republic, close to the border with Poland. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. It is situated on the Mumlava River, a left tributary of the Jizera within the Krkonoše mountain range of the Sudetes, whose crest forms the Czech-Polish border near the Elbe […]
Frýdek-Místek is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It is the administrative centre of Frýdek-Místek District. Frýdek-Místek is located at the confluence of the rivers Ostravice and Morávka in the foothills of the Beskyds near the borders of Poland (25 km) and Slovakia (35 km). Ice-hockey, extraleague of men’s handball and […]
Beled is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron County , Kapuvár District . 2009 . was declared a city by the President of the Republic on 1 July . Main sights The Barthodeiszky Castle on the main street was built in the late 19th century according to the plans of the German-Austrian architect Ludwig Schöne . (Today it includes the elementary school.) Not far from the castle, on the Main Street, you can also see the Holocaust Memorial, inaugurated in 2016, […]
Répcelak is a town in Vas county, Sárvár district . It is located in the southern part of the Kisalföld , on the right bank of the Répce , which runs parallel to the Rába . The neighboring settlements: from the north to Csán , from the east to Rábakec , from the south to Nick , from the south-west to Vámoscsalád , and from the north-west to Répceszemere . In addition to the above, its administrative boundary also contacts the area of Dénesfa for a short distance […]
Domažlice is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. Domažlice is also a Municipality with Extended Competence and a Municipality with Commissioned Local Authority within the same borders. History Domažlice was first recorded as a town in 1231, when Přemysl Otakar II of Bohemia ordered the city […]
Balatonkenese is a town in Veszprém County , in the Balatonalmádi District . Balatonkenese to Balaton is located in the northeast corner of Budapest approx. 100 km southwest of Kenesei Highlands . It has a special location among the settlements on Lake Balaton, as it is the only settlement on the shores of Lake Balaton outside Balatonakarattya that is not really on the southern or northern shores. Tourist significance The settlement […]
Děčín is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region in the north of the Czech Republic. It is the largest municipality and administrative seat of the Děčín District. From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland, then controlled by Nazi Germany. Děčín is located in northwestern Bohemia, at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and […]
Sellye is a town in Baranya county, Hungary. It is the centre of the Ormánság, a region located in the southern part of Baranya county. According to László Szita the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.
Jánosháza is a town in Vas county , in the district of Celldömölk . It is located in the eastern part of Vas County , in the southeastern part of Kemenesalja , in the Marcal Valley. Its eastern border is largely flat, descending towards Marcal, while to the west is the more hilly area of the Wash Trench Valley. Much of the countryside is under agricultural cultivation, its watercourses are accompanied by meadows, while […]
Chrudim is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest town of the region. History Church of AssumptionThe oldest archeological findings which provide first signs of the settlement in this area date back to the 5th millennium BC. Various cultures succeeded one on […]
Gyöngyöspata is a town in the Gyöngyös district of Heves county . It is one of the smallest cities in Hungary . History This area was already inhabited before the Hungarians. Iron , Avar and Conquest tombs have also been excavated. At the time of the conquest, the area belonged to the Aba clan . A castle was built in the settlement in the 10th century (Pata Castle). According to Anonymus , ” vezér Then leader Árpád gave great land to Ed and Edemen in the forests of the Mátra , where their grandson, Pata, […]
Chrastava is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,300 inhabitants. Administrative parts St. Laurentius’ ChurchChrastava is made up of town parts of Chrastava, Dolní Chrastava and Horní Chrastava, and of villages of Andělská Hora, Dolní Vítkov, Horní Vítkov, Víska and Vysoká. GeographyChrastava lies about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of […]