Ústí nad Labem  ^listen (German: Aussig) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Usti nad Labem Region. Population: 97,000. To play the audio file do not click on the -image. ... National motto: Truth prevails (Czech: Pravda vítězí) Official language Czech Capital Praha (Prague) President Václav Klaus Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 114th 78,866 km² 2% Population  - Total (2003)  - Density Ranked 76th 10. ... Ústí nad Labem Region (Czech: Ústecký kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of its historical region of Bohemia. ...

Ústí is situated in a mountainous district, at the confluence of the Bilina and the Elbe, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction. It is the birthplace of the painter Anton Raphael Mengs. The Elbe River (Czech Labe, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... Anton Raphael Mengs (March 12, 1728 - June 29, 1779) was a German painter. ...

Ústí is mentioned as a trading centre as early as 993. The city was founded by Ottokar II in the latter part of the 13th century. At 1423 it was pledged by King Sigismund to the elector Frederick of Meissen, who occupied it with a Saxon garrison, of 1426 it was besieged by the Hussites, who on June 16, though only 25,000 strong, defeated a German army of 70,000, which had been sent to its relief, with great slaughter. The town was stormed and sacked next day. After lying waste for three years, it was rebuilt in 1429. It suffered much during the Thirty Years' and Seven Years' Wars. Not far from Usti is the village of Chlumec, where, on the 29th and 30th of August 1813, a battle took place between the French under Vandamme and an allied army of Austrians, Prussians and Russians. The French were defeated, Vandamme surrendered with his army of 10,000 men. Events July 4 - Saint Ulrich of Augsburg canonized Births Deaths Categories: 993 ... Sigismund (February 14/15, 1368 - December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437. ... Events March 6 - Battle of St. ... The Hussites comprised an early Protestant Christian movement, followers of Jan Hus. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the Central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ... This article is about the 1756–1763 war. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Ústí or Aussig was the center for early German National socialism. On November 15, 1903, the "Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in Österreich" was formed which is the basis for the Sudeten German National Socialist Party and Austrian National Socialism. Much of their literature and books were printed here. Since the rise of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, and particularly since World War II, the term National Socialism almost always refers to Nazism and, in particular, the Nazi Party as well as derivatives such as modern neo-Nazism. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... The Sudetendeutsche nationalsozialistische Partei or Sudeten German National Socialist Party was created when the new state of Czechoslovakia outlawed the DNSAP, the German National Socialist Workers Party. At the end of WWI, the Austro-Hungarian Empire broke up into its constituent nation states, and the new Czech-dominated government considered... Austrian National Socialism was a Pan-Germanic movement that was formed at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

Twin towns

• Halton
• Chemnitz

This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... Halton is a borough in North West England, administered by a unitary authority. ... Map of Germany showing Chemnitz Chemnitz (Sorbian/Lusatian Kamjenica) is a city in Saxony, Germany. ...

Reference

This entry is based on an article from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. (Redirected from 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica) The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

External link

• Official Website (http://www.usti-nl.cz/showdoc.do?docid=32)