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Brno
 listen (German: Brünn) is the second-largest city of the Czech Republic, located in the southeast of the country, at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers. The town is a political and a cultural hub of the South Moravian Region (population est. 1,125,000). This article lists sources for statistics about Czech Republic. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
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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. ...
A confluence is the merger or meeting of two or more objects (or subjects) that seem to inseparably bind their respective forces or attributes into a point of junction. ...
Svitava (German: Zwittau) the easternmost and minor of the two rivers running through Brno. ...
One of the two rivers (German: Schwarzau) running through Brno - confluence with Svitava (see for details on the confluence), the second river, on the south of city. ...
South Moravian Region (Czech: Jihomoravský kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia. ...
History
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The southern side of Spielberg fortress Brno was founded in 1243; the area had been settled since the 5th century. It was used as a stronghold until the middle of the 19th century. Then the fortifications were replaced by green areas and buildings in the Viennese style. The Spielberg fortress (Czech Špilberk), the castle of Brno, was probably the best known prison of the Austrian Empire until 1858. Brno townscape Brno, with the St. ...
Brno townscape Brno, with the St. ...
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( 4th century - 5th century - 6th century - other centuries) Events Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ...
Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ...
This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ...
Spielberg fortress, known as Špilberk in Czech, is an old castle on the hilltop in Brno, Southern Moravia. ...
A prison is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of liberties. ...
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire until 1867 and of the Austrian part of Austria_Hungary until 1918. ...
1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ...
Soon after the industrial revolution, the town became one of the industrial centres of Moravia. Sometimes it is called the Czech Manchester. The Brno University of Technology was established in 1899; since 1995, the university have been developing the Czech Technology Park. The Industrial Revolution is the name given to the massive social, economic, and technological change in 18th century and 19th century Great Britain. ...
Moravia (Czech: Morava) is the eastern part of the Czech Republic. ...
This article is about the city in England. ...
1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Many expositions have been held at the Fairground Site of Brno since 1928; the annual International Engineering Fair of Brno and Invex are probably the most important ones. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Brno (German: Brünn) is the second-largest city of the Czech Republic, located in the southeast of the country, at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers. ...
Villa Tugendhat, designed by Mies van der Rohe and built in the late 1920s close to the centre of the city, is known as a monument of modern architecture, and was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2002. Villa Tugendhat is a masterpiece of German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. ...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969) was an architect and designer. ...
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Referred to as the Roaring 20s. ...
Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...
UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ...
2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Masaryk University was established in 1919. Masaryk University in Brno is the second largest university in the Czech Republic. ...
1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Masaryk Circuit was built in the 1980s in the northwest of the town. Masaryk circuit (Masarykův okruh) is the most famous Czech racing circuit, located close to Brno. ...
Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...
The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court of the Czech Republic and Highest Prosecutor's Office of the Czech Republic moved to Brno or were established there in 1993, after the division of Czechoslovakia. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ...
Czechoslovakia (Czech: Československo, Slovak: Česko-Slovensko/before 1990 Československo) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). ...
Brno Today In the 1990s, after more than 70 years of discussions, the town hall decided to build a new main train station further from the centre of the town and to develop a modern town quarter at the place now occupied by the tracks. This plan has been often criticised for its possible economical and ecological consequences. The whole Brno railway junction is to be reconstructed, which is very complicated due to its 170 years of development since the first train came to Brno from Vienna in 1839. The construction should be finished in 2017. Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...
City Hall is a 1996 film directed by Harold Becker. ...
Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ...
The word track can mean more than one thing. ...
The word economy can refer to any of several things: The economy of the world — see world economy The economy of a country — see economics and economic system Economy is financial soundness or affordability. ...
Ecology can mean either: the natural environment, or an analysis or study using the principles and methods of ecological science. ...
2017 is a Common year starting on Sunday. ...
Ignis Brunensis, an international fireworks competition, is held each June. The show attracts more than 200,000 spectators regularly. This article is about the explosive device. ...
June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...
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A unique slang spoken in Brno is called Hantec. Slang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. ...
Hantec is a unique slang spoken by the people of Brno. ...
Famous people associated with Brno Kurt Gödel [ kurt gøːdl], ( April 28, 1906 – January 14, 1978) was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics. ...
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Milan Kundera is a Czech writer, (born April 1, 1929 in Brno). ...
Ernst Mach (February 18, 1838 - February 19, 1916) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher. ...
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Gregor Johann Mendel (July 22, 1822 – January 6, 1884) was an Austrian monk who is often called the father of genetics for his study of the inheritance of traits in pea plants. ...
Robert Musil (November 6, 1880, Klagenfurt, Austria - April 15, 1942, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Austrian writer, author of the unfinished trilogy The Man Without Qualities (in German, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften), one of the most important modernist novels. ...
Jan Skácel (February 2, 1922 - November 11, 1989) was one of the best known Czech poets of the 20th century. ...
External links - Official Website of Brno (http://www.brno.cz/index.php?lan=en)
- The Moravian Museum (http://www.mzm.cz/Default-en.htm)
- Official Website of Villa Tugendhat (http://www.tugendhat-villa.cz/html.en/)
- Moravian Gallery in Brno (http://www.moravska-galerie.cz/eng/)
- The Brno House of Art (http://www.dumb.cz/index_en.html)
- The International Biennale of Graphic Design in Brno (http://www.bienale-brno.cz/2004/en/index.html)
- The Masaryk University (http://www.muni.cz/to.en/)
- The Brno University of Technology (http://www.vutbr.cz/to.en/)
- The Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (http://www.jamu.cz/)
- The Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry (http://www.mendelu.cz/)
- Capuchin Crypt (http://www.volny.cz/kapucini.brno/hrobkaa.htm)
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