 Fortress plan, 1869 Terezín (German: Theresienstadt) is the name of a former military fortress and garrison town in Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. This article lists sources for statistics about Czech Republic. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Plan of fortress Terezin, Bohemia, 1869 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
German (called Deutsch in German; in German the term germanisch is equivalent to English Germanic), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and is one of the worlds major languages. ...
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. ...
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. ...
History In the late 18th century the Austrian Empire erected the fortress near the confluence of the Labe River and Ohře River, and named it after the Austrian empress Maria Theresia. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
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The Elbe River (Czech Labe, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ...
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Its building started in 1780 and lasted 10 years. The total area of the fortress was 3.89 km². Neighbour areas could be inundated. The fortification was designed in the tradition of Sébastian le Prestre de Vauban. During peace it held 5655 soldiers. Events January 16 - Sweden, and Russia. ...
Vauban designed this pentagonal fortress to withstand sieges. ...
The fortess was never active during wartime. During second half of 19th century it was used as a prison.
During World War I, the fortress was used as a prisoner-of-war camp. Gavrilo Princip, who started the war by assassinating Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife, died of tuberculosis there in 1918. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
Gavrilo Princip Princip being arrested after the shooting Gavrilo Princip ( July 25, 1894 – April 28, 1918) was a Bosnian Serb nationalist who killed Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, and his wife Countess Sophie in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, prompting the Austrian action against Serbia that led to World War...
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Terezín During World War 2 Main article: Concentration camp Theresienstadt Location of the concentration camp in the Czech Republic Concentration camp Theresienstadt was concentration camp set up by Gestapo in fortress and garrison city Terezín (today Czech Republic, German name Theresienstadt). ...
During WW2 Gestapo set up Terezín as concentration camp for Jews. About 144,000 of Jews were sent to Theresienstadt. About a quarter of them (33,000) died in Theresienstadt, mostly because of the appalling conditions (hunger, stress, diseases, typhus epidemic at the very end of war). About 88,000 were deported to Auschwitz and other extermination camps. When the war finished, there were a mere 19,000 survivors. German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...
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Terezín Today After the war was over, Theresienstadt was resurrected as Terezín, still having military garrison. The army left the city in 1996, with a negative impact on the local economy. Terezín is still trying to decouple from its military past and become a modern, vibrant town. During floodings in 2002 the city was damaged considerably (see pictures (http://www.terezin.cz/mesto_p2002_fpterezin.htm)). 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Terezín itself is noted for its production of furniture and knitwear as well as for manufacturing.
External links - Municipal Website (http://www.terezin.cz/)
- Fortress Details (http://www.schinkelzentrum.tu-berlin.de/projekte/gede/tere_eng.html)
- Terezín Memorial (http://www.pamatnik-terezin.cz/showdoc.do?docid=164)
- Tours of the Ghetto and Small Fortress (http://www.scrapbookpages.com/CzechRepublic/Theresienstadt/TheresienstadtGhetto/index.html)
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