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  • Albrechtice (Karviná District)

    Albrechtice ( listen , Polish: Olbrachcice , German: Albersdorf) is a large village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located 8 km south of Karviná, on the Stonávka River and has a population of 4,071 (2001 c…

  • Štefánik's Observatory

    Štefánik's Observatory (Czech: Štefánikova hvězdárna) is an observatory on Petřín hill in the center of Prague founded 1928 and named after Slovak astronomer Milan Rastislav Štefánik.

  • Řež

    Řež is a village (a part of Husinec municipality) in Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located in valley of the Vltava River 11 km northwest from centre of Prague.

  • Záběhlice

    Záběhlice is a cadastral area of Prague, Czech Republic, lying in both the Prague 10 and Prague 4 administrative districts.

  • 2009 Vítkov arson attack

    The Vítkov arson attack of 2009 occurred during the night of 18 / 19 April 2009. Three Molotov cocktails were thrown through the windows of a house inhabited by a Roma family. Three people were injured.

  • Vyšší Brod

    Vyšší Brod (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɪʃiː ˈbrot]; German: Hohenfurth) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 2,600 inhabitants and it is the southernmost municipality in the Czech Republic.

  • Vodochody Airport

    Vodochody Airport (IATA: VOD, ICAO: LKVO), also known as Aero Airport, is a private general aviation airport located in Vodochody in the Czech Republic. It is also the home to Aero Vodochody, a Czech aerospace company. The airport at an elevation of…

  • Uhy

    Uhy (Kladno District) is a village and municipality in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

  • Střešovice

    Střešovice is a neighborhood of green, quiet, village-like streets in the west of Prague. It is located in the Prague 6 district. Střešovice is often called the "local Beverly Hills" because it is home to some famous residents, including former Pres…

  • Studénka train disaster

    The Studénka train accident was a rail accident that happened on 8 August 2008 near Studénka, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, at approximately 10:30 local time (8:30 GMT). The EuroCity train EC 108 Comenius was an express train en route fr…

  • Strahov (district of Prague)

    Strahov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈstrahof]) is a district of Prague in the Czech Republic. It lies on the west bank of the Vltava, west of Petřín hill, Malá Strana and Hradčany. It is bordered by the districts of Břevnov, Smíchov, Košíře, Střešovice a…

  • Soběraz

    Soběraz is a village and municipality in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic.

  • Smilovice (Frýdek-Místek District)

     Smilovice  (Polish: Śmiłowice , German: Smilowitz) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the Ropičanka River. It has a population of 581 (2001 census), Poles constitute 26.4% of the population. It lies…

  • Silesian Ostrava Castle

    Silesian Ostrava Castle is a castle in Ostrava, in the northeastern Czech Republic. It was originally built in the 1280s near the confluence of the Lučina and Ostravice rivers.

  • Ptice

    Ptice is a village and municipality in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

  • Podolí (Prague)

    Podolí is a district in Prague located south of the city centre, on the right (east) riverbank. It borders Vyšehrad in the north, Pankrác (a part of Nusle and Krč districts) in the east and Braník in the south.

  • Petrovice u Karviné

     Petrovice u Karviné  (1920-1952: Petrovice) (Polish: Piotrowice koło Karwiny , German: Petrowitz bei Freistadt) is a municipality in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 5,350 (2011), which makes it the…

  • Pazderna

    Pazderna (Polish: Październa) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 254 (2006).

  • Orlík Dam

    The Orlík Dam (Czech: Vodní nádrž Orlík) is the largest hydroelectric dam in the Czech Republic. It dams the Vltava River near the village of Solenice, which is near the town of Příbram. The structure is named after Orlík Castle, which is situated a…

  • Opava (river)

    The Opava (Czech: Opava, Polish: Opawa, German: Oppa) is a river in the north-eastern Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Oder river.

  • Nový Dvůr Monastery

    The Monastery of Nový Dvůr is the only monastery of the Trappist Order in the Czech Republic, located near Toužim in the Karlovy Vary Region, close to the Premonstratensian monastery of Teplá.

  • Lake Mácha

    Lake Mácha (Czech: Máchovo jezero) is an artificial lake (fish pond) (now 2.84 km²) in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic, near Doksy and Bezděz Castle.

  • Mošnov

    Mošnov (pronunciation moshnov) is a village in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.