Laa an der Thaya is a town in the Mistelbach District of Lower Austria in Austria, near the Czech border.
Population: 6,084
Latitude: 48° 43' 0.01" N
Longitude: 16° 22' 59.99" E
The Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block i…
The Battle of Schöngrabern (also known as the Battle of Hollabrunn) was an engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the War of the Third Coalition, fought on 16 November 1805 near Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, four weeks after the Battle of Ulm and t…
The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape (also Lednice-Valtice Area or Lednice-Valtice Complex, Czech: Lednicko-valtický areál) is a cultural-natural complex of 283,09 km² in the Czech Republic, South Moravian Region, close to Břeclav and Mikulov.
Dolní Věstonice (German: Unterwisternitz) is a small village in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It is known for a series of ice age archaeological sites in the area. These sites were used by mammoth hunters, and finds include a trip…
Podyjí National Park (Czech: Národní park Podyjí) is a national park in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Adjacent to Austria's Thayatal National Park on the border, together they are referred to as the Inter-National park. Podyjí is …
The Thaya (Czech: Dyje [ˈdɪjɛ]) is a river in Central Europe, the longest tributary to the Morava River. It is about 235 km (311 km with its longest source) long and meanders from west to east in the border area between Lower Austria (Austria) and S…
Břeclav District (Okres Břeclav in Czech) is one of seven districts (okres) within South Moravian Region (Jihomoravský kraj) of the Czech Republic.
The Myjava River is a river in western Slovakia and for a small part in the Czech Republic and left tributary of the Morava River.
Mikulov Castle is situated in the town of Mikulov in South Moravia, Czech Republic. The castle stands on a place of historic Slavonic settlement, where since the end of the 13th century the original stone castle was erected. The present castle is th…
The Svratka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈsvratka]), formerly Švarcava (German: Schwarzach) is a river in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic with a length of 173.9 km. It develops out of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, converges with the Svi…
Pasohlávky (German: Weisstätten) is a village in South Moravian Region, Czech Republic. It is located 13 km northwest of Mikulov and has a population of 726. Pasohlávky is a popular summer resort on the northern shore of Nové Mlýny I reservoir.
The Ducal Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St Catherine is Znojmo's most valuable monument, and features the oldest fresco in the Czech Republic.
The ruins of Falkenstein Castle (German: Burg Falkenstein) is located in the Weinviertel region of Lower Austria, about 55 km north of Vienna near the border to Czech Republic.
Burg Hardegg is a castle in Lower Austria, Austria.
Závod is a village and municipality within the Malacky District in the Bratislava region of western Slovakia.
Velké Pavlovice (German: Groß Pawlowitz) is a town in Břeclav District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 3,087 (2005 est.).
Velké Bílovice (German: Billowitz) is a town in Břeclav District, South Moravian Region near Lednice – Valtice area, Czech Republic. It has a population of 3,882 (1.1.2012).
Manhartsberg is a low, flat-lying mountain ridge in Lower Austria. It rises to a maximum height of 537 m.