Znojmo : Czech Republic

Znojmo (German: Znaim) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, near the border with Lower Austria.
The city is situated on a rock outcropping on the steep left bank of the Dyje river, and retains a number of examples of its medieval architecture. The Gothic Church of St. Nicholas and the city hall’s Gothic tower are the most recognizable landmarks. The Church of St. Nicholas was built in 1348 by the emperor Charles IV, and the city hall, with its 75-m (250-ft) tower, dates from about 1446. There is also an ancient castle atop a nearby hilltop.
The present town of Znojmo was founded in 1226 by King Ottokar I on the site of the ancient capital of the tributary margraves of Moravia, which had been destroyed in 1145. Znojmo is best known to history for the armistice concluded here in 1809 after the Battle of Wagram between Napoleon and the archduke Charles.

Zliv : Czech Republic

Zliv is a town north west of Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic, in South Bohemian Region. Population: 3,656 (2004).

Zlín : Czech Republic

Zlín (during 1948-90 named Gottwaldov) is a city in Zlínský kraj (region), in southeastern Moravia, Czech Republic, on the Drevnice River, at 49.23° N, 17.65° E.
The first written record of Zlín dates from 1332. The town grew rapidly after Tomáš Baťa founded a shoe factory there in 1894, which came to supply the Austro-Hungarian army in World War I. Bata designed the town as he saw fit until his death in 1932.
His son Thomas was forced to leave by the Nazis in 1938 and again after the war when the company was nationalized (he left for Canada where he founded another model community, named Batawa). Zlín was merged in 1948 with several surrounding communities to form Gottwaldov, named after the first communist president of Czechoslovakia, Klement Gottwald. In 1990 the whole city was renamed Zlín.

Zbraslav : Czech Republic

Zbraslav is a town on the river Vltava, Bohemia, Czech Republic, having 1.193 inhabitants (2002) and administratively forming the southernmost part of Prague.
Zbraslav was founded in 1118. In 13th century, the Bohemian king Wenceslas II founded here a cloister of monks of the Cistercian Order. The Zbraslav cloister was called Aula regia and was ordered to be the burial place of Bohemian kings.
In 1935, V. F. Bulgakov founded here an important Russian Museum with collections dedicated to Russian emigrants, but the museum was closed and confiscated by the communists before 1948.. (more…)

Žatec : Czech Republic

Žatec (German: Saaz) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Usti nad Labem Region of Bohemia. Population: 21,000.
It lies on the Ohre, which is spanned here by a suspension bridge, 210 ft. long, which is the oldest of its kind in Bohemia, having been constructed in 1826. It possesses several ancient churches, of which one is said to date from 1206, and a town hall built in 1559. Zatec is the centre of the extensive hop trade with over 700 years long tradition of growing and producing of this plant.
A coat-of-arms was given to the inhabitants by Vladislav II for their courage during the storming of Milan, and the place is mentioned as a royal town under Ottokar II. From the outbreak of the Hussite Wars to the Thirty Years’ War Zatec was Hussite or Protestant, but after the Battle of White Mountain (1620) the greater part of the Czech inhabitants left the town, which became German and Roman Catholic.

Zakupy : Czech Republic

Zakupy (in German Reichstadt) is town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Number of inhabitants is 2,642.

Vysoké Mýto : Czech Republic

Vysoké Mýto is a town in the Czech Republic, in Pardubice Region. Founded in 1262 by the Bohemian king, Premysl Otakar II, it is situated near its original location, called Vraclav. Vysoké Mýto is a centre of tourism, due to its architectural monuments and the beautiful nature that surrounds it. Industrial companies in the city include a Iveco bus factory (brand name Karosa).

Vraclav : Czech Republic

Vraclav is a village in the Czech Republic, in Pardubice Region. Population: 738 (2002). Castle and town of Vraclav was founded in 9th century, but town privileges was deputed to newly build Vysoké Mýto by king Premysl Otakar II in 1262. In 1711 baroque spa was established here.

Vendryně : Czech Republic

Vendryně is a small village in the northeastern Czech Republic, at the Olza (Olše) river, in Moravian-Silesian Region.

Ústí nad Orlicí : Czech Republic

Ústí nad Orlicí is a city in Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic.
The city was founded around half of 13th century, during reign of Přemysl Otakar II.

Ústí nad Labem : Czech Republic

Ústí nad Labem listen (German: Aussig) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Usti nad Labem Region. Population: 97,000.
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.
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. (more…)

Újezd u Brna : Czech Republic

Újezd u Brna is a town in Czech Republic located near the city of Brno. The earliest mention of this town is in a church charter dating from 1131 CE, making it one of the oldest towns in the east Czech region of Moravia. Újezd has seen considerable conflict in its history; the start of the Battle of the Three Emperors was signaled by cannon fire from the Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua. Currently it has about 2800 inhabitants

Uherské Hradiště : Czech Republic

Uherské Hradiště (German: Ungarisch Hradisch) is a town in south-eastern Czech Republic on the Morava river in Zlin Region. Population: 26,421 (2004). It was founded in 1257 by the Czech king Premysl Otakar II.
Uherske Hradiste is twinned with Bridgwater in England.

Turnov : Czech Republic

Turnov is a town in the Czech Republic, in northern Bohemia, Liberec Region, on the Jizera river, in the heart of nature-reserve Bohemian Paradise (Český ráj). It has 16,000 inhabitants. Traditional center of gemstone polishing.
The city was founded in the middle of the 13th century, soon attracting craftsmen, who produced jewelry out of locally available Bohemian garnet. Monuments of historical significance include a Renaissance city hall from 1526 and three churches from the 14th – 19th centuries as well as significant collections of gemstones, jewelry, geology, archaeology and folklore in The Museum of Bohemian Paradise. In a suburb, lies the Hrubý Rohozec castle, built in 1250 and later reconstructed into an Empire-style chateau.
Turnov is surrounded by many historical and natural monuments in Bohemian Paradise, such as castle ruins Trosky, castle Hrubá Skála, spa Sedmihorky and many forests with rock formations and hiking paths, making it a popular base for tourism.

Trutnov : Czech Republic

Trutnov is a city in Hradec Kralove Region of the Czech Republic.
First written information about Trutnov comes from year 1260.