By SPŠ Zengrova students CZECH HISTORY

• From time immemorial, many tribes and then various empires settled here like Celts, Teutons, Samo's empire and other...

• The independent Czech Republic was established on 1.1. 1993 • Before we were connected with Slovakia. • Our name was * CZECH HISTORY Our state has experienced with both world wars, but we still have a lot of old monuments like Charles Bridge, Prague Castel and more We also have many inventors : • Otto Wichterle - contact lenses (1887) • František Křizík - arc lamp ( 19th century) • Josef Ressel – propeller (1827)

We also have many famous writers : • *Božena Němcová – Babička (The grandma) (1855) • Josef Čapek – Pejsek a kočička (The cat and dog) (1927) • Eduard Petiška – Krteček (The little mole) (1962) THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Population

• In the Czech Republic lives about 10,65 million people, but about 2 million of them live in the capital, Prague. The population is made of 69,4% Czech people and the rest are other nationalities.

Prague

• Prague is the capital and the largest city of the Czech Republic and 13th largest city in the EU. It is divided by the river Vltava that flows through. The main two parts of Prague are connected by Charles Bridge. CZECH REPUBLIC

Charles Bridge is a stone Prague Castle was built in the bridge build on an order by 9th century. With the 70 000 m2 is King Charles IV in the largest ancient castle 1357, the construction was in the world. The Bohemian finished in 1402. Crown Jewels are kept within a The bridge is decorated by secret hidden room inside of the castle. a continuous alley of 30 statues -Sněžka mountain CZECH REPUBLIC

• The area of the Czech Republic is 78 866 Km2

• The highest point is the Sněžka mountain (1603m)

• Many beautiful old towns like Písek, Telč, etc.

Telč town- CZECH REPUBLIC

• Main rivers: Vltava, Morava, Labe, Ohře, Berounka,…

• The longest river is the Vltava river (430 km)

• The largest national park: Šumava national park (69 030Ha) CITY

• Founded in 1267 The city is in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and it's the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 288,000 inhabitants.

• Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic in terms of the population and the area. And the second largest city in the region of . OSTRAVA CITY

• However, remnants of the city's industrial past are visible in the Lower area of Vítkovice

• Former of coal-mining, coal coke production and ironworks complex in the city centre, which retains its historical industrial architecture EVENTS IN OSTRAVA- music

• Beats for love • It is the music festival focused on electronic music. • 1st-4th of July. • Musicians: Robin Schulz, Sigala, Alan Walker and more.

• Colours of Ostrava • It is music festival focused on multi- genre of music from around the world. • 14th-17th of July. • Musicians: Imagine Dragons, Rag‘ n‘ Bone Man, Jessie J and more. EVENTS IN OSTRAVA- sports

• ZLATÁ TRETRA (GOLDEN SPIKE) • It is one of the oldest athletic competitions in Europe and the best world athletes are taking part of it. • 19th of May.

• NN Night Run Ostrava • It is an event, where around 2000 people each year join in and run in the middle of the night (10km). • 10th of April. EVENTS IN OSTRAVA- cultural events

• Veterans on castle

• This event is a meeting of people on Silesian- Ostravian castle, who own historical vehicle and want them to be seen by other people. • 1st of May.

• Burning of witches.

• This event follows tradition, where we create bonfire and t hrow dolls of witches into the fire. • 30th of April. CULTURE OF CZECH REPUBLIC- music

• Josef Mysliveček: He spent the second half of his life in Italy, where he became famous mainly for his operas (Montezuma, Nittetis, Anitgona, etc.) • Bedřich Smetana: composer, pianist, music critic • Prodaná nevěsta is considered as a prototype of the Czech National Opera • Antonin Dvořák: The world´s most played Czech composer ever • Čert a káča, Rusalka, Jakobín, Armida CZECH AUTORS

• Josef Mysliveček-

• Bedřich Smetana-

• Antonín Dvořák- Jaroslav Seifert

• The only Czech winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

• Received the title of national artist too

• Halley’s Comet: I saw nothing at that moment, nothing but strangers’ backs, heads under their hats craning. The street was crowded. CZECH EASTER TRADITIONS

• We paint the eggs.

• We bake the Easter lamb.

• We go whipping the girls and pour water over them. CZECH CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS • We put pumps from a walnut shell into the container with water.

• We pour lead into water.

• We cut apples and there is a star inside. CZECH FOOD

• In our country we love every meat • we have also a lot of soups like potato soup, mushroom soup, …

• In our country we have also some sweets like our special gingerbread

• And what makes our country popular? Drinking and making beer, because it's our favourite drink This is called goulash This is our gingerbread Beer (beef/pork meat, dumpling, sauce and onion at the top of it)​ EXAMPLES OF TYPICAL CZECH FOODS Thank you for your attention • https://www.vlajky.eu/vlajky/40/cz.jpg

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