Libo renovated house with cows in the Eagle Mountains? Even in the mid-fifties, the Regional Committees of extensive campaigns attracted workers from inland to border villages in the former Sudetenland. Especially in agriculture was labor shortages. For "dosídlence" they were mainly in smaller mountain and foothill communities prepared to open houses and various material benefits. A prerequisite for obtaining them have been long established in the village and work in a collective farm and tractor station. From the 1956's recruitment brochure National Committee in Hradec Králové, which includes a clear list of municipalities in which they are dosídlenci welcome and a brief description. Read more »

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"Just Appoint among others, only three currently living man: Zapletal, Musil and Hejčl, men whose names are in the science of biblical your good reputation far beyond our narrow country, in order to know how dignity is participates Czech spirit in this field to international world struggles with ghosts. "Bartholomew Kutal, Našinec, May 16, 1918 Read more»

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One study deals with changes in demography the Czech border after the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans, published by the Institute of Sociology. The author is Kastner Quido. The general part deals with the history and specifics of the Sudetenland in the mid-20th century, and provides summary data on the migration of new Czech settlers. In a special section, the author has been closely engaged in the process of settlement of some northern Bohemia region, ie outside our interest. In addition, however, the study contains a very interesting mention of the violent nature of collectivization on Žamberk after 1948. Read more »

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The Book of Lost Sudetenland issued Antikomplex Association (5th edition, 2007) maps out the different areas of Bohemia and Moravia, which occurred after the 1945 eviction of the German minority. Especially the border region have undergone profound changes as a result of the displacement of indigenous movements and other residents. The book in addition to a description of the postwar fate of the cultural landscape and villages, many of which are completely destroyed, provides a unique comparison of historical and contemporary photographs of places that identify and determine the typical character of the area. Chapter "Eagle Mountains - das Orlické Mountains" is made ​​available electronically in PDF format. Read more »

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Theodor Brorsen Known fact is that in Senftenberg in the mid-19th century was a lookout in his time probably the most advanced in the Czech lands. At the invitation of the owner of the estate of John Parish on the years between 1847 - 1870 was a Danish astronomer Theodor Brorsen, whose most prominent comet 23P / Brorsen-Metcalf has appeared July 20, 1847 in Altona. Žamberský to the observatory a few years later (1851) discovered two more (C / 1851 P1 and C / 1851 U1) of its total of five comets. Read more »

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In the Journal of Catholic clergy (1828-1948) in the second half of the twenties of the 20th century was based on a series of articles Wenceslas 'topography', recording the survey monuments, especially churches and chapels dedicated to St. Wenceslas in the Czech lands. He was written by art historian and associate professor at Charles University and the auxiliary bishop of Prague ThDr. Antonin floor. Until his death in 1932 came Svatováclavský topography in alphabetical order to the letter "P", eg. Žamberský church. Vaclav are already incorporated into the forthcoming review. Treatise on the Church. Wenceslas Kyšperk see below. Read more »

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