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Trutnov

(Encyclopedia)Trutnov tro͝otˈnôf [key], Ger. Trautenau, city (1991 pop. 31,999), N central Czech Republic, in Bohemia, near the Polish border. It is a center of the Czech linen industry. ...

Babiš, Andrej

(Encyclopedia)Babiš, Andrej, 1954–, Czech political leader and business executive, b. Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now in Slovakia), grad. Univ. of Economics, Bratislava. He was a petrochemical executive for Chem...

Březina, Otakar

(Encyclopedia)Březina, Otakar ôˈtäkär brzhĕˈzĭnä [key], 1868–1929, Czech lyric poet, leader of the Czech symbolists, whose original name was Václav Jebavý. The first collection of his poetry, Tajemné ...

Štursa, Jan

(Encyclopedia)Štursa, Jan yän shto͝orˈsä [key], 1880–1925, Czech sculptor. His early work shows the influence of Rodin. Among his works are The Melancholy Girl, Primavera, Eve, and a monument to Hana Kvapilo...

Teschen

(Encyclopedia)Teschen tĕˈshən [key], Czech Tĕšín, Pol. Cieszyn, former principality (c.850 sq mi/2,200 sq km), now divided between the Czech Republic and Poland. Teschen was its chief town. A part of Silesia,...

Sobotka, Bohuslav

(Encyclopedia)Sobotka, Bohuslav bōˈho͞osläf sōˈbätkä [key], 1971–, Czech politician. Center-left in political philosophy and a member of the Czech Social Democratic party (CSSD) from 1989, Sobotka was fir...

Topolánek, Mirek

(Encyclopedia)Topolánek, Mirek mērˈĭk tōˈpōlänĕk [key], 1956–, Czech politician, grad. Brno Univ. of Technology (1987). He worked as a mining engineer and briefly had his own business before his election...

Oder

(Encyclopedia)Oder ōˈdər [key], Czech and Pol. Odra, river, 562 mi (904 km) long; the second longest river of Poland. It rises in the E Sudetes, NE Czech Republic, and flows generally NW through SW Poland, then ...

Vltava

(Encyclopedia)Vltava vəlˈtävä [key], Ger. Moldau, longest river of the Czech Republic, c.270 mi (430 km) long, rising in the Bohemian Forest, SW Czech Republic, and flowing SE, then N, past České Budĕjovice ...

Sidi-bel-Abbès

(Encyclopedia)Sidi-bel-Abbès sēˌdē-bĕl-äbĕsˈ [key], city (1998 pop. 180,260), W central Algeria, on the Mékerra River. It is the commercial center of an important area of vineyards, market gardens, orchard...