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Czech Republic
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Basic information
• Area: 78,867 km2
• Population: 10.5 mil• Capital city: Prague• Parts: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia• Language: Czech• Minorities: Slovak, Polish, German, Ukrainian,
Gypsy
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Symbols
• Flag • Coat of arms• Anthem – “Where is my home”
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Geography
• Borders with Germany (the longest), Austria, Slovakia and Poland
• The highest peak: Sněžka 1,602 m in the Giant Mountains
• Mountains: the Eagle Mountains, the Beskydy Mountains, the Jizerské Mountains, the Jeseníky, Bohemian Forest
• Rivers: The Elbe, The Vltava, The Morava, The Oder
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Geography
• National parks: Krkonoše, Šumava, Podyjí, Bohemian Switzerland
• Lakes: Black (Šumava), Čertovo (Plzeň), Laka (Šumava), Plešné (Šumava)
• Ponds: Rožmberk (Třeboň, the largest pond of the world), Svět (Třeboň), Bezdrev (České Budějovice, 3.)
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Political system• The Czech Republic is a parliamentary state• It is divided into executive power (government,
president), legislative power (parliament) and judicial power (courts)
Government:• Prime minister: Petr Nečas• Deputy prime minister: Karel Schwanzerberg,
Karolína Peake• 14 Ministers• President: Václav Klaus
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Political system
Parliament:• Chamber of deputies
• 200 Members of parliament (elected for 4 years)
• the Speaker: Miroslava Němcová • elections: every 4th year
• Senate • 81 senators (for 6 years) • the Speaker: Milan Štěch • elections: every 2nd year 1/3 of the senate
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Political parties:• Civil Democratic Party (ODS) - the right, Petr Nečas• The Tradition, Responsibility, Prosperity (Top 09) - the
right, Karel Schwanzerberg • The Public Affairs (VV) - the middle, Radek John• The Christian Democratic Union - the Czechoslovak
People's Party (KDU-ČSL) – the middle, Pavel Bělobrádek• Czech Social Democratic Party(ČSSD)- the left,
Bohuslav Sobotka• The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) -
the left, Vojtěch Filip
Political system
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Political system
President:• Václav Klaus• Elected for 5 years• Presidential veto• Amnesty• Chief of Czech
Army
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UNESCO
• Český Krumlov • Kutná hora• Lednice-Valtice area• Village monument preservation area Holašovice • Chateau and gardens in Kroměříž• Villa Tugendhat in Brno
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UNESCO
• Litomyšl - castle• Olomouc – Pole of Plague• Prague - historical centre• Telč - historical centre• Třebíč- St. Prokop's basilic and Jewish
quarter• Ždár nad Sázavou - St. John Nepomuk's
church
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St. John Nepomuk's church
• Zelená hora, Žďár nad Sázavou• It's in baroque style • The architect was John Blažej Santini-
Aichl• The church looks like a star (legend)
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Villa Tugendhat
• The architect – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe • Icon of modernism• Example of functionalism• Iron, window, geometric shapes, luxurious
materials, modern technology, space and light• The split of Czechoslovakia was signed here by
V. Klaus and V. Mečiar
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Brno
• The second largest city• Population: 379,000• Rivers: The Svitava, The Svratka• Center of higher education (33 faculties, 89,000
students)• Sites: Špilberk Castle, Cathedral of St. Peter and
Paul, Veveří Castle
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Ostrava
• The city with the worst air• Ostrava is famous with its coal mines• You can visit mine Landek museum• The city has got three big shopping centres
(Avion, Futurum and New Karolina)• In the centre there is Masaryk's square,
where is a famous Chrismas market and next to the square there is a cathedral.
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Špilberk
Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul
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Veveří
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Coin
Masaryk University Campus VI
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Moravia• Is one of historical Czech lands• The biggest cities are: Brno, Olomouc, Ostrava,
Opava, Frýdek-Místek, Český Těšín, Karviná, Havířov and Zlín
• The border between Moravia and Bohemia are Eagle Mountains, Czech-Moravian Highlands, Jihlava
• South Moravia is famous for wine (Pálava), there are also many interesting landmarks (Lednice, Valtice, etc.) and regions, e.g. Slovácko
• North Moravia has got nice mountains• In a coat of arms, there is an eagle with red and
white chessboard on a blue field
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Silesia
• Is the smalest historical land of the Czech Republic
• It is situated in the north of Moravia, on the border with Poland
• In coat of arms, there is a black eagle on gold field
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Sport
• In Czechia the most popular sports are football and ice hockey
• In the last world championship in ice hockey we got a bronze medal
• A lot of Czech sportsmen play all around the world
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Transport
• Trains – very popular, relatively cheap, people use them mainly for longer distances
• Buses (Veolia, Student Agency) - quite expensive, for a schort ways (to school,work) also long ways, comfortable
• Airplanes - expensive, international flights, Václav Havel Airport Praha, Leoš Janáček Airport Mošnov, Brno- Tuřany, Karlova Vary
• Taxi• Motorways
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Nature
• Czech Republic has very beautiful nature and also very well marked trails (with Slovakia the best in the world)
• There are also a lot of castles, rocks, caves and mountains
• Forests are our richness
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Pravčická gate
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Pánská rock
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Adršpach
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Šumava
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Giant Mountains
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Bozkovské dolomitové jeskyně
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Famous people
• Karel Čapek – 1890 - 1938– writer, translator– journalist, dramatist– invented word ROBOT
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Famous people
• Otto Wichterle– 1913 – 1998– scientist, invertor– invented contact lenses
and nylon
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Famous people
• Emil Zátopek- athlete, won medal in
Helsinki in 1952
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Famous people
• Antonín Dvořák- composer, Slavonic
dances, Nymph
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Tomas:Czech Republic is my home and I like the nature, rich history, but people are sometimes horrible because there are a lot of thieves and corruption.
Martin:Czech Republic has beautiful nature and that‘s the reason why I feel here good. We have also a lot of nice castles, towns and the best beer in the world.
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Questions for class
• Three parts of czech political system?
• Do you know some presidential rights?
• What does it mean the Speaker in czech?
• Five UNESCO landmarks?
• Who wrote Nymph?
• Example of 2 nature monuments