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Jágr, Jaromír

(Encyclopedia)Jágr, Jaromír, 1972–, Czech ice hockey player, b. Kladno. Jágr played professional hockey in Czechoslovakia as a teenager, and joined the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League in 1990...

Zlín

(Encyclopedia)Zlín zlēn [key], city (1991 pop. 84,522), E Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Dřevnice River. It is the center of the Czech shoe industry, which was founded in 1913 by Thomas Bata. Under the Bata ...

Mladá Boleslav

(Encyclopedia)Mladá Boleslav məläˈdä bôˈlĕsläf [key], Ger. Jungbunzlau, city (1991 pop. 44,459), N central Czech Republic, in Bohemia. The city is an industrial center that manufactures automobiles, tracto...

Kolín

(Encyclopedia)Kolín kôˈlēn [key], city (1991 pop. 31,595), central Czech Republic, in Bohemia, on the Elbe (Labe) River. It is a river port with metal and chemical industries; automobiles are produced nearby. T...

Sadová

(Encyclopedia)Sadová säˈdôvä [key], Ger. Sadowa, village, N central Czech Republic, in Bohemia, near Hradec Králové. It was the site of a decisive Prussian victory over the Austrians in 1866, during the Aust...

Chomutov

(Encyclopedia)Chomutov khôˈmo͞otôf [key], Ger. Komotau, city, NW Czech Republic, near the German border...

České Budĕjovice

(Encyclopedia)České Budĕjovice chĕsˈkā bo͝oˈdyĕyôvĭtsĕ [key...

Plzeň

(Encyclopedia)Plzeň pŭlˈzĕnyə [key], Ger. Pilsen, city (1991 pop. 173,008), W Czech Republic, in Bohemia, at the confluence of several rivers. One of the Czech Republic's largest cities, it lies near a belt of...

Prague

(Encyclopedia)Prague präg, prāg [key], Czech Praha, Ger. Prag, city (1993 pop. 1,216,500), capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and former capital of Czechoslovakia, on both banks of the Vltava (Ger. Mo...

Lidice

(Encyclopedia)Lidice lĭˈdyĭtsĕ [key], village, NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia. In reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Germans “liquidated” (1942) Lidice by killing all the men, deporting...