Showing posts with label Czech Republic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Czech Republic. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic

One of the very few Czech cards I have not showing Prague . I don't know who to thank for this as there is no name at the back ... I had a short termed Czech penfriend and I know it is from her ( she was living there) but no chance that I remember her name ...:S ( is it normal or should I get a middle age crisis NOW?)

Jindřichův Hradec ( GermanNeuhaus) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has approximately 22,700 inhabitants.
The first written mention of the town is in 1220. Before that, it was probably a Slavic settlement. At the end of the 12th century more people arrived. At the beginning of the 13th century a Gothic castle was built (it was gradually rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau in the 16th century). In the census following the Thirty Years' War, Jindřichův Hradec was the second largest city in the Kingdom of Bohemia. Between 1831-1935 it was the first city in the area to get electricity for lighting, in 1888 the water mill was converted to electricity.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Pisek , Czech Rep

Text is in Czech
Sent from Czech Rep. * The stamps are from Czechoslovakia as the two countries had just splitted a few months ago *
1993
Thanks to Claudia

Prague, Czech Rep

No text
Sent from Czech Rep
1995
Thanks to Claudia

Prague , Czech Rep.

St. Vitus Cathedral
Sent from Czech Rep.
1995
Thanks to Khalifa

Prague, Czech Rep

Charles Bridge
Sent from Czech Rep.
1994
Thanks to Claudia

Prague , Czech Republic

No text
Sent from Czech Rep
1995
Thanks to Khalifa

Prague , Czech Republic

No text at the back
Sent from Czech Rep.
1996
Thanks to Khalifa

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Zamek Lnare , Czech Republic

Another official came this week from Czech Republic ! It is not the first one I receive from there  but I guess it's one of the few ,if not the only one which is not showing Prague !  Don't get it wrong I love Prague but it's nice to see some other places too . At the back of the card there is a description about the place but since it's in Czech , I have to refer to wiki once more : Lnáře (GermanSchlüsselburg, in English Lnar ) is a small municipality in the Czech Republic located 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of Pisekcity or 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Pilsen. It is situated on the shores of three ponds within municipal borders in the northwest corner of the formerly autonomous Prachens Region, today in the Strakonice District. The name of municipality is from the Slavic word len ("flix") and combined with a suffix which gives a meaning of "flix-makers" or "flix producers". The German name is in remembrance of a different fact – Schlüssel means "key" and Burg means "stronghold": in the ancient history a golden key was found by plougher in the building site of local New Castle.

I hope I'm talking about the same place because I could only find info about this placed called just " Lnare"

In any case many many thanks to Jana :D