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Kingdom of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia was a country located in the region of Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
, most of whose territory is currently located in the modern-day Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. The King was Elector of Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...
until its dissolution in 1806, whereupon it became part of the Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...
, and subsequently the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
from 1867. Following the defeat of the Central Powers
Central Powers
The Central Powers were one of the two warring factions in World War I , composed of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria...
in World War I
, both Kingdom and Empire were dissolved and Bohemia became part of the newly formed Czechoslovak Republic.
Although some former rulers of Bohemia had enjoyed a non-hereditary royal title during the 11th and 12th century (Vratislaus II
Vratislaus II of Bohemia
-Literature:*Vratislav Vaníček: Vratislav II. . První český král. Vyšehrad 2004, ISBN 80-7021-655-7*Hans Patze: Die Pegauer Annalen, die Königserhebung Wratislaws v. Böhmen und die Anfänge der Stadt Pegau. JGMODtl 12, 1963, 1-62...
, Vladislaus II), the kingdom was formally established in 1198 by Ottokar I
Ottokar I of Bohemia
-External links:...
, who had his regality acknowledged by Philip of Swabia
Philip of Swabia
Philip of Swabia was king of Germany and duke of Swabia, the rival of the emperor Otto IV.-Biography:Philip was the fifth and youngest son of Emperor Frederick I and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, daughter of Renaud III, count of Burgundy, and brother of the emperor Henry VI...
, elected King of the Romans
King of the Romans
King of the Romans was the title used by the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire following his election to the office by the princes of the Kingdom of Germany...
, in turn for his support against the rival Emperor Otto IV
Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto IV of Brunswick was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198 on, sole king from 1208 on, and emperor from 1209 on. The only king of the Welf dynasty, he incurred the wrath of Pope Innocent III and was excommunicated in 1215.-Early life:Otto was the third son of Henry the...
. In 1204 Ottokar's royal dignity was accepted by Otto IV himself as well as by Pope Innocent III
Pope Innocent III
Pope Innocent III was Pope from 8 January 1198 until his death. His birth name was Lotario dei Conti di Segni, sometimes anglicised to Lothar of Segni....
and afterwards definitely confirmed by the Golden Bull of Sicily
Golden Bull of Sicily
The so-called Golden Bull of Sicily was a decree issued by King Frederick II of Germany in Basel on 26 September 1212 that confirmed the royal title obtained by Ottokar I of Bohemia in 1198, declaring him and his heirs Kings of Bohemia...
issued by Emperor Frederick II
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II , was one of the most powerful Holy Roman Emperors of the Middle Ages and head of the House of Hohenstaufen. His political and cultural ambitions, based in Sicily and stretching through Italy to Germany, and even to Jerusalem, were enormous...
in 1212, promoting the Duchy of Bohemia to the Kingdom status. Incorporated into the Habsburg Monarchy
Habsburg Monarchy
The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...
from 1526, it was dissolved in 1918 with the fall of Austria–Hungary, when the last Bohemian king, Charles I of Austria, was forced out of power without abdicating. The national assembly at Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
then deposed the Habsburg (Habsburg-Lorraine) dynasty and proclaimed the Czechoslovak Republic.
proper (Čechy) with the County of Kladsko
County of Kladsko
The County of Kladsko was a historical administrative unit in the Kingdom of Bohemia and later in the Kingdom of Prussia with its capital at Kłodzko on the Nysa river...
(Hrabství kladské) was the main area of the Kingdom of Bohemia and from 1348 Charles IV created Lands of the Bohemian Crown
Lands of the Bohemian Crown
The Lands of the Bohemian Crown , also called the Lands of the Crown of Saint Wenceslas or simply the Bohemian Crown or Czech Crown lands , refers to the area connected by feudal relations under the joint rule of the Bohemian kings...
(Země Koruny české), together with the incorporated provinces:
The March of Moravia
March of Moravia
The March or Margraviate of Moravia, was a marcher state, sometimes de facto independent and varyingly within the power of the Duchy, later Kingdom of Bohemia...
(Markrabství moravské), acquired by Přemyslid
Premyslid dynasty
The Přemyslids , were a Czech royal dynasty which reigned in Bohemia and Moravia , and partly also in Hungary, Silesia, Austria and Poland.-Legendary rulers:...
and Slavník Bohemian rulers after the 955 Battle of Lechfeld
Battle of Lechfeld
The Battle of Lechfeld , often seen as the defining event for holding off the incursions of the Hungarians into Western Europe, was a decisive victory by Otto I the Great, King of the Germans, over the Hungarian leaders, the harka Bulcsú and the chieftains Lél and Súr...
, lost in 999 to Kingdom of Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and reconquered by Duke Bretislaus I in 1019/1029 (uncertain dating);
Upper Lusatia is a region a biggest part of which belongs to Saxony, a small eastern part belongs to Poland, the northern part to Brandenburg. In Saxony, Upper Lusatia comprises roughly the districts of Bautzen and Görlitz , in Brandenburg the southern part of district Oberspreewald-Lausitz...
(Horní Lužice), incorporated by King John of Bohemia in 1319 (Bautzen
Bautzen is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and administrative centre of the eponymous district. It is located on the Spree River. As of 2008, its population is 41,161...
) and 1329 (Görlitz
Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...
), and Lower Lusatia
Lower Lusatia
Lower Lusatia is a historical region stretching from the southeast of the Brandenburg state of Germany to the southwest of the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Important towns beside the historic capital Lübben include Calau, Cottbus, Guben , Luckau, Spremberg, Finsterwalde, Senftenberg and Żary...
(Dolní Lužice), former Margraviate of Lusatia), acquired by John's son Charles IV
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....
from Otto V
Otto V, Duke of Bavaria
Otto V, Duke of Bavaria , was a duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg as Otto VII. Otto was the fourth son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV by his second wife Margaret II of Avesnes, countess of Hainaut and Holland.-Biography:...
, Margrave of Brandenburg
Margraviate of Brandenburg
The Margraviate of Brandenburg was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806. Also known as the March of Brandenburg , it played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe....
in 1367. Ferdinand II of Habsburg
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand II , a member of the House of Habsburg, was Holy Roman Emperor , King of Bohemia , and King of Hungary . His rule coincided with the Thirty Years' War.- Life :...
lost the Lusatias to the Electorate of Saxony
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony , sometimes referred to as Upper Saxony, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. It was established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg to the status of an Electorate by the Golden Bull of 1356...
with the 1635 Peace of Prague
Peace of Prague (1635)
The Peace of Prague of 30 May 1635 was a treaty between the Habsburg Emperor Ferdinand II and the Electorate of Saxony representing most of the Protestant states of the Holy Roman Empire...
The Duchies of Silesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...
(Slezsko), acquired by the 1335 Treaty of Trentschin between Jan Lucemburský and King Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III the Great , last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty , was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz.-Biography:...
. Queen Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa of Austria
Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma...
lost Silesia in 1742 to King Frederick II of Prussia
by the Treaty of Breslau
Treaty of Breslau
The Treaty of Breslau was a preliminary peace agreement signed on 11 June 1742 following long negotiations at the Silesian capital Wrocław by emissaries of Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria and King Frederick II of Prussia ending the First Silesian War....
, with the exception of Austrian Silesia
Austrian Silesia
Austrian Silesia , officially the Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia was an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Empire, from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...
and, at times:
The Duchy of Austria
Archduchy of Austria
The Archduchy of Austria , one of the most important states within the Holy Roman Empire, was the nucleus of the Habsburg Monarchy and the predecessor of the Austrian Empire...
in 1251, the Duchy of Styria
Duchy of Styria
The history of Styria concerns the region roughly corresponding to the modern Austrian state of Styria and the Slovene region of Styria from its settlement by Germans and Slavs in the Dark Ages until the present...
in 1261, the Egerland
Egerland
The Egerland is a historical region in the far north west of Bohemia in the Czech Republic at the border with Germany. It is named after the German name Eger for the city of Cheb and the main river Ohře...
in 1266, the Duchy of Carinthia
Duchy of Carinthia
The Duchy of Carinthia was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, then the first newly created Imperial State beside the original German stem duchies....
with the March of Carniola
March of Carniola
The March of Carniola was a southeastern state of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages, the predecessor of the Duchy of Carniola. It corresponded roughly to the central Carniolan region of present-day Slovenia...
and the Windic March
Windic march
The Windic march or marca Vindica was a province of the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, corresponding more or less to modern Lower Carniola in Slovenia. In Medieval German language, the term "Windisch" was a common name for some Slavic peoples The Windic march or marca Vindica was a...
in 1269 and the March of Friuli
Friuli is an area of northeastern Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, i.e. the province of Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia, excluding Trieste...
in 1272, all acquired by King Ottokar II Přemyslid
Ottokar II of Bohemia
Ottokar II , called The Iron and Golden King, was the King of Bohemia from 1253 until 1278. He was the Duke of Austria , Styria , Carinthia and Carniola also....
and lost to Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolph I was King of the Romans from 1273 until his death. He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg dynasty to a leading position among the Imperial feudal dynasties...
in the 1278 Battle on the Marchfeld;
The Egerland (Chebsko) was again obtained by Wenceslaus II between 1291–1305; definitely given in pawn to Bohemia by Emperor (then King of the Romans
) Louis IV
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Louis IV , called the Bavarian, of the house of Wittelsbach, was the King of Germany from 1314, the King of Italy from 1327 and the Holy Roman Emperor from 1328....
in 1322 and subsequently joined in personal union with Bohemia proper;
The northern part of the Upper Palatinate
The Upper Palatinate is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of Bavaria.- History :The region took its name first in the early 16th century, because it was by the Treaty of Pavia one of the main portions of the territory of the Wittelsbach Elector...
("New Bohemia") at Sulzbach
Sulzbach-Rosenberg is a municipality in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated approx. 14 km northwest of Amberg, and 50 km east of Nuremberg. The town consists of two parts: Sulzbach in the west, and Rosenberg in the east. Archeological evidence tells, that...
, incorporated by Charles IV in 1355. Charles' son Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus, King of the Romans
Wenceslaus ) was, by election, German King from 1376 and, by inheritance, King of Bohemia from 1378. He was the third Bohemian and second German monarch of the Luxembourg dynasty...
lost the Upper Palatinate in 1400 to the Electoral Palatinate under King Rupert of Germany
Rupert of Germany
Rupert of Germany from the House of Wittelsbach was Elector Palatine from 1398 and German King from 1400 until his death...
The Brandenburg Electorate
, acquired by Charles IV from Duke Otto V of Wittelsbach in 1373. Charles' son Sigismund
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund of Luxemburg KG was King of Hungary, of Croatia from 1387 to 1437, of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also King of Italy from 1431, and of Germany from 1411...
lost Brandenburg in 1415 to Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick was Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI and Elector of Brandenburg as Frederick I. He was a son of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen, and was the first member of the House of Hohenzollern to rule the Margraviate of Brandenburg.- Biography :Frederick entered...
During the reign of the last Přemyslids and the succeeding House of Luxembourg
House of Luxembourg
The House of Luxembourg was a late medieval German dynasty, which between 1308 and 1437 ruled the Holy Roman Empire, twice interrupted by the rivaling House of Wittelsbach.-History:...
the Bohemian kingdom was the most powerful state of the Holy Roman Empire. King Wenceslaus II was crowned King of Poland in 1300, his son Wenceslaus III
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia
Wenceslaus III Premyslid was the King of Hungary , King of Bohemia and the king of Poland ....
King of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...
one year later. Though both crowns were lost after Wenceslaus' III assassination in 1306, the rise of Bohemia continued, when in 1346 the heir to the Bohemian throne, Charles of Luxembourg was elected King of the Romans
and crowned Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor is a term used by historians to denote a medieval ruler who, as German King, had also received the title of "Emperor of the Romans" from the Pope...
in 1355. The issue of the 1356 Golden Bull
Golden Bull of 1356
The Golden Bull of 1356 was a decree issued by the Reichstag assembly in Nuremberg headed by the Luxembourg Emperor Charles IV that fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire...
together with the following acquisition of the Brandenburg Electorate gave the Bohemian Kingdom two votes in the electoral college
Prince-elector
The Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Roman king or, from the middle of the 16th century onwards, directly the Holy Roman Emperor.The heir-apparent to a prince-elector was known as an...
. Charles made Prague the Imperial residence and his son King Sigismund again acquired the Hungarian crown by marriage with queen regnant Mary of Hungary
Mary of Hungary
Mary of Anjou was queen regnant of Hungary from 1382 until her death in 1395.-Childhood:...
in 1385. His successors – Ladislaus the Posthumous from Habsburg dynasty, George of Podiebrad and the rulers of the Jagiellon dynasty
Jagiellon dynasty
The Jagiellonian dynasty was a royal dynasty originating from the Lithuanian House of Gediminas dynasty that reigned in Central European countries between the 14th and 16th century...
– strengthening the status of Bohemia as an autonomous part of the Empire. In turn King Vladislav Jagiellon was disqualified by the prince-electors from taking part in the 1486 election of Maximilian I of Habsburg
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian I , the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Portugal, was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death, though he was never in fact crowned by the Pope, the journey to Rome always being too risky...
in 1486. The estrangement from the Empire continued after Vladislav had succeeded Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Matthias Corvinus , also called the Just in folk tales, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1458, at the age of 14 until his death...
in 1490 and both the Bohemian and the Hungarian kingdom
were held in personal union
Personal union
A personal union is the combination by which two or more different states have the same monarch while their boundaries, their laws and their interests remain distinct. It should not be confused with a federation which is internationally considered a single state...
. Not considered an Imperial State
Imperial State
An Imperial State or Imperial Estate was an entity in the Holy Roman Empire with a vote in the Imperial Diet assemblies. Several territories of the Empire were not represented, while some officials were non-voting members; neither qualified as Imperial States.Rulers of Imperial States were...
, the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were not part of the Imperial Circle
Imperial Circle
An Imperial Circle comprised a regional grouping of territories of the Holy Roman Empire, primarily for the purpose of organizing a common defensive structure and of collecting the imperial taxes, but also as a means of organization within the Imperial Diet and the Imperial Chamber Court.Each...
s established by the 1500 Imperial Reform
Imperial Reform
In 1495, an attempt was made at an Imperial Diet in the City of Worms to give the disintegrating Holy Roman Empire a new structure, commonly referred to as Imperial Reform ....
After the early death of King Louis II Jagiellon at the Battle of Mohács
Battle of Mohács
The Battle of Mohács was fought on August 29, 1526 near Mohács, Hungary. In the battle, forces of the Kingdom of Hungary led by King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia were defeated by forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent....
in 1526, the Bohemian kingdom was inherited by his brother-in-law, the Austrian
Archduke Ferdinand I of Habsburg
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1558 and king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526 until his death. Before his accession, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.The key events during his reign were the contest...
, younger brother of Emperor Charles V
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
, whom he succeeded in 1558. The subsequent incorporation of Bohemia into the Habsburg Monarchy
against the resistance of the local Protestant
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
nobility sparked off the 1618 Defenestration of Prague
Defenestrations of Prague
The Defenestrations of Prague were two incidents in the history of Bohemia. The first occurred in 1419 and the second in 1618, although the term "Defenestration of Prague" more commonly refers to the latter incident. Both helped to trigger prolonged conflict within Bohemia and beyond...
and the Thirty Years' War
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....
. Their defeat at the Battle of White Mountain
Battle of White Mountain
The Battle of White Mountain, 8 November 1620 was an early battle in the Thirty Years' War in which an army of 30,000 Bohemians and mercenaries under Christian of Anhalt were routed by 27,000 men of the combined armies of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor under Charles Bonaventure de Longueval,...
in 1620 put an end to the Bohemian autonomy movement.
With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the Bohemian kingdom was incorporated into the Austrian Empire
and the royal title retained by the Emperor of Austria
Emperor of Austria
The Emperor of Austria was a hereditary imperial title and position proclaimed in 1804 by the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and continually held by him and his heirs until the last emperor relinquished power in 1918. The emperors retained the title of...
. In the course of the 1867 Austro-Hungarian Compromise the provinces of Bohemia, Moravia and Austrian Silesia became k. k. crown lands of Cisleithania
Cisleithania
Cisleithania was a name of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary, the Dual Monarchy created in 1867 and dissolved in 1918. The name was used by politicians and bureaucrats, but it had no official status...
The current Czech Republic consisting of Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia
Czech Silesia
Czech Silesia is an unofficial name of one of the three Czech lands and a section of the Silesian historical region. It is located in the north-east of the Czech Republic, predominantly in the Moravian-Silesian Region, with a section in the northern Olomouc Region...
still uses some symbols of the Kingdom of Bohemia: a two-tailed lion in its coat-of-arms, red-white strips in the state flag
Flag of the Czech Republic
The national flag of the Czech Republic is the same as the flag of the former Czechoslovakia. Upon the dissolution of Czechoslovakia the Czech Republic kept the Czechoslovak flag while the Slovak Republic adopted its own flag....
and the royal castle
Prague Castle is a castle in Prague where the Kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices. The Czech Crown Jewels are kept here...
as the president's office.
A kraj is the highest-level administrative unit in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. For lack of other English expressions, the Slavic term is often translated as "province", "region", or "territory", although it actually approximately means " country", or " countryside"...
e of Bohemia
Bechyně , is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located on the Lužnice River 20 km southwest of Tábor and has a population of 5,695 ....
Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, on the left bank of the Jizera river about 50 km northeast of Prague.Founded in the second half of the 10th century by King Boleslav II as a royal castle...
Cáslav
Čáslav is a town in eastern part of Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.- History :History of Čáslav begins after year 800 with founding of citadel and settlement called Hrádek. Near Hrádek, new town with huge square was founded by king Přemysl Otakar II in 1250...
Chrudim is a city in eastern Bohemia, in the Pardubice region of the Czech Republic.The oldest archaeological findings which provide first signs of the settlement in this area date back to the 5th millennium BC. Various cultures succeeded one on another in the territory of today's town of Chrudim...
Hradec Králové is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové Region of Bohemia. The city's economy is based on food-processing technology, photochemical, and electronics manufacture. Traditional industries include musical instrument manufacturing – the best known being PETROF pianos...
Kladsko
Kouřim
Kourim
Kouřim is a small town in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It is located 45 km east of Prague and has a population of 1,769 ....
at Prague
Litoměřice is a town at the junction of the rivers Elbe and Ohře in the north part of the Czech Republic, approximately 64 km northwest of Prague....
Loket is a town of some 3 000 inhabitants in the Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary region of the Czech Republic.Loket means "elbow" in English. The town is named this due to the town centre being surrounded on three sides by the Ohře River, and the shape the river takes is similar to that of an...
The Vltava is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running north from its source in Šumava through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague, merging with the Elbe at Mělník...
Podbrdy
Podbrdy is a municipality and village in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. -References:*This article was initially translated from the Czech Wikipedia....
at Beroun
Beroun is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area. It is located 30 km southwest of Prague and has a population of 18,930 . It lies on the confluence of Berounka and Litavka rivers.Despite its small size, it is an...
Prácheň at Písek
Písek is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of 29 909 .-About:Písek is usually called "The Athens of the South", although Athens is much more southerly, because it has many high schools and schools of higher education, e.g. the Film School in Písek...
Rakovník is a town in the western part of the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic located between the cities of Prague and Plzeň. It has a population of approximately 16,000.- Trade and business :...
The Royal town1 of Slaný is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located about 25 km northwest of Prague. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area....
Žatec is an old town in the Czech Republic, in Louny District, Ústí nad Labem Region. It has a population of 19,813 .The earliest historical reference to Sacz is in the Latin chronicle of Thietmar of Merseburg of 1004. During the 11th century it belonged to the Vršovci - a powerful Czech...
Kraje of Moravia
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Hits 93 Volume 3 is a compilation album was released on 16 August 1993 and was released by Telstar Records in association with BMG. The CD and cassette releases were subtitled "22 Hot Summer Hits". The LP vinyl format featured 20 tracks.

The album was the third volume of four released in 1993 collecting the biggest hits of the year, much like the original The Hits Album collections which were originally issued between 1984 and 1991. BMG became involved in the series from 1986 onwards.

Due to the compilers having full access to BMG material, hits by artists such as Take That, M People, Snap! and Lisa Stansfield appeared on this collection instead of the rival Now That's What I Call Music 25 which featured material licensed from EMI, Virgin and Polygram.

The compilation reached No. 2 in the UK Top 20 Compilation chart and earned a Gold BPI Award for units of over 400,000.

Track listing

TCD 2680 (*-edited tracks)

Take That – "Pray"
4 Non Blondes – "What's Up?"
M People – "One Night in Heaven"*
Haddaway – "What Is Love"
Kim Wilde – "If I Can't Have You"*
Snap! – "Do You See the Light (Looking For)"*
Jade – "I Wanna Love You"*
Lisa Stansfield – "In All the Right Places"*
Sarah Washington – "I Will Always Love You"*
Dannii Minogue – "This Is It"
Inner Circle – "Sweat (A La La La La Long)"*
Ali & Frazier – "Uptown Top Ranking"
Bitty McLean – "It Keeps Rainin'
Robin S. – "Luv 4 Luv"*
Urban Cookie Collective – "The Key the Secret"
Black Box – "Rockin' to the Music"
Stan – "Suntan"*
Oui 3 – "Break From the Old Routine"
Sister Sledge – "Thinking of You (Sure is Pure 93 Remix)"
Evolution – "Everybody Dance"
Maxima featuring Lily – "Ibiza"*
Dr. Alban – "It's My Life"*

Tracks 20 and 21 were not included on the LP format.

References
Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956–2005. Graham Betts. 2005. .

1993 compilation albums
Telstar Records compilation albums
Hits (compilation series) albums

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IF Bonus Ball Takes Over....
Thread starter ghost ball
ghost ball
justnum survivor
If Bonus Ball is a hit, several things regarding pool halls/equipment MUST change. Please help in listing the changes. I'll start..
1. Pool halls will have to install new lighting systems so we know what colored ball to hit.
2. Pool will become a three person game, 2 shooters and 1 to keep track of the color.
3. Painted pockets.
4. In addition to checking out balls, uniforms too!
5. Sell their liquor license (I can't imagine keeping track of all the "rules" and "points" with a beer or three in my belly)
6. Bar tables will need to modified to allow spotting of balls.
You missed the big one!
Pool will be like golf. There will be hotties hanging out as caddies. They will be the ball spotters and score keepers.
Europe - TD, TL & Ref
a significant boost to local economy
7. Job opportunities for neighbourhood girls :wink:
jimmyg
Mook! What's a Mook?
8. Pigs will fly.
golubushka
9. One of those silly wooden nine ball racks but for bonus ball to only accommodate 8 balls.
Underclocked
.........Whut?.........
There would need be bonus ball lawyers available for rules interpretation and claim settlements.
Psychiatric counsel must be in standby at all times.
Nine ... corner
golubushka said:
10. A Bonus Ball song
I already started one:
Bonus Ball, Bonus Ball...Bonus, Bonus Ball...
Well that's what I got so far anyway....
:rotflmao1: Excellent start.
whammo57
pooler said:
Get the ones with big tits.................
Back in the olden days, (before WWII)...they used to just play straight pool, and the rooms would have rackers (like the manual pin spoter people in bowling at that time) to rack the balls for you, to make sure it was a fair rack...anything is possible...(maybe a TV screen to play videos for you and keep track of all the game details like the "modern" bowling alleys do now)....
Maybe we could find Sausage and re hire him to rack............. if we had an 8 ball rack.....
whammo57 said:
All they show are their legs.
jimmyg said:
You asked for it.


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8 November 1978 The Canberra Times
Arwon, which raced in Canberra early in his career, scored a courageous win over the fast-finishing New Zealander Dandaleith in the $2,000 Melbourne Cup at Flemington yesterday.
Perfectly ridden by Harry White, who notched his third Melbourne Cup victory, Arwon lasted to win by a half neck from Dandaleith, which was capably handled by the 16-year-old New Zealand apprentice Toby Autridge, with a neck to another New Zealander, Karu, ridden by Warwick Robinson. Last home was Massuk, ridden by Gary Murphy.
Arwon is owned by Eric, Bob and John Doon, of Tumut, Richard Wilson and Brian Wakefield, of Canberra, and Jack Watson, of Nowra.
Arwon, bought for $18,000, brought his stakes earnings to $240,000 from 35starts for 13 wins, 10 seconds and two thirds.


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Q: The Maximum number of points of intersection of 4 distinct circles and 8 distinct straight lines is The Maximum number of points of intersection of 4 distinct circles and 8 distinct straight lines is
1)66
2)64
3)104
4)40
Can anyone please help me to solve this problem?
My attempt : I have seen this link--Maximum number of points of intersection. But I can not understand how they are so sure that all intersection points are distinct.

A: I will construct an explicit example. Take the following two configurations:

The second configuration is the eight-line solution to my generous lazy caterer problem. Now scale down the eight-line configuration so that all its intersections are inside the intersection of all the four circles (the small squarish region). If it happens that there is a multiple intersection, we can just tweak to remove it. Then we are guaranteed that every line intersects every circle twice, obtaining the maximum of $104$ intersections.

This is the result:

To generalise to any number of circles and lines:

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*Set the sizes of the circles to be equal and make them encircle a point. This way every circle intersects every other circle twice, and there is a region inside all circles.

*Take a solution to the lazy caterer problem for the requisite number of lines – lines that all intersect each other – and scale the configuration down so that all intersections are inside the intersection of all circles. Generally, there is no multiple intersection, meaning that every line intersects every circle twice and we are finished. If there are multiple intersections, shifting the lines by a small amount (not enough to create multiple intersections elsewhere) suffices to remove the multiple intersection.

A: The trick is that you can place the individual objects (circles + lines) an arbitrarily tiny (but nonzero) distance/angle apart. Then maximum intersection is guaranteed as long as you make sure that there are no multiple intersections. For example, proceed as follows:

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*Draw an orientation point and make sure that it is inside of all the circles. Think of a thin pole where you drop your 4 rings over. Then every ring (circle) must necessarily have at least two intersection points with every other ring.

*Now you have to avoid multiple intersections. Since every added circle just has to avoid a finite set of previous intersection points, that is easy to achieve: just avoid them when fine-tuning the ring positions. You have continuous area between the other points. ;-)

*Now there is a small area around the center pole that is part of all circles (the intersection area of all the circles)

*Take infinitely long spaghettis (lines) and drop them randomly. As long as neither two of the spaghettis are in parallel, they will intersect maximally (one point for each pair). If they are in parallel, adjust them. If multiple intersections occur, adjust as well. As in (2) you have plenty of space for the adjustment due to continuity between the previous intersection points.

*Finally you have to make sure that all spaghetties go through the interior of all the circles. This is the case, if at least one point of every line is inside the intersection area of all the circles. It is enough to make sure that all the spaghetti-to-spaghetti intersections are inside the intersection area (3) of all the circles. Since the former is a finite set, you can scale and move your spaghetti configuration accordingly until they are all inside.

Et voila: you have reached the number of intersections that are combinatorially possible under the given requirements.

A: An interesting way to understand the 8-line situation is with inversion. As we know a circle that passes through the center of inversion is inverted into a line. Choose the original as the center of inversion, and choose 8 evenly spaced points on the unit circle with angles ranging from 0 to $\frac{7\pi}{8}$ as centers and draw 8 circles passing through the origin, we easily get 8 circles that intersect with each other at distinctive points. Invert the 8 circles centered at the origin, we get 8 lines intersecting each other at distinct points.
8 circles inverted into 8 lines

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The theme "growing up" fascinates me. What has it looked like for me? For others? In what ways have I been inspired by coming-of-age stories? How has it manifested itself in the lives of the young people I work with? These types of stories, in my observation, are always incredibly personal. This one is no different. REFLECTING, follows a young dad and his recently heartbroken teenage daughter through a series of conversations about love and partnership. Bryan (played by Martin Luther McCoy)--full-time musician and half-time dad--is having a hard time keeping up with the women in his life. His girlfriend, Angie, needs commitment from him, and his bright but stubborn daughter, Corre, has boy problems that get projected onto him. He's got some reflecting to do before important bridges burn for good. I created REFLECTING to essentially unpack all of the ways that adulthood was happening to me--partnership, professional growth, parenthood... It's how I chose to make sense of this journey. Similar to films by Richard Linklater ("Before" trilogy), Lasse Halstrom (My Life as a Dog), and Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) REFLECTING employs a naturalistic style of storytelling. The story lives in the interactions and conversations between the characters (and, sometimes, themselves). I'm excited to share it with you!
Reflecting actually began as a feature. Realistically, though, i knew I could only shoot and finance a shorter version of it. 5 months later, with consideration of the original story and the resources available to me, this story was manifested.
Here's an Early video of Martin (Bryan) and Kristian (Corre) rehearsing. Fun Fact - Corre was actually recasted a month and a half before production (this was Kristian's first rehearsal). I initially planned to have months of rehearsal time with the actors; however, things in movie making don't always go the way we plan. I got lucky this time--The actors were incredibly talented and well prepared.
For two and a half years I created with the Young people at the Berkeley Youth Institute. They were actually the inspiration behind the character of "Corre". The way she interacts with her dad (Bryan) is indicative of the type of relationship that The young people and I developed. They're pretty much my kids. It was a no-brainer that they would work with me on this entire project. They helped with character development and Storyboarding, served as talent and production assistants, and helped create content for the Kickstarter.


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