Czech Geography and Nature

Geography And Nature

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  1. Complete the sentence about Petřín with the correct year: The summit of the hill is linked to Prague's Malá Strana district by the Petřín funicular, a funicular railway that first operated in ______.
  2. Complete the sentence about Wenceslas Square with the correct year: A Baroque statue of Saint Wenceslas had stood in the Horse Market since ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about Wenceslas Square with the correct year: The Mass celebrated at the statue on 12 June ______ by the priest Jan Arnold is regarded as the beginning of the Prague June Uprisin…
  4. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, Bohemian King Charles IV founded the New Town of Prague.
  5. Complete the sentence about Wenceslas Square with the correct year: The Statue of Saint Wenceslas formerly stood in the middle of Wenceslas Square, near Grandhotel Evropa, it was moved to Vyšehrad in…
  6. Complete the sentence about Wenceslas Square with the correct year: At this time the square was renamed and new Statue of Saint Wenceslas was built in ______.
  7. Complete the sentence about Wenceslas Square with the correct year: On 28 October ______, Alois Jirásek read the Czechoslovak declaration of independence in front of the Saint Wenceslas statue.
  8. Complete the sentence about St. Vitus Cathedral with the correct year: Until ______, the cathedral was dedicated only to Saint Vitus, and is still commonly named only as St.
  9. Complete the sentence about St. Vitus Cathedral with the correct year: In the year ______, prince Spytihněv II embarked on building a more spacious church, as it became clear the existing rotunda was…
  10. Complete the sentence about St. Vitus Cathedral with the correct year: Construction of the present-day Gothic cathedral began on 21 November ______, when the seat of Prague was elevated to an archbish…
  11. Complete the sentence about Karlštejn Castle with the correct year: Founded in ______, the construction of Karlštejn Castle was directed by the later Karlštejn burgrave Vitus of Bítov, but there are n…
  12. Complete the sentence about Karlštejn Castle with the correct year: The project was finished nearly twenty years later, in ______, when the "heart" of the treasury—the Chapel of the Holy Cross, situat…
  13. Complete the sentence about Karlštejn Castle with the correct year: Following the outbreak of the Hussite Wars, the Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire were evacuated in ______ and brought via H…
  14. Complete the sentence about Karlštejn Castle with the correct year: The castle underwent several reconstructions: in late Gothic style after ______ and in Renaissance style in the last quarter of the…
  15. Complete the sentence about Konopiště with the correct year: In ______, it was conquered by the troops of George of Poděbrady after a siege that lasted almost two years.
  16. Complete the sentence about Konopiště with the correct year: In ______, the estate was purchased by Dorota Hodějovská of Hodějov, who made Renaissance alterations to the old gothic fortification.
  17. Complete the sentence about Konopiště with the correct year: The Hodějovský family fortified their property because of their active participation in the Bohemian Revolt in ______.
  18. Complete the sentence about Konopiště with the correct year: Michna gained notoriety through his repression of the serfs, who revolted against him and conquered Konopiště in ______.
  19. Complete the sentence about Konopiště with the correct year: The Swedes occupied and plundered Konopiště in ______, and the Vrtba family then purchased the dilapidated structure.
  20. Complete the sentence about Konopiště with the correct year: After ______, they had it transformed into a Baroque style château.
  21. Complete the sentence about Hluboká Castle with the correct year: The Schwarzenbergs obtained the castle in ______ when Johann Adolf, Prince of Schwarzenberg bought it from the heirs of Baltasar Marra…
  22. Complete the sentence about Hluboká Castle with the correct year: The Schwarzenbergs lost all of their Czech properties through special communist legislative Act, the Lex Schwarzenberg, in ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Kost Castle with the correct year: In ______ the family of Zajíc von Hasenburg moved there, because Nicolaus von Hasenburg married Skunka, a widow after Peter von Wartenber…
  24. Complete the sentence about Bohemian Switzerland with the correct year: The region along the right side of the Elbe became a national park in ______ and is adjacent to Saxon Switzerland National Park…
  25. Complete the sentence about Bohemian Switzerland with the correct year: Since its German population was driven out after ______, the area has been almost exclusively settled by Czechs.
  26. Complete the sentence about Bohemian Switzerland with the correct year: As early as ______, the whole of Bohemian Switzerland was placed under protection.
  27. Complete the sentence about Šumava National Park with the correct year: Originally, a large landscape protected area was declared on 27 December ______ covering most of the Bohemian Forest.
  28. Complete the sentence about Šumava National Park with the correct year: On 20 March ______ the most valuable part of the area was declared a national park, with the rest of the landscape protected are…
  29. Complete the sentence about Sněžka with the correct year: The first historical account of an ascent to the peak is in ______, by an unknown Venetian merchant searching for precious stones.
  30. Complete the sentence about Sněžka with the correct year: The territory including the mines were the property of the Schaffgotsch family until ______.
  31. Complete the sentence about Sněžka with the correct year: A wooden weather station was built on the mountaintop in c. ______, being the only weather station in Central Europe remaining intact after Wo…
  32. Complete the sentence about Sněžka with the correct year: One side of the mountain is in the Czech Republic; the other has belonged to Poland since ______.
  33. Complete the sentence about Vltava with the correct year: The water from the river was used for drinking until ______ when the Vinohrady Water Tower ceased pumping operations, and is now a place to vi…
  34. Complete the sentence about Elbe with the correct year: The statute of the commission was signed in Dresden on 22 February ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Elbe with the correct year: When the four Lutheran church bodies there united in ______, they chose the name North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church.
  36. Complete the sentence about Oder with the correct year: The Finow Canal, first built in ______, connects the Oder and Havel.
  37. Complete the sentence about Oder with the correct year: After the completion of the more straight Oder – Havel Canal in ______, its economic relevance decreased.
  38. Complete the sentence about Orlík Dam with the correct year: Preparatory construction work for the future Orlík water reservoir began as early as ______, even before the project was officially approve…
  39. Complete the sentence about Orlík Dam with the correct year: Structurally, the dam was completed and officially put into operation on 22 December ______, eight months ahead of the scheduled completion…
  40. Complete the sentence about Lipno Reservoir with the correct year: Preparatory work at the municipality of Lipno nad Vltavou began in ______.
  41. Complete the sentence about Moravia with the correct year: Moravia was one of the five lands of Czechoslovakia founded in ______.
  42. Complete the sentence about Moravia with the correct year: Until the expulsions after ______, significant parts of Moravia were German speaking.
  43. Complete the sentence about Czech Silesia with the correct year: With the exception of the areas around Cieszyn, Ostrava, and Hlučín, Czech Silesia was predominantly settled by German-speaking populat…
  44. Complete the sentence about Jizera Mountains with the correct year: In ______, Duke Bernard the Lightsome of the Piast dynasty granted a portion of the Izera Mountains to the Knights Hospitaller from…
  45. Complete the sentence about Giant Mountains with the correct year: The first map occurrence of the name dates back to ______ to Klaudyán map of Bohemia, when it is referred to the mountains as "Krkono…
  46. Complete the sentence about Giant Mountains with the correct year: After the expulsion of Germans in ______, this type of management largely came to a standstill and the mountain meadows were largely…
  47. Complete the sentence about Beskids with the correct year: In ______, the Beskids were known by the Latin name Beschad Alpes Poloniae 'Beskid Mountains of Poland'.
  48. Complete the sentence about Czech Republic with the correct year: Following the Battle of Mohács in ______, all the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy.
  49. Complete the sentence about Czech Republic with the correct year: With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in ______, the Crown lands became part of the Austrian Empire.
  50. Complete the sentence about Czech Republic with the correct year: Following the collapse of Austria-Hungary after World War I, most of the region became part of the First Czechoslovak Republic in ____…
  51. Complete the sentence about Czech Republic with the correct year: After the Munich Agreement in ______, Nazi Germany systematically took control over the Czech lands.
  52. Complete the sentence about Brno Exhibition Centre with the correct year: Annual markets and trade exhibitions were held in Brno since ______.
  53. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Since ______, regular trade exhibitions have been held in Brno.
  54. Complete the sentence about Villa Tugendhat with the correct year: The construction company of Artur and Moritz Eisler began construction in the summer of ______ and finished it in 14 months.
  55. Complete the sentence about Villa Tugendhat with the correct year: The villa was confiscated by the Gestapo in ______ and used as an apartment and office; its interior was modified and many pieces dis…
  56. Complete the sentence about Villa Tugendhat with the correct year: In ______ the house was rented out as offices of the Nazi Messerschmitt aeroplane works.
  57. Complete the sentence about Villa Tugendhat with the correct year: In April ______, Brno was liberated by the Red Army and a Soviet unit quartered in the villa, doing considerable damage to the buildi…
  58. Complete the sentence about Prague Zoo with the correct year: The zoo was opened to the public on 28 September ______ by the founding director Jiří Janda.
  59. Complete the sentence about Prague Zoo with the correct year: In ______, the first artificial breeding of a Przewalski's Horse in the world took place at the zoo.
  60. Complete the sentence about Kroměříž Castle with the correct year: UNESCO listed the gardens and castle as a World Heritage Site in ______ because of its exceptionally well-preserved and outstanding B…
  61. Complete the sentence about Kroměříž Castle with the correct year: The largest part of the collection was acquired by Bishop Karel in Cologne in ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Kroměříž Castle with the correct year: The castle and its grounds were nominated for the World Heritage List in ______.
  63. Complete the sentence about Žďár nad Sázavou with the correct year: Žďár was founded as a settlement of the nearby Cistercian monastery, which was established in ______.
  64. Complete the sentence about Žďár nad Sázavou with the correct year: From ______, Žďár came under administration of Olomouc bishopric, but remained loyal to the Cistercian monastery, which resulted in…
  65. Complete the sentence about Žďár nad Sázavou with the correct year: In ______, the monastery was restored, but was attacked by Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War.
  66. Complete the sentence about Vranov nad Dyjí with the correct year: The first written mention of Vranov is from ______, when the Vranov nad Dyjí Castle was mentioned in Chronica Boemorum.
  67. Complete the sentence about Vranov nad Dyjí with the correct year: During the Thirty Years' War, the castle was besieged and damaged by Swedish troops, and the destruction was completed by a large fir…
  68. Complete the sentence about Vranov nad Dyjí with the correct year: The Althann family, who acquired the castle in ______, reconstructed the old Gothic structure into a representative Baroque residence…
  69. Complete the sentence about Praděd with the correct year: After ______, the tourist association no longer existed because all Germans were expelled.
  70. Complete the sentence about Lysá hora with the correct year: The place was first mentioned in a written document from ______ as Lissa huera.
  71. Complete the sentence about Sedlec Abbey with the correct year: Founded in ______, it was the first Cistercian foundation in Bohemia.
  72. Complete the sentence about Sedlec Abbey with the correct year: Along with the rest of the Kutná Hora town centre, it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in ______, because of its outstanding B…
  73. Complete the sentence about Sedlec Abbey with the correct year: Sedlec Abbey was founded in ______ from Waldsassen Abbey in Sedlec as the first Cistercian monastery in Bohemia.
  74. Complete the sentence about Sedlec Abbey with the correct year: The abbey was burnt in April ______ by Hussites led by Jan Žižka, and many monks were killed.
  75. Complete the sentence about Sedlec Abbey with the correct year: The Chapel of All Saints, next to the cemetery, was run from ______ by a Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre.
  76. Complete the sentence about Lipno nad Vltavou with the correct year: The first written mention of Lipno nad Vltavou is from ______.
  77. Complete the sentence about Lipno nad Vltavou with the correct year: The Lipno Hydroelectric Power Station has been in operation since ______ and has nameplate capacity 2x60 MW.
  78. Complete the sentence about Lipno nad Vltavou with the correct year: Lipno nad Vltavou hosted the ______ ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
  79. Complete the sentence about Eurasian beaver with the correct year: Castor fiber was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in ______, who described the beaver in his work Systema Naturae.
  80. Which place completes this sentence about Ústí nad Labem? The charter of the ______ Benedictine monastery from 993 was considered to be the first written mention of Ústí nad Labem, but its legitimacy…
  81. Which place completes this sentence about Havířov? The city is located on the Lučina River, on the border between the ______ Basin and Moravian-Silesian Foothills.
  82. Which place completes this sentence about Kutná Hora? Shortly after 1300, Kutná Hora became the seat of the central mint of the Czech lands, in which ______ groschen were minted.
  83. Which place completes this sentence about Františkovy Lázně? Together with nearby ______ and Mariánské Lázně, it forms the so-called West Bohemian Spa Triangle.
  84. Which place completes this sentence about Kroměříž? Some sources cite a deed of another ______ bishop Jindřich Zdík from 1141 as the first unquestionable written mention of Kroměříž.
  85. Which place completes this sentence about Kroměříž? In the 13th century, Kroměříž became the centre of a dominion owned by the ______ bishopric.
  86. Which place completes this sentence about Kroměříž? After 1256, the ______ bishop Bruno von Schauenburg came to power over Kroměříž.
  87. Which place completes this sentence about Lidice? The I/61 road that connects ______ with the D7 motorway runs along the northern municipal border.
  88. Which place completes this sentence about Charles Bridge? As the only means of crossing the river Vltava until 1841, Charles Bridge was the most important connection between ______ Castle and the city…
  89. Which place completes this sentence about Old Town Square? In 2016, CNN ranked ______'s Christmas Markets among the 10 best ones worldwide.
  90. Which place completes this sentence about Prague astronomical clock? The legend was used as the main plot in the 2008 animated film Goat story – The Old ______ Legends.
  91. Which place completes this sentence about Moravia? Before being sacked by the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War, ______ served as the Moravian capital, and it is still the seat of the Archdioc…
  92. Which place completes this sentence about Czech Silesia? With the exception of the areas around Cieszyn, ______, and Hlučín, Czech Silesia was predominantly settled by German-speaking populations up u…
  93. Which place completes this sentence about Brno Exhibition Centre? Annual markets and trade exhibitions were held in ______ since 1243.
  94. Which place completes the sentence? Since 1821, regular trade exhibitions have been held in ______.
  95. Which place completes this sentence about Brno Exhibition Centre? From 1922 – 1927, ______ Annual Exhibition Markets were regularly held.
  96. Which place completes this sentence about Villa Tugendhat? In April 1945, ______ was liberated by the Red Army and a Soviet unit quartered in the villa, doing considerable damage to the building's whi…
  97. Which place completes this sentence about Žďár nad Sázavou? From 1588, Žďár came under administration of ______ bishopric, but remained loyal to the Cistercian monastery, which resulted in a long-runn…

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