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Karlovy Vary

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Karlovy Vary or Carlsbad (Karlsbad) is a spa town situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá, approximately west of Prague (Praha). [1]

126 relations: Adalbert Stifter, Anthony Joseph Drexel, Austria-Hungary, Baden-Baden, Becherovka, Beneš decrees, Bernkastel-Kues, Bochov, Bohemia, British royal family, Bronze Age, Bus, Cable car, California, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad Decrees, Carlsbad Springs, Ontario, Carlsbad, California, Carlsbad, New Mexico, Carlsbad, Texas, Casino Royale (2006 film), Catholic Church, Central European Summer Time, Central European Time, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Cheb, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, D6 motorway (Czech Republic), Districts of the Czech Republic, Drexel University, Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eilat, Father of the Nation, Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–50), František Běhounek, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Frédéric Chopin, Funicular, Georg Riedel (jazz musician), Gerda Mayer, German Confederation, Germans, Grandhotel Pupp, Hana Soukupová, HC Energie Karlovy Vary (juniors), HC Karlovy Vary, Holy Roman Emperor, ..., Hot spring, Ignaz Ziegler, Ivan Turgenev, J.P. Morgan & Co., James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater, Jana Sýkorová, Jean de Carro, Johann Josef Loschmidt, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Josef Řihák, Josef von Löschner, Karel Dobrý, Karel Rada, Karin Stoiber, Karl Hermann Frank, Karlovy Vary Airport, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Region, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Klemens von Metternich, Kusatsu, Gunma, Last Holiday (2006 film), Liqueur, List of Bohemian monarchs, List of Presidents of Turkey, Locarno, Loket (Sokolov District), Ludmila Peterková, Ludwig van Beethoven, Methodism, Milan Šperl, Moldova, Moser (glass company), Munich Agreement, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, National Hockey League, Nazi Germany, Ohře, Peter the Great, Petr Kopfstein, Pittsburgh Penguins, Potsdam Agreement, Prague, Princess Michael of Kent, Protestantism, Rail transport, Regions of the Czech Republic, Rick Lanz, Rudolf Křesťan, Ruins, Russians, Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Karlovy Vary, Sister city, Slavs, Soviet Union, Spa town, Stanislav Birner, Sudetenland, Tomáš Borek, Tomáš Došek, Tomáš Vokoun, Train, Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919), Turkey, Ukrainians, Varberg, Vietnamese people, Vladimir Voronin, Wafer, Walter Becher, Walter Serner, World War I, World War II, Zbyněk Brynych, Zwetschge. Expand index (76 more) »

Adalbert Stifter

Adalbert Stifter (23 October 1805 – 28 January 1868) was an Austrian writer, poet, painter, and pedagogue.

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Anthony Joseph Drexel

Anthony Joseph Drexel Sr. (September 13, 1826 – June 30, 1893) was an American banker who played a major role in the rise of modern global finance after the American Civil War.

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Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy in English-language sources, was a constitutional union of the Austrian Empire (the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council, or Cisleithania) and the Kingdom of Hungary (Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen or Transleithania) that existed from 1867 to 1918, when it collapsed as a result of defeat in World War I. The union was a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and came into existence on 30 March 1867.

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Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden is a spa town located in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.

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Becherovka

Becherovka, formerly Karlsbader Becherbitter, is a herbal bitters, often drunk as a digestive aid, that is produced in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic by the Jan Becher company.

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Beneš decrees

The Decrees of the President of the Republic (Dekrety presidenta republiky, Dekréty prezidenta republiky) and the Constitutional Decrees of the President of the Republic (Ústavní dekrety presidenta republiky, Ústavné dekréty prezidenta republiky), commonly known as the Beneš decrees, were a series of laws drafted by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in the absence of the Czechoslovak parliament during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II.

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Bernkastel-Kues

Bernkastel-Kues is a well-known winegrowing centre on the Middle Moselle in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Bochov

Bochov (Buchau) is a small town (1226 inhabitants in 2011) in the Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic.

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Bohemia

Bohemia (Čechy;; Czechy; Bohême; Bohemia; Boemia) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech lands in the present-day Czech Republic.

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British royal family

The British royal family comprises Queen Elizabeth II and her close relations.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Bus

A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, motorbus, autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers.

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Cable car

A cable car is any of a variety of cable transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman.

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico.

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Carlsbad Decrees

The Carlsbad Decrees were a set of reactionary restrictions introduced in the states of the German Confederation by resolution of the Bundesversammlung on 20 September 1819 after a conference held in the spa town of Carlsbad, Bohemia.

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Carlsbad Springs, Ontario

Carlsbad Springs is a rural community on Bear Brook in Cumberland Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Prior to amalgamation in 2001, the community was on the border between Gloucester and Cumberland.

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Carlsbad, California

Carlsbad is an affluent seaside resort city occupying a stretch of Pacific coastline in northern San Diego County, California.

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Carlsbad, New Mexico

Carlsbad is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.

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Carlsbad, Texas

Carlsbad is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in northwest Tom Green County, Texas, United States.

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Casino Royale (2006 film)

Casino Royale is a 2006 British spy film, the twenty-first in the Eon Productions ''James Bond'' film series, and the third screen adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel of the same name.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometime referred also as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (UTC+1) during the other part of the year.

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Central European Time

Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of Europe and a few North African countries, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles IV (Karel IV., Karl IV., Carolus IV; 14 May 1316 – 29 November 1378Karl IV. In: (1960): Geschichte in Gestalten (History in figures), vol. 2: F-K. 38, Frankfurt 1963, p. 294), born Wenceslaus, was a King of Bohemia and the first King of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor.

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Cheb

Cheb (Eger) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, with about 33,000 inhabitants.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic (Česká republika), also known by its short-form name Czechia (Česko), is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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D6 motorway (Czech Republic)

D6 motorway (Dálnice D6), formerly Expressway R6 (Rychlostní silnice R6) is a highway in the Czech Republic.

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Districts of the Czech Republic

In 1960, Czechoslovakia was re-divided into districts (okres, plural okresy) often without regard to traditional division and local relationships.

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Drexel University

Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Eastern Catholic Churches

The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-rite Catholic Churches, and in some historical cases Uniate Churches, are twenty-three Eastern Christian particular churches sui iuris in full communion with the Pope in Rome, as part of the worldwide Catholic Church.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, also known as the Orthodox Church, or officially as the Orthodox Catholic Church, is the second-largest Christian Church, with over 250 million members.

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Eilat

Eilat (help; 'aylaat or 'aylat, also 'Um 'al-Rashrash) is Israel's southernmost city, a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba.

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Father of the Nation

The Father of the Nation is an honorific title given to a man considered the driving force behind the establishment of his country, state, or nation.

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Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–50)

During the later stages of World War II and the post-war period, German citizens and people of German ancestry fled or were expelled from various Eastern and Central European countries and sent to the remaining territory of Germany and Austria.

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František Běhounek

František Běhounek (27 October 1898 Prague – 1 January 1973 Karlovy Vary) was a Czech scientist (radiologist), explorer and writer.

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Franz Joseph I of Austria

Franz Joseph I also Franz Josef I or Francis Joseph I (Franz Joseph Karl; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and monarch of other states in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, from 2 December 1848 to his death.

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Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin (1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano.

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Funicular

A funicular is one of the modes of transport, along with a cable railway and an inclined elevator, which uses a cable traction for movement on a steep slope.

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Georg Riedel (jazz musician)

Georg Riedel (born on 8 January 1934 Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia) is a Swedish double bass player and composer.

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Gerda Mayer

Gerda Kamilla Mayer (born 9 June 1927) is an English poet born to a Jewish family in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia.

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German Confederation

The German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) was an association of 39 German-speaking states in Central Europe, created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to coordinate the economies of separate German-speaking countries and to replace the former Holy Roman Empire, which had been dissolved in 1806.

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Germans

Germans (Deutsche) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, who share a common German ancestry, culture and history.

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Grandhotel Pupp

The Grandhotel Pupp is a 228-room luxury hotel located in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic.

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Hana Soukupová

Hana Soukupová (born 18 December 1985) is a Czech model.

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HC Energie Karlovy Vary (juniors)

HC Energie Karlovy Vary (juniors) is a Czech ice hockey team based in Karlovy Vary competing on an international level in MHL.

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HC Karlovy Vary

HC Energie Karlovy Vary is a professional ice hockey team based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

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Holy Roman Emperor

The Holy Roman Emperor (historically Romanorum Imperator, "Emperor of the Romans") was the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire (800-1806 AD, from Charlemagne to Francis II).

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Hot spring

A hot spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater that rises from the Earth's crust.

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Ignaz Ziegler

Ignaz Ziegler (Ziegler Ignác; 29 September 1861 in Dolný Kubín, then Hungary – 1948) was an Austrian rabbi, chief rabbi of Karlovy Vary.

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Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲeɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf; September 3, 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West.

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J.P. Morgan & Co.

J.P. Morgan & Co. is a commercial and investment banking institution founded by J. P. Morgan in 1871.

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James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater

James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater and 4th Earl of Seafield (10 April 17505 October 1811) was a Scottish peer and an accomplished amateur landscape architect and philanthropist.

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Jana Sýkorová

Jana Sýkorová (born 9 June 1973) is a Czech operatic contralto.

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Jean de Carro

Jean de Carro (born in Geneva, August 8, 1770; died at Carlsbad, March 12, 1857) was a Swiss-born physician who worked from Austria to promote vaccination against smallpox.

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Johann Josef Loschmidt

Johann Josef Loschmidt (15 March 1821 – 8 July 1895), who referred to himself mostly as Josef Loschmidt (omitting his first name), was a notable Austrian scientist who performed ground-breaking work in chemistry, physics (thermodynamics, optics, electrodynamics), and crystal forms.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman.

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Josef Řihák

Josef Řihák (born 25 April 1959 in Karlovy Vary) is a Czech politician.

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Josef von Löschner

Josef Wilhelm Freiherr von Löschner or in Czech Josef Vilém z Löschneru (May 7, 1809 – April 19, 1888) was an Austrian physician born in Kaaden, Bohemia.

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Karel Dobrý

Karel Dobrý (born 2 May 1969) is a Czech film, television and stage actor.

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Karel Rada

Karel Rada (born 2 March 1971) is a former Czech football defender.

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Karin Stoiber

Karin Stoiber (born 6 July 1943, in Karlsbad, Sudetenland (now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic) was the First Lady of Bavaria from 1993 to 2007. Karin Stoiber is the wife of the former prime minister of the state of Bavaria and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Dr. Edmund Stoiber. The Stoibers are currently living in Wolfratshausen, Southern Bavaria. They have been married since 23 February 1968. They have three children together. Until the birth of her first daughter in 1971, she worked as a bank clerk. Her special interest is helping deaf people. She is the patron of the "Kinderhospiz Allgäu".

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Karl Hermann Frank

Karl Hermann Frank (24 January 1898 – 22 May 1946) was a prominent Sudeten German Nazi official in Czechoslovakia prior to and during World War II and an SS-Obergruppenführer.

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Karlovy Vary Airport

Karlovy Vary Airport (Letiště Karlovy Vary) is the airport of Karlovy Vary in western Bohemia.

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Karlovy Vary District

Karlovy Vary District or Carlsbad District (Okres Karlovy Vary) is a district (okres) within the Karlovy Vary Region (Karlovarský kraj) of the Czech Republic.

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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic.

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Karlovy Vary Region

The Karlovy Vary Region or Carlsbad Region (Karlovarský kraj) is an administrative unit (kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia.

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Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer

Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer) (1 September 1689, Prague – 18 December 1751) was a Bohemian architect of the Baroque era.

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Klemens von Metternich

Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince von Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein (15 May 1773 – 11 June 1859) was an Austrian diplomat and statesman who was one of the most important of his era, serving as the Austrian Empire's Foreign Minister from 1809 and Chancellor from 1821 until the liberal revolutions of 1848 forced his resignation.

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Kusatsu, Gunma

is a town located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

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Last Holiday (2006 film)

Last Holiday is a 2006 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Queen Latifah and directed by Wayne Wang.

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Liqueur

A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made from a distilled spirit that has been flavored with either fruit, cream, herbs, spices, flowers or nuts, and is bottled with added sugars and other sweeteners (such as high-fructose corn syrup).

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List of Bohemian monarchs

This is a list of Bohemian monarchs now also referred to as list of Czech monarchs who ruled as Dukes and Kings of Bohemia.

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List of Presidents of Turkey

The following is a complete list of Presidents of Turkey, consisting of the twelve heads of state and one Executive President of Turkey since the inception of the republican period in 1923, following the Turkish War of Independence.

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Locarno

Locarno (Ticinese: Locarn; formerly in Luggárus) is a southern Swiss town and municipality in the district Locarno (and its capital), located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at its northeastern tip in the canton of Ticino at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps.

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Loket (Sokolov District)

Loket (Elbogen) is a town of some 3,000 inhabitants in the Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary region of the Czech Republic.

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Ludmila Peterková

Ludmila Peterková (born 16 September 1967 in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic) is a Czech clarinetist.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770Beethoven was baptised on 17 December. His date of birth was often given as 16 December and his family and associates celebrated his birthday on that date, and most scholars accept that he was born on 16 December; however there is no documentary record of his birth.26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Milan Šperl

Milan Šperl (born 26 February 1980 in Karlovy Vary) is a Czech cross country skier who has been competing since 2000.

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Moldova

Moldova (or sometimes), officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south (by way of the disputed territory of Transnistria).

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Moser (glass company)

Moser a.s. is a luxury glass manufacturer based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, previously Karlsbad in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary.

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Munich Agreement

The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation, the "Sudetenland", was coined.

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (19 May 1881 (conventional) – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and founder of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President from 1923 until his death in 1938.

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National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Ohře

The Ohře or, slightly less commonly in English sources, the Eger (German: Eger, Czech also: Oharka or Ohara, Celtic: Agara, Ohrza), is a 316 km long river in Germany (50 km) and the Czech Republic (266 km), left tributary of the Elbe.

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Peter the Great

Peter the Great (ˈpʲɵtr vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj), Peter I (ˈpʲɵtr ˈpʲɛrvɨj) or Peter Alexeyevich (p; –)Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are in the Julian calendar with the start of year adjusted to 1 January.

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Petr Kopfstein

Petr Kopfstein (born March 18, 1978) is a Czech aeroabtic pilot, representing the Czech Republic in flying aerobatics in an Unlimited category, and most recently a racer in the Master Class category of the Red Bull Air Race.

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Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Potsdam Agreement

The Potsdam Agreement (Potsdamer Abkommen) was the August 1945 agreement between three of the Allies of World War II, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union.

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Prague

Prague (Praha, Prag) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the European Union and also the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Princess Michael of Kent

Princess Michael of Kent (born Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz; 15 January 1945) is a member of the British Royal Family of German, Austrian and Hungarian descent.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Regions of the Czech Republic

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Rick Lanz

Richard Roman Lanz (born September 16, 1961 in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman who spent 10 seasons in the National Hockey League and is best known for his time with the Vancouver Canucks.

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Rudolf Křesťan

Rudolf Křesťan (born 14 March 1943 in Prague) is a Czech writer, editor and feuilletonist.

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Ruins

Ruins are the remains of human-made architecture: structures that were once intact have fallen, as time went by, into a state of partial or total disrepair, due to lack of maintenance or deliberate acts of destruction.

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Russians

Russians (русские, russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. The majority of Russians inhabit the nation state of Russia, while notable minorities exist in other former Soviet states such as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine and the Baltic states. A large Russian diaspora also exists all over the world, with notable numbers in the United States, Germany, Israel, and Canada. Russians are the most numerous ethnic group in Europe. The Russians share many cultural traits with their fellow East Slavic counterparts, specifically Belarusians and Ukrainians. They are predominantly Orthodox Christians by religion. The Russian language is official in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and also spoken as a secondary language in many former Soviet states.

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Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Karlovy Vary

Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Karlovy Vary, (Це́рковь Святы́х первоверхо́вных апо́столов Петра́ и Па́вла) is a Russian Orthodox church located in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic, it's country's largest and most important orthodox church.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Slavs

Slavs are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group who speak the various Slavic languages of the larger Balto-Slavic linguistic group.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Spa town

A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring).

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Stanislav Birner

Stanislav Birner (born 11 October 1956, in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia), is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.

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Sudetenland

The Sudetenland (Czech and Sudety; Kraj Sudecki) is the historical German name for the northern, southern, and western areas of former Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by Sudeten Germans.

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Tomáš Borek

Tomáš Borek (born 4 April 1986) is a professional Czech football player, who currently plays for SK Lhota.

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Tomáš Došek

Tomáš Došek (born 12 September 1978 in Karlovy Vary) is a former Czech football player who last played for FC Zbrojovka Brno.

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Tomáš Vokoun

Tomáš Vokoun (born 2 July 1976) is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender.

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Train

A train is a form of transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers.

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Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)

The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the Republic of German-Austria on the other.

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Turkey

Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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Ukrainians

Ukrainians (українці, ukrayintsi) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is by total population the sixth-largest nation in Europe.

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Varberg

Varberg is a locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 27,602 inhabitants in 2010.

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Vietnamese people

The Vietnamese people or the Kinh people (người Việt or người Kinh), are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam.

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Vladimir Voronin

Vladimir Voronin (born May 25, 1941) is a Moldovan politician.

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Wafer

In gastronomy, a wafer is a crisp, often sweet, very thin, flat, and dry biscuit, often used to decorate ice cream, and also used as a garnish on some sweet dishes.

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Walter Becher

Walter Becher (1 October 1912 – 25 August 2005) was a German Bohemian politician, representative of the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (GB/BHE), All German Party (Gesamtdeutsche Partei) (GDP) and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria.

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Walter Serner

Walter Serner (15 January 1889 – August 1942) was a German-language writer and essayist.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zbyněk Brynych

Zbyněk Brynych (13 June 1927 – 24 August 1995) was a Czech film director and screenwriter.

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Zwetschge

The zwetschge (Prunus domestica subsp. domestica) is a fruit-bearing tree, or its fruit.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlovy_Vary

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