1. Maturitní téma - Czech republic

Industries and economy:

• export economy

  • food industry (beer,...)

  • car industry (Škoda, Tatra,...)

  • machinery

  • czech glass/crystal/porcelain...

Climate:

• mild

  • hot summers with temperatures between 20 - 30 degrees

  • cold winters

• 4 season

History:

• 1918: After the collapse of Austro-Hungarian empire, Czechoslovakia was proclaimed. T. G. Masaryk was elected the president and he was called "founding father".

• 1938: There was a Munich Conference which results in a cession of the Sudetenland to Germany.

• 1939: There was a Nazi invasion. We was occupied by Germany. There was established the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

• 1945: Red Army came to our country. Edvard Beneš issued his decrees which lay the forced Germany to leave and drove Hungarian ethnic out.

• 1948: The Communists came to power. There were many political processes and political purges. Many people were sentenced to death or sentenced to life in jail.

• 1968: There were many reforms. It was called the Prague Spring. These reforms liberalize the regime. Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia.

• 1969: Student Jan Palach burn himself to death in a protest against the presence of the occupation armies.

• 1977: A group of dissidents including playwright Vaclav Havel published Charter 77 calling for restoration of civic and political rights.

• 1989: There was a velvet revolution with peaceful transformation. Husak resigns as president. Dubcek elected chairman of Federal Assembly. Vaclav Havel was elected the president.

• 1993: There was a velvet divorce. Czechoslovakia split into 2 independent states: Czech republic and Slovakia.

Places of interest:

• 12 UNESCO sites -> "old" Prague, Český Krumlov, Holašovice, Brno, Olomouc, Lednice-Valtice, Žďár nad Sázavou, Kutná Hora, Telč, Třebíč, Kroměříž, Litomyšl

• Church of St. John Nepomuk in Žďár nad Sázavou

  • The church is located on Green Hill in Žďár nad Sázavou. The church was built between 1719-1722. It is a masterpiece of architect Santini and one of the most original documents Baroque Gothic. The purpose of the construction was to celebrate John Nepomuk such as powerful patron and saint. Since 1994, the church is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

• Červená Lhota

  • Červená Lhota is famous Renaissance water castle in the eastern part of South Bohemia. At the castle there were filmed several films and television fairytales. The first written mention dates from 1465. Červená Lhota is named after the colour of the castle. Tour of the castle lasts about 50 minutes. You will see 16 rooms representing housing the nobility in the 19th century and early 20 century.