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Internet TLD. .cz [ b ] The Czech Republic, [ c ][ 12 ] also known as Czechia, [ d ][ 13 ] is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, [ 14 ] it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. [ 15 ]
This is a list of municipalities of the Czech Republic which have status of a city, town or market town granted by law. As of 2024, there are 27 cities, 583 towns and 232 market towns in the Czech Republic. The population is shown in brackets and is current to 1 January 2024. [1]
The Czech Republic officially adopted the convention on 26 March 1993, inheriting those three sites. As of 2023, there are 17 sites inscribed on the list and a further 13 on the tentative list. The most recent addition is Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops, added in 2023.
In December 2009, contributors to the Czech Wikipedia held a conference in Prague. [9] In 2008, the Czech NGO Wikimedia Česká republika (Wikimedia Czech Republic) was founded to support the Czech Wikipedia by organizing events, helping communication with authors of free content, and promoting the Czech Wikipedia to the public. [10]
During the reign of George of Poděbrady (1458–1471), Bohemia was divided into 14 regions, which remained so until 1714, when their number was reduced to 12 again. From 1751 to 1850, after the four largest regions were divided, the kingdom consisted of 16 regions. Between 1850 and 1862, there were several reforms and the number of regions ...
The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved Czech people or the Czech Republic including predecessor states in the history of the formation of the Czech Republic. This list covers innovation and invention in the mechanical, electronic, and industrial fields, as well as medicine ...
University of Silesia, Opava – founded in 1991. Technical University of Liberec – founded 1994 (continuation of University of Mechanical and Textile Engineering, est. 1953). University of Hradec Králové – founded in 2000 (renamed in 2000, continuation of independent Faculty of Education, est. 1964). Tomas Bata University in Zlín ...
With an estimated population of 10,516,707 as of 2022, compared to 9.3 million at the beginning of the 20th century, the population growth of the Czech Republic has been limited, due to low fertility rates and loss of population in and around World Wars I and II. Population loss during World War I was approximately 350,000.