Monument of industrial heritage in the Karlovy Vary Region. In spite of all the fires and floods, the bridge has been standing in its place for more than 650 years and is thus one of the oldest bridges in Central Europe.
Car produced by the car maker from Liberec. Only two units were produced, one of which ended up on Emperor Franz Joseph I’s court.
The highest railway bridge in the Czech Republic. It spans the Elbe between Děčín and Prostřední Žleb.
Unique railway bridge that was planned for demolition during the Second World War.
A railway bridge in Dolní Loučky, one of the largest reinforced concrete viaducts in Central Europe.
The Jezernice viaduct is one of the longest railway bridges in the Czech Republic.
The first large railway viaduct in Czechoslovakia made from concrete. It is located on the railway line between Benátky nad Jizerou and the Vinec municipality near Krnsko.
Impressive railway viaduct in northern Bohemia. It is located on the railway line Liberec–Tanvald and has been inscribed on the list of national technical monuments.
Rainbow Bridge in Bechyně is one of the few bridges in the Czech Republic that serve for both road and railway traffic.
Famous Czechoslovak physician. Founder of modern epidemiology in Czechoslovakia and creator of the concept of disease surveillance, which the World Health Organisation began using in 1968 as one of its fundamental methods.
The first Czechoslovak cosmonaut and the first man in space coming from a country other than the Soviet Union or the USA. He also served as the ambassador of the Czech Republic in Russia.
Portable electric oven that heats from above. It has a long history. It was and still is a part of virtually very Czech family.
Versatile inventor of Czech-German descent. His name is connected with the discovery of the screw propeller, but he is also famous for other inventions, such as the portable optical field telegraph for the army, liquid compass, pneumatic post, compensating pendulum, and many others.
Sociologist and philosopher, one of the authors and pioneers of the term “technological revolution”, describing the society of the second half of the 20th century. Richta is still regarded as one of the most distinguished theoreticians of the development of the post-industrial society.
One of the first concrete bridges on the territory of the modern Czech Republic, as well as one of the oldest concrete buildings in Bohemia. It is a part of a system of bridges spanning a long flood zone.
Czech explorer, botanist, gardener and collector nicknamed “the orchid hunter” and “the king of orchids”.
Czech industrialist, engineer and inventor, nicknamed the “Moravian Edison”. He founded the first company manufacturing electrical measuring equipment in Central Europe.
An invention by Václav and František Veverka that made ploughing easier for millions of people around the world.
Emigration of Russians to the Czech lands in the 20th century occurred in several waves: 1918–1922, after the Second World War, in the 1960s and 1980s, and after 1989.
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