Infobox Ethnic group group Czechs br e i image Image Vratislav II 140x190.jpg 75px Vratislaus II Image ... languages publisher www.ethnologue.com accessdate 2011 03 16 last first ref Czechs lang cs e i , IPA ... of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic . Small populations of Czechs also live ..., alphabet and pronunciation Bot generated title ref Among the ancestors of the Czechs are ancient Slavic ... onwards. History Expand section date February 2008 The Czechs are descended from ancient Slavic tribes ... 1 hi world europe 2988105.stm title Czechs return to Celtic roots publisher BBC News first .... According to a popular mythology myth , the Czechs come from a certain Forefather ech who settled ... Germans German immigration into Czech lands . The number of Czechs who have at least partly German ... title The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown last Agnew first Hugh year 2004 publisher Hoover ... pages 153.html Czechs and Bohemians ref ref http www.wieninternational.at en ... was proclaimed, and Czechs formed the leading class in the new state from the remnants of the Austria ... pro Nazi Czech associations and tended to stress ties of the Czechs with the Bohemian Germans and other ... and Nazi collaborators by Czech resistance and the Czechoslovak state authorities, made Czechs especially ... Conference and Yalta Conference . Tens of thousands of Czechs had repatriated from Volhynia and Banat ... and Kazakhstan s ethnic Czechs. ref http www.radio.cz en article 61781 The Czech ethnic minority ... Government completes 13 year program to integrate Kazakh Czechs , The Prague Post, October 31 ... qualified people. Following the Czech Republic s entry into the European Union in May 2004, Czechs ... Genetics Indications suggest that modern Czechs are a genetic mixture of the Slavic, Celtic, and Germanic people that have inhabited the Czech territory throughout its history. Czechs show the characteristic ... ech , who according to legend brought the tribe of Czechs into its land, ref http users.aol.com ... more details
Most Czech immigrants to Argentina came in the first half of the 20th century. Today, there are around 389,000 people of Czech descent living in Argentina , mostly in Buenos Aires and Mendoza, Argentina Mendoza . Citation needed date October 2009 See also Czechs Argentina Czech Republic relations External links http www.cesky dum.com.ar index.asp Czech Collectivity in Argentina in Spanish only http www.czechcenters.cz buenos Czech Cultural Center in Buenos Aires in Spanish and Czech only Immigration to Argentina Czech diaspora DEFAULTSORT Czechs In Argentina Category Argentine people of Czech descent Category Czech diaspora Argentina Category Ethnic groups in Argentina es Inmigraci n checa en Argentina ... more details
According to census in 2002 in Poland lived 386 Czechs. Most of them are living around Zel w 81, in d Voivodeship , in south western part of K odzko County 47, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship and in polish part of Cieszyn Silesia 61 . Some of Czechs live in Warsaw Warszawa . Before the Second World War in Poland have been living more Czechs, especially around Zel w majority in gmina and in Wo y Voivodeship 1921 1939 Wo y Voivodeship 1,5 population of Voivodeship . After war Czechs of Wo y were expelled by Sovets, and Czechs from post war Poland were invited by Czechoslovakian government. Well known people of Czech descent width 100 Aleksander Augezdecky Ottokar Brzoza Brzezina Jan Wac aw Burian Dypold III Borzywoj Josef Franti ek Gustaw Holoubek J zef Javurek Edward Jelinek Miros aw Jelinek Wiera Jelinek Cezary Czes aw Jindra Jan mos Komensk Jan Amos Kome ski Franciszek Krajowski Jan Matejko Igor Newerly Franciszek Daniel Paulik Lew Prchala Wac aw Ritschel Erich Sojka Leopold Staff Ludv k Svoboda Karol Szajnocha Jerzy lizi ski Karol Tausig Wojciech ywny External links http www.czesi.pl Official website Immigration to Poland Czech diaspora DEFAULTSORT Czechs In Poland Category Polish people of Czech descent Category Czech diaspora Category Ethnic groups in Poland pl Czesi w Polsce ru uk ... more details
refimprove date August 2010 Czechs are one of the recognised minorities of Croatia . According to the census of 2001 there were 10,512 Czechs in Croatia, compromising 0,24 of total population. They are also called by their non Czech neighbours Pemci . Geographic representation Most Croatian Czechs live in Western Slavonia especially around the cities of Daruvar and Grubi no Polje . They compromise 5,33 population of Bjelovar Bilogora county and 0,9 of Po ega Slavonia county . They compromise a relative majority in Kon anica municipality and in villages like Veliki Zdenci, Mali Zdenci, Golubinjak etc. They can be also found in almost all major towns in Croatia. class wikitable Municipality Percentage Kon anica 46,67 De anovac 23,48 Daruvar 18,90 Grubi no Polje 18,02 Sira 10,21 Hercegovac 9,60 Veliki Gr evac 4,76 Lipik 3,52 Pakrac 3,03 Kaptol 2,49 Lipovljani 2,43 Kutina 1,53 Gare nica 1,34 ... started to colonize new lands with people from all parts of their Empire. The first Czechs arrived ... in the Czech lands . Czechs also settled other parts of Croatia such as Gorski kotar , and bigger ... generations. One of these urban Czechs was August enoa , Croatian writer and mayor of Zagreb . Czechs soon found the need to culturally organise themselves, and in 1874 the first eska Beseda Czech .... Czechs organized themselves politically and formed a Czech party which was active only in the first ... in Duruvar. Czechs, just like Slovaks generally did not collaborate with the occupying powers ..., post World War II Yugoslavia Czechs enjoyed even greater rights, and more schools were opened. After the break up of Yugoslavia, Czech areas were found near war operations and many Czechs ... the Croatian Peasant Party . Culture The Czechs are organised in 24 eska Beseda s all across Croatia ... brands associated with Croatian Czechs Zdenka cheese, produced in a factory in Veliki Zdenci ... Czechs In Croatia Category Czech diaspora Croatia Category Ethnic groups in Croatia Category Croatian ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 The Czechs Lang cs e i, P mov , Lang ro Cehi, Pemi , Lang hu B n ti csehek are an Minorities of Romania ethnic minority in Romania , numbering 3,938 people according to the 2002 census. The majority of Romanian Czechs live in the south west of the country, with around 60 of them living in Cara Severin County , where they make up 0.7 of the population. As an officially recognised ethnic minority, Czechs, together with Slovaks of Romania Slovaks , have Romanian ethnic minorities parties one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies of Romania Chamber of Deputies . Communes with the largest Czech population percentage Dubova, Mehedin i Dubova , Mehedin i 40.70 G rnic , Cara Severin 33.46 Coronini , Cara Severin 27.36 Berzasca , Cara Severin 14.24 opotu Nou , Cara Severin 10.92 L pu nicel , Cara Severin 10.75 Socol , Cara Severin 4.60 Peregu Mare , Arad 3.83 E elni a , Mehedin i 2.31 Or ova , Mehedin i 1.85 Notable Czech Romanians Ignat Bednarik , painter Anton Chladek , painter Julius Podlipny , painter Anton Vorel , herbalist Lasc r Vorel , painter See also Slovak people in Romania Ethnic groups in Romania Czech diaspora DEFAULTSORT Czechs Of Romania Category Czech diaspora Romania Category Romanian people of Czech descent Category Banat Category Ethnic groups in Romania Euro ethno group stub Czech hist stub Romania hist stub cs P mov de Tschechische Minderheit im Banat hu B n ti csehek pl Czesi w Rumunii ro Cehii din Rom nia ... more details
This is a partial list of famous Czechs Czech , and Czech language Czech intelligible people. This list includes people of the Czech nationality as well as people having some significant Czech ancestry or association with Czech culture. Note If you wish to add a name to this list, first add it here instead Talk List of Czechs Biography Stub Factory . This prevents the list from succumbing to a large amount of red links . Actors See Category Czech actors Czech actors L da Baarov Gustav Nezval Ji Barto ka Vlasta Burian Anna Geislerov Ji Grossmann Miroslav Horn ek Rudolf Hru nsk Zorka Jan Petr Kostka Herbert Lom Vladim r Men k David Nykl Anny Ondra Anna Ondr kov Karel Roden Jan T ska Tatiana Vilhelmov Eduard Vojan Ji Voskovec Jan Werich Stella Z zvorkov Architects and designers See Category Czech architects Czech architects Jan Santini Aichel Jakub Bursa Josef Chochol Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer Alois Dry k Josef Go r Franti ek Maxmili n Ka ka Jan Kaplick Jan Kot ra Zden k Kov Jakub Kr n Jarom r Krejcar Josef Mocker t p nek Netolick Josef Niklas Milada Pet kov Pavl kov Bo ek pek Authors and Poets See Category Czech writers Czech writers Michal Ajvaz Jind ich Baar Jind ich imon Baar Jan Antonin Bata Jan Blahoslav Bohuslav z Lobkovic Karel Havl ek Karel Havl ek Borovsk Otokar B ezina Karel apek Jan arek Svatopluk ech Franti ek elakovsk Jakub Deml Ivan Divi Jaroslav Durych Karel Jarom r Erben Jaroslav Foglar Ladislav Fuks Franti ek Gellner Ji Grossmann Jaroslav Ha ek Vladim r Holan Miroslav Holub Bohumil Hrabal V clav Hrab Franti ek Hrub n Miroslav Ivanov Boleslav Jablonsk Josef Jedli ka Milena Jesensk Alois Jir sek Franz Kafka V clav Kaplick ... links http www.czech.cz en czech republic history famous czechs from history Famous Czechs from history http www.czech.cz en czech republic history famous czechs of the past century Famous Czechs ... Republic related lists Czechs cs Seznam ech a e ek podle povol n id Daftar tokoh Ceko ja ... more details
Ethnic Omaha sidebar Czechs in Omaha, Nebraska have made significant contributions to the political, social and cultural development of the city since the first immigrants arrived in 1868. ref Niebling, D.M. and Hyde, T. 2004 Baseball in Omaha. Arcadia Publishing. p 7. ref About In the 1860s many Czechs, primarily from Bohemia and Moravia , immigrated to Nebraska. Edward Rosewater and John Rosicky, early Omaha newspaper editors originally from Bohemia, encouraged countrymen to come by extolling promises of free land in frontier Nebraska. ref Mead & Hunt, Inc. 2006 p. 6. ref By 1880 Czechs were the most concentrated ethnic group in the city. ref Omaha City Planning Department nd A Comprehensive Program for Historic Preservation in Omaha. p. 38. ref class wikitable style float right align center colspan 2 Czech population in Omaha ref Larsen and Cottrell See Notes section. ref Year Number 1880 900 1890 2,675 1930 3,964 In 1893 the internationally known Czech composer Anton n Dvo k visited the city and performed there, attracting attendees from miles around. His extended visit to the United ... in Omaha. Czechs in the city helped promote Bohemian independence after World War I . The nation ... neethnic czechs contents.html Czechs In World War , Czechs in Nebraska. Retrieved 9 17 07 ... Czechs from Omaha One of the most famous sons of Little Bohemia was Roman Hruska , elected to the US ... means Progress of the West . ref name Czech music in Omaha Rosewater associated with Czechs in the community ... the U.S. and in Bohemia. Rosick is credited with encouraging thousands of Czechs to move to the U.S. ... of Minnesota. Retrieved 7 30 07. ref Legacy Czechs from Omaha helped gain legislative approval ... The major Bohemian landmark in the city was the ethnic enclave established by Czechs that was centered ... 2 External links Rosicky, R. http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com mach history of czechs in nebraska czech spg176.html Douglas County, Czechs in Nebraska . Retrieved 9 17 07. Omaha Czech Cultural Club ... more details
File Voyvodovo HDR3.png right thumb 300px Old Czech house in Voyvodovo, Vratsa Province Czechs lang bg , chehi and Slovaks lang bg , slovatsi are a minority ethnic group in Bulgaria Czech language Czech and lang sk Bulharsko . According to the 2001 census, Czechs number only 316 and the number of Slovaks is even smaller, ref cite web url http www.nccedi.government.bg save pdf.php?id 247 title publisher accessdate 2007 02 18 language Bulgarian ref but historically, their population has been considerably larger. History Following the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878, a large number of Czechs and Slovaks arrived in the country from Austria Hungary to foster its cultural and economic development. These included many intellectuals and entrepreneurs, such as the historian Konstantin Josef Jire ek Minister of Education 1881 1882 , the painters Ivan Mrkvi ka and Jaroslav V n , the archaeologists Karel korpil and Hermann korpil , the engineer and entrepreneur Ji Pro ek and the Pro ek family who built Lavov most and Orlov most and founded the Ariana beer Sofia brewery , V clav Dobrusk first director of the National Archaeological Museum Bulgaria National Archaeological Museum , the brewer Franz Milde founder of the Shumensko Shumen brewery , the architects Josef Schnitter long time chief architect of Plovdiv , Anton n Kol first chief architect of Sofia and Lubor Bajer who designed Stara Zagora s modern street network , and many others. Besides urban emigration, the Law for the settlement of the desolated lands of 1880 attracted many ethnic Czech and Slovak colonists ... a population of 800 of which over 600 Czechs, the rest Slovaks, Banat Bulgarians and Banat Swabians in the 1930s. Other places where Czechs and Slovaks settled were the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa ... ref Between 1948 and 1950, over 2,000 Czechs and Slovaks from Sofia and the aforementioned localities ... more details
accusations of sloth and dishonesty. Ethnic Czechs who dislike Roma cite their higher rates of anti ..., 68 Czechs have less or higher antipathy towards Roma and 82 Czechs refuse any form of a special care ... STEM Two thirds of Czechs dislike Roma http zpravy.idnes.cz stem dve tretiny cechu nemaji rady romy ... Between Ethnic Czechs And Roma Category Ethnic groups in the Czech Republic Category Roma ... more details
Czech Mongolian or Mongolian Czech may refer to Czech Republic Mongolia relations Czechs in Mongolia Mongolians in the Czech Republic Mixed race people of Czech and Mongolian descent disambig ... more details
Li ka is a Czechs Czech surname and may refer to Marcel Li ka , Czech footballer Mario Li ka , Czech footballer Werner Li ka , Czech football player and manager disambig cs Li ka de Li ka pl Li ka ... more details
Po tulka is a Czechs Czech surname that may refer to Jan Po tulka , a Czech football coach and ex football player Tom Po tulka , a Czech football goalkeeper surname cs Po tulka de Po tulka ... more details
Csehipuszta Cseh i Puszta , meaning Czechs Czech Puszta Csehipuszta Iregszemcse Csehipuszta , nearby Iregszemcse Hungarian language Hungarian name of imleu Silvaniei Pusta , S laj County Category Hungarian toponyms geodis ... more details
SVG map Map showing the distribution of Czechs in blue and Slovaks in dark oliver green inside the Austro Hungarian Empire in the year 1911. Detail from the original Image Austria hungary 1911.jpg map of ethno linguistic groups in Austria Hungary . Licensing PD old 100 ... more details
unreferenced date September 2010 The Realist Party was a Czech political party in Austria Hungary , founded in 1889 by Tom Masaryk , Karel Kram and Josef Kaizl . The following year the party joined the Young Czech Party Young Czechs . Category Political parties in Austria Hungary Czech stub Euro hist stub ... more details
Vacul k is a Czechs Czech surname which may refer to David Vacul k , a suspected belligerent in V tkov arson attack of 2009 Ludv k Vacul k , Czech writer and journalist Ond ej Vacul k , Czech ski jumper disambig cs Vacul k de Vacul k ... more details
Ji ina is a Czechs Czech name which may refer to Ji ina Bohdalov b.1931 , Czech actress and TV personality Ji ina Haukov 1919 2005 , Czech poet and translator Ji ina Steimarov 1916 2007 , Czech film and television actress See also Ji disambiguation Jiri disambiguation disambig ... more details
foreignchar Janacek Jan ek is a Czechs Czech surname , and may refer to Leo Jan ek 1854 1928 , Czech composer t p n Jan ek born 1977 , Czech pole vaulter surname Jan ek DEFAULTSORT Janaczek Category Czech language surnames Category Surnames of Silesian origin ... more details
Orphan date October 2010 merge Isaiah date October 2010 Izaia is the Czechs Czech and Slovaks Slovak form of the Hebrew name Isaiah . The Name Day is celebrated on July 6. External links http www.behindthename.com Behind the Name DEFAULTSORT Izaias Category Czech masculine given names Category Slovak given names ... more details
Wiktionary Czech may refer to Anything from or related to the Czech Republic , a country in Europe Czech language Czechs , the people of the area One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech and Rus This adjective is also contained in the names of some places, such as Czech, d Voivodeship Poland or Czechville, Wisconsin USA etc. See also Czech surname Czech as surname Czechoslovakia List of Czechs Lookfrom Intitle Category Slavic loanwords Category Czech loanwords Category Surnames of Czech origin disambig surname de Tschechisch es Checo id Ceko ms Czech pt Checo sq ek sk esk ... more details
Expand Romanian Slovacii din Rom nia date September 2010 Unreferenced date October 2006 Image Placa comemorativa Nadlac.jpg thumb 200px Plaque marking the 1803 settlement of Slovaks in N dlac , Arad County The Slovaks Slov ci in Slovak language Slovak , slovaci in Romanian language Romanian are an Minorities of Romania ethnic minority in Romania , numbering 17,199 people according to the 2002 census and hence making up 0.1 of the total population. Slovaks mainly live in western Romania, with the largest populations found in Bihor County Bihor and Arad County Arad counties, where they make up 1.22 and 1.25 of the population, respectively. The largest concentration of ethnic Slovaks can be found in the town of N dlac , Arad County, where they make up almost half of the population. As an officially recognized ethnic minority, Slovaks, together with Czechs of Romania Czechs , have Romanian ethnic minorities parties one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies of Romania Chamber of Deputies . See also Romania Slovakia relations Czechs of Romania Ethnic groups in Romania DEFAULTSORT Slovaks Of Romania Category Romanian people of Slovak descent Category Slovak diaspora Romania Category Slovak people Romania Category Ethnic groups in Romania Romania stub Slovakia stub fr Slovaques de Roumanie ro Slovacii din Rom nia sk Slov ci v Rumunsku ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox settlement official name Kon anica other name Kon enice pushpin map Croatia latd 45.637877 latNS N longd 17.164602 longEW E subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Croatia subdivision type1 Counties of Croatia County subdivision name1 Bjelovar Bilogora County Bjelovar Bilogora population as of 2001 population total 2,824 Kon anica Lang cs Kon enice is a town and a municipality in Bjelovar Bilogora County , Croatia . The population is 2,824 with 46.7 Czechs in Croatia Czechs and 40.6 Croats 2001 census . Cities and Municipalities of Bjelovar Bilogora county DEFAULTSORT Koncanica Category Municipalities of Croatia Category Populated places in Bjelovar Bilogora County BjelovarBilogora geo stub fr Kon anica hr Kon anica it Kon anica nl Kon anica sh Kon anica war Kon anica ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Rugby League in the Czech Republic was started in 2006. The Czechs received government funding before a game was played there, and in their first game on August 5, 2006 in Prague , the Czechs went down 34 28 to the Netherlands national rugby league team Netherlands . In 2007 the Czech Republic took part in the European Shield tournament. This included two other 2nd tier nations Germany and Serbia. Czech national team lost the both matches, v Germany 22 44 in Prague 4 August and v Serbia 16 56 in Belgrade 18 August , and finished third. DEFAULTSORT Rugby League In The Czech Republic Category Rugby league in the Czech Republic RugbyLeague stub ... more details
dominance in the Austrian part of the empire. The Czech leaders, subsequently labeled Old Czechs ... Czechs seemed successful, because the government agreed to the Fundamental Articles, which would ... and, in turn, was supported by the Old Czechs. Czech cooperation with Taaffe led to several important ... and industrial bourgeoisie. Intense conflict ensued as Czechs and Germans attempted to control local administration and education. When some of the Old Czechs attempted to work out a compromise .... The next year the Old Czechs were soundly defeated by the Young Czechs, ending a period of attempted ... Jind ich echtl , 1918 While relations between Czechs and Germans worsened in Bohemia , they remained ... of the empire, obstructionism by both Czechs and Germans rendered parliamentary politics ineffectual ... which, in 1917, the Manifesto of Czech writers , signed by over two hundred leading Czechs, was published ... more details
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