EVERYTHING WHAT YOU NEEDTO DREAM...
Plzen
KNOWLEDGE OF Plzen
Plzeň in Czech (In English & German: Pilsen) is a city in the Czech Republic in Western Bohemia, it is the Capital City of the Plzeň Region. It lies about 90 km West of Prague at the confluence of the Radbuza, Mže, Úslava and Úhlava rivers, creating the Berounka.
Plzeň was first mentioned as a castle in 976, as the scene of a battle between Duke Boleslaus II and Emperor Otto II. It became a town in 1295 when King Wenceslaus II granted Plzeň its civic charter. It quickly became an important town on trade routes leading to Nürnberg and Regensburg; in the 14th century it was the third-largest town in Bohemia behind Prague and Kutná Hora. During the Hussite Wars it was the centre of Catholic resistance to the Hussites; it was thrice unsuccessfully besieged by Prokop the Great, and it took part in the league of the Romanist nobles against King George of Podebrady. The first printing press was established here in 1468.
King Rudolf II made Plzeň his seat from 1599-1600. During the Thirty Years' War the town was taken by Mansfeld in 1618 after the Siege of Plzeň and not recaptured by the Imperialists until 1621. Wallenstein made it his winter-quarters in 1633. The town was unsuccessfully besieged by the Swedes in 1637 and 1648.
At the end of the 17th century Plzeň's architecture began to be influenced by the Baroque style; the historic city center has been historically preserved since 1989.
At the end of the Second World War, on May 6, 1945, Plzeň and Western Bohemia were liberated from the Nazis by General Patton's 3rd Army, unlike the rest of Czechoslovakia, which was taken by the Red Army. The Yalta Conference has placed Czechoslovakia in Soviet sphere of influence and Patton had to withdraw shortly after the armistice. Liberation of Pilsen and Western Bohemia by the 3rd Army was essentially erased from history books by the former Czechoslovak Communist Regime and has only recently entered public consciousness again. There is a monument dedicated to the 3rd Army from the people of Plzeň, thanking them for liberation, located at the start of Americká Ulice (American Street).
Since the second half of the 1990s the city has experienced high growth in foreign investment.
Plzeň is the second largest city of Bohemia and the center of academic, business and cultural life for Western Czech Republic. The University of West Bohemia, headquartered here, is well-known for its School of Engineering, School of Law and Department of Applied Mathematics.
Plzeň was first mentioned as a castle in 976, as the scene of a battle between Duke Boleslaus II and Emperor Otto II. It became a town in 1295 when King Wenceslaus II granted Plzeň its civic charter. It quickly became an important town on trade routes leading to Nürnberg and Regensburg; in the 14th century it was the third-largest town in Bohemia behind Prague and Kutná Hora. During the Hussite Wars it was the centre of Catholic resistance to the Hussites; it was thrice unsuccessfully besieged by Prokop the Great, and it took part in the league of the Romanist nobles against King George of Podebrady. The first printing press was established here in 1468.
King Rudolf II made Plzeň his seat from 1599-1600. During the Thirty Years' War the town was taken by Mansfeld in 1618 after the Siege of Plzeň and not recaptured by the Imperialists until 1621. Wallenstein made it his winter-quarters in 1633. The town was unsuccessfully besieged by the Swedes in 1637 and 1648.
At the end of the 17th century Plzeň's architecture began to be influenced by the Baroque style; the historic city center has been historically preserved since 1989.
At the end of the Second World War, on May 6, 1945, Plzeň and Western Bohemia were liberated from the Nazis by General Patton's 3rd Army, unlike the rest of Czechoslovakia, which was taken by the Red Army. The Yalta Conference has placed Czechoslovakia in Soviet sphere of influence and Patton had to withdraw shortly after the armistice. Liberation of Pilsen and Western Bohemia by the 3rd Army was essentially erased from history books by the former Czechoslovak Communist Regime and has only recently entered public consciousness again. There is a monument dedicated to the 3rd Army from the people of Plzeň, thanking them for liberation, located at the start of Americká Ulice (American Street).
Since the second half of the 1990s the city has experienced high growth in foreign investment.
Plzeň is the second largest city of Bohemia and the center of academic, business and cultural life for Western Czech Republic. The University of West Bohemia, headquartered here, is well-known for its School of Engineering, School of Law and Department of Applied Mathematics.
Chapi