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The Czech Republic
The Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is situated in the central Europe and the Czechs
like saying that our capital is the heart of Europe. Our country was
established 1.1.1993 after Czechoslovakia had been divided in two
independent republics the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Geography
It is a landlocked country. Among European states it occupies 21st place
in terms of area (78 866 km2), 12th place in terms of the number of
inhabitants (10 278 098) and 13th place in terms of population density (130
people per 1 km2). It shares its border with Poland (761.8 km), Germany
(810.3 km), Austria (466.3 km) and Slovakia (251.8 km). The Czech
Republic is the source of the main European watersheds dividing up the
watersheds of the North, Baltic and Black Seas. The watershed junction of
these three seas is Kralicky Sneznik (1 423 m above sea-level).
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Its location is between 12°-19°e.l. and 48,5°-51° n. l. The whole area is
divided in 14 regions. The country's surface is quite varied: plains (4,5% of
the country), hills (50,1%) highlands (33,9%) and mountains (11,6%).
The main rivers in Bohemia are the river Elbe (Labe) (370 km) and the river
Vltava; in Moravia, mainly the river Morava (246 km) and the river Dyje (306
km).
The highest Czech mountains include Sumava, Cesky les, Krusne hory,
Krkonose, Orlicke hory, Jeseniky, Beskydy.
Forests, occupy about 38 % of the Czech Republic’s land area.
The highest point: is the peak Snezka 1 602 m above sea-level in Krkonose
mountain range.
The Lowest point of elevation is near Hrensko where the River Labe leaves
the Czech Republic (115 m above sea level) in Decin District
The largest dammed area is Lipno 4 870 ha in the Cesky Krumlov and
Prachatice districts
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The largest lake with max. depth Cerne jezero (Black Lake) 18.4 ha 39.8 m
Klatovy district
The longest river Vltava 433 km
The warmest mineral spring Vridlo 72 oC at Karlovy Vary
The deepest gorge Hranicka gorge - 244,5 m Prerov district
The largest national park Sumava 685,2 km2 in the Sumava mountains (our
republic has 3 NP)
The largest settlement Prague with 1 186 855 inhabitants, it is the capital of
the Czech Republic.
Czech currency is Czech Crown (CZK). The crown is divided into 100 Haler,
or Heller (h).
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Symbols of the Czech Republic
The large state symbol consists of a shield divided into four parts. In
its first and fourth sections there is a silver two-tailed lion captured midjump with a golden crown and golden armory. In the second blue section
there is a silvery red check female eagle with a golden crown and
golden armory. In the third golden section there is a black female eagle
with a golden crown and red armory, with a silver half-moon with threeleaf clovers on its tips and with a cross in the middle.)
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Weather in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is situated in the central Europe between two
great climatic regimes, the oceanic and the continental the weather it
means that the weather is variable in different regions. The average
annual temperature ranges between 5.5°C and 10°C, but in the
mountains is colder. The normal summer temperature changes between
23°C and 29°C , and the normal winter temperature is between -11°C
and 0°C.
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The Czech Republic is a member of EU,NATO,OSN,CEFTA,CE,OBSE,OECD.
As for religions about 55% is without religion, 30% make Catholics and 4% are
Protestants.
Literacy is 99,9%. Urbanism reachs 74,5%. Official language is Czech
language.
GDP : 54,5% services, 41,8% industry, 3,7% agriculture.
Agriculture: the main items are wheat, maize, sugar-beet, grapes, hops,
potatoes, wine, vegetables and fruit. In animal production cattle-breeding and
pig-breeding are the most important. Fush-breeding, especially carp-breeding
has a long tradition in South Bohemia ponds.
Industry CZ mines coal, oil (it is only little but it is very quality),lignit,
W,U,Sn,graphite and the other.
In our republic is beekeeping very popular. In the Czech Republic you can see
the most north vineyard in Europe, which make our wine so delicious. But I
think that Czech beer is famous all over the world and Czechs can make the
best beer in the world.
Every year our country visit about 101 mil. tourists.
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Who likes nature visits our mountains. But they aren‘t as high as other
mountains in Europe, that‘s why foreigners don‘t visit them to practise
downhill skiing thehe but they prefer cross-country skiing in our mountains.
Our mountain ranges are very beautiful in summer. The highest peak is
Sněžka, it can be found in Krkonoše. Our longest river_the Elbe starts here
on Labská louka.
The second highest mountains are Jeseníky, they can be divided into
Hrubý and Nízský Jeseník. The highest peak is called Praděd- it towers at
1491m and you can visit an outlook-tower there. There are spas in Karlova
Studánka, Velké Losiny and jeseník. In Velké Losiny can visit a muzeum of
handmade paper.
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Karlstejn is a castle. It was founded by King IV. Women couldn‘t stay
there in the past. It was place where Charles IV worked. There were Crown
Jewels. In Chapel of St. Catherine are precious stones and valuable
pictures of Charles IV. In Karlštejn there are 127 pictures by Master
Theodorik. Today it is one of the most visiting places in our republic.
Next interesting places are our sights protected by UNESCO: Ceský
Krumlov(picturesque castle with moving theatre), Holasovice(old village
with typical Czech countryside architucture), Kutná Hora(old large church),
Prague( it is the centre of Czech old history), Telc(large historical square
and large castle), Karlovy Vary( one of the oldest and wonderful spas in the
Europe) and Olomouc (nice historical town). But in my opinion early every
town in our Republic has many nice sights which worth to see.
Text by:
Radka Kabrhelova, Marcela Kohoutkova