Transcript Czech Republic

Czech Republic
Basic information
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Area: 78,867 km2
Population: 10.5 mil
Capital city: Prague
Parts: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia
Language: Czech
Minorities: Slovak, Polish, German, Ukrainian,
Gypsy
Symbols
• Flag
• Coat of arms
• Anthem – “Where is my home”
Geography
• Borders with Germany (the longest), Austria,
Slovakia and Poland
• The highest peak: Sněžka 1,602 m in the Giant
Mountains
• Mountains: the Eagle Mountains, the Beskydy
Mountains, the Jizerské Mountains, the
Jeseníky, Bohemian Forest
• Rivers: The Elbe, The Vltava, The Morava, The
Oder
Geography
• National parks: Krkonoše, Šumava, Podyjí,
Bohemian Switzerland
• Lakes: Black (Šumava), Čertovo (Plzeň), Laka
(Šumava), Plešné (Šumava)
• Ponds: Rožmberk (Třeboň, the largest pond of
the world), Svět (Třeboň), Bezdrev (České
Budějovice, 3.)
Political system
• The Czech Republic is a parliamentary state
• It is divided into executive power (government,
president), legislative power (parliament) and
judicial power (courts)
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Government:
Prime minister: Petr Nečas
Deputy prime minister: Karel Schwanzerberg,
Karolína Peake
14 Ministers
President: Václav Klaus
Political system
Parliament:
• Chamber of deputies
• 200 Members of parliament (elected for 4
years)
• the Speaker: Miroslava Němcová
• elections: every 4th year
• Senate
• 81 senators (for 6 years)
• the Speaker: Milan Štěch
• elections: every 2nd year 1/3 of the senate
Political system
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Political parties:
Civil Democratic Party (ODS) - the right, Petr Nečas
The Tradition, Responsibility, Prosperity (Top 09) - the
right, Karel Schwanzerberg
The Public Affairs (VV) - the middle, Radek John
The Christian Democratic Union - the Czechoslovak
People's Party (KDU-ČSL) – the middle, Pavel
Bělobrádek
Czech Social Democratic Party(ČSSD)- the left,
Bohuslav Sobotka
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) the left, Vojtěch Filip
Political system
President:
• Václav Klaus
• Elected for 5 years
• Presidential veto
• Amnesty
• Chief of Czech
Army
UNESCO
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Český Krumlov
Kutná hora
Lednice-Valtice area
Village monument preservation area Holašovice
Chateau and gardens in Kroměříž
Villa Tugendhat in Brno
UNESCO
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Litomyšl - castle
Olomouc – Pole of Plague
Prague - historical centre
Telč - historical centre
Třebíč- St. Prokop's basilic and Jewish
quarter
• Ždár nad Sázavou - St. John Nepomuk's
church
St. John Nepomuk's church
• Zelená hora, Žďár nad Sázavou
• It's in baroque style
• The architect was John Blažej SantiniAichl
• The church looks like a star (legend)
Villa Tugendhat
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The architect – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Icon of modernism
Example of functionalism
Iron, window, geometric shapes, luxurious
materials, modern technology, space and light
• The split of Czechoslovakia was signed here by
V. Klaus and V. Mečiar
Brno
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The second largest city
Population: 379,000
Rivers: The Svitava, The Svratka
Center of higher education (33 faculties, 89,000
students)
• Sites: Špilberk Castle, Cathedral of St. Peter and
Paul, Veveří Castle
Ostrava
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The city with the worst air
Ostrava is famous with its coal mines
You can visit mine Landek museum
The city has got three big shopping centres
(Avion, Futurum and New Karolina)
• In the centre there is Masaryk's square,
where is a famous Chrismas market and next
to the square there is a cathedral.
Špilberk
Cathedral of St.
Peter and Paul
Veveří
Coin
Masaryk University
Campus VI
Moravia
• Is one of historical Czech lands
• The biggest cities are: Brno, Olomouc, Ostrava,
Opava, Frýdek-Místek, Český Těšín, Karviná,
Havířov and Zlín
• The border between Moravia and Bohemia are
Eagle Mountains, Czech-Moravian Highlands,
Jihlava
• South Moravia is famous for wine (Pálava), there
are also many interesting landmarks (Lednice,
Valtice, etc.) and regions, e.g. Slovácko
• North Moravia has got nice mountains
• In a coat of arms, there is an eagle with red and
white chessboard on a blue field
Silesia
• Is the smalest historical
land of the Czech
Republic
• It is situated in the north
of Moravia, on the border
with Poland
• In coat of arms, there is a
black eagle on gold field
Sport
• In Czechia the most popular sports are
football and ice hockey
• In the last world championship in ice hockey
we got a bronze medal
• A lot of Czech sportsmen play all around the
world
Transport
• Trains – very popular, relatively cheap,
people use them mainly for longer distances
• Buses (Veolia, Student Agency) - quite
expensive, for a schort ways (to school,work)
also long ways, comfortable
• Airplanes - expensive, international flights,
Václav Havel Airport Praha, Leoš Janáček
Airport Mošnov, Brno- Tuřany, Karlova Vary
• Taxi
• Motorways
Nature
• Czech Republic has very beautiful nature and
also very well marked trails (with Slovakia the
best in the world)
• There are also a lot of castles, rocks, caves and
mountains
• Forests are our richness
Pravčická gate
Pánská rock
Adršpach
Šumava
Giant
Mountains
Bozkovské dolomitové jeskyně
Famous people
• Karel Čapek
– 1890 - 1938
– writer, translator
– journalist, dramatist
– invented word ROBOT
Famous people
• Otto Wichterle
– 1913 – 1998
– scientist, invertor
– invented contact lenses
and nylon
Famous people
• Emil Zátopek
- athlete, won medal in
Helsinki in 1952
Famous people
• Antonín Dvořák
- composer, Slavonic
dances, Nymph
Tomas:
Czech Republic is my home and I like the nature,
rich history, but people are sometimes horrible
because there are a lot of thieves and corruption.
Martin:
Czech Republic has beautiful nature and that‘s the
reason why I feel here good. We have also a lot of
nice castles, towns and the best beer in the world.
Questions for class
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Three parts of czech political system?
Do you know some presidential rights?
What does it mean the Speaker in czech?
Five UNESCO landmarks?
Who wrote Nymph?
Example of 2 nature monuments