KRKONOŠE

kŭrˈkônôshĕ, Ger. Riesengebirge, Pol. Karkonosze, highest range of the Sudetes, extending c.25 mi (40 km) along the border of N Czech Republic and SW Poland. Its highest peak, Snĕžka (Ger. Schneekoppe, Pol. Śnieźka), rises to 5,258 ft (1,603 m). Paper and textile mills, which use the range's waterpower, are found on both sides of the border. There are numerous resorts and spas in the mountains; the most notable is Janské Láznĕ, Czech Republic. A national park (est. 1963) straddles the international border. The Labe (Elbe) River rises in the Krkonoše.

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books on: KrkonoSe  - 15 results

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Fortress Europe: European Fortifications of World War II
Book by J. E. Kaufmann, Robert M. Jurga, H. W. Kaufmann; Combined Publishing, 1999
Subjects: Fortification--Europe--History--20th Century
...the Luzicke Hory, Jizerkske Hory, Krkonose, Orlicke Hory, and Nizky Jesenik...defensive works actually began in the Krkonose, or Giant Mountains, known to the Germans...Riesengebirge. A second, higher range of the Krkonose that began near Trutnov reached elevations...
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An Historical Geography of Europe
Book by R. A. Butlin, R. A. Dodgshon; Oxford University Press Incorporated, 1998
Subjects: Europe--Historical Geography
...feudal 55 , 60 , 64 , 83 Knodel, J. 193 4 Koblenz 101 , 106 Kootwijk Netherlands 78 81 Krenzlin, A. 79 80 Kriedte, P. 269 Krkonose Mts. 343 Kropotkin 134 Kujavia 10 , 20 kulaks 294 Kundera, M. 166 La Rochelle 111 labour 125 , 305 costs 268 , 270 1, 345...
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Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defense in Central and Eastern Europe
Book by Petr Pavlínek, John Pickles; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Environmental Policy--Europe, Eastern, Europe, Eastern--Economic Policy--1989-, Post-Communism--Europe, Eastern
Krkonose mountains, and only seven to ten years in the Orlicke hory of north-eastern Bohemia. After a blast of arctic air in the winter...
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Vaclav Havel: A Political Tragedy in Six Acts
Book by John Keane; Basic Books, 2000
Subjects: Czech Republic--Politics and government--1993-, Czechoslovakia--Politics and government--1968-1989, Dissenters--Czechoslovakia--Biography, Dramatists, Czech--20th century--Biography, Havel, Vaclav, Politicians--Czechoslovakia--Biography, Presidents--Czechoslovakia--Biography
...Slovenia; in wintertime, they liked to stay closer to home, at favourite ski slopes in Mnichovice and in the Giant Mountains Krkonose . After Venousek was born, the Havel family liked to stay in their spacious summer residence at Havlov, a few hours by car...
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The Jews of Bohemia and Moravia: Facing the Holocaust
Book by Livia Rothkir Chen; University of Nebraska Press, 2005
Subjects: Bohemia (Czech Republic)--Ethnic Relations, Czechoslovakia--Ethnic Relations, Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czech Republic--Bohemia, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czech Republic--Moravia, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia, Jews--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History--20th Century, Jews--Czech Republic--Moravia--History--20th Century, Jews--Czechoslovakia--History--20th Century, Moravia (Czech Republic)--Ethnic Relations
...eleven hundred miles long and crossing could be effected with ease, especially in the region of the Bavarian forest or the Krkonose mountains. Many people made their escape from Germany in 1933 by these routes. Prague, the outpost of democracy of the thirties...
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journal articles on: KrkonoSe  - 1 result

 
 
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Environmental Deterioration in Eastem Europe
Journal article by Christine L. Zvosec; World Affairs, Vol. 147, 1984
Subjects: Arbitration, International, International Relations, Peace
...subject to pests, and must be sprayed by large quantities of insecticides. 19 There is intense concern about the forests in Krkonose, the only national park in the Czech republic. The park receives about nine million visitors a year, and eighty percent...


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magazine articles on: KrkonoSe  - 2 results

 
 
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Bohemian Rhapsody
Magazine article by Heather K. Scott; Strings, Vol. 17, November 2002
Subjects: Manufacturing, Musical instruments, Personal profiles, Spidlen, Jan
...Frantisek Spidlen in the small village of Sklenafice in the Krkonose mountains of Bohemia. The son of a farmer, Frantisek grew...moved his family to the capital. But, like many from the Krkonose region, Frantisek struggled with bronchitis brought on by...
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The World at Their Fingertips; Christian Amodeo Presents an Overview of Just Three of the Many Rgs-Ibg Grant-Winning Expeditions That Have Set off in the Past 12 Months
Magazine article by Christian Amodeo; Geographical, Vol. 74, August 2002
Subjects: Antarctic regions--Environmental aspects, Crayfish--Research, Madagascar--Natural history, Polychlorinated biphenyls--Research, Royal Geographical Society--Finance, Sahara--Discovery, exploration, etc.
...British West Africa Late Quaternary Environmental Change, Czech Republic (HSBC) 1 Establish palaeoecological record of the Krkonose Mountains using geomorphological and palaeoecological techniques The Environmental Politics of Katowice (Stalinogrod) 1945...


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Laughter Keeps Cyclists Going
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 13, 2006
Subjects: Cyclists
...of the trip as the cyclists passed over the Czech border into Poland and began climbing the Orlicke Hory mountains and the Krkonose ( otherwise known as the Giant Mountains. There were tears at one point when a very large hill and the heat combined to reduce...


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encyclopedia articles on: KrkonoSe  - 5 results

 
 
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KrkonoŠe
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KRKONOSE kur konoshe, Ger. Riesengebirge, Pol. Karkonosze, highest range of...straddles the international border. The Labe (Elbe) River rises in the Krkonose. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Silesia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...extending along both banks of the Oder River and bounded in the south by the mountain ranges of the Sudetes particularly the Krkonose (Ger. Riesengebirge ) and the W Carpathians. Politically, almost all of Silesia is divided between Poland and the Czech...
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Karkonosze
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KARKONOSZE see Krkonose , mountains. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Riesengebirge
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RIESENGEBIRGE see Krkonose , mountains. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Sudetes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...are the Lusatian (Pol. Luzicke ) Mts; along the border with SW Poland are, from west to east, the Isergebirge, the Krkonose (Ger. Riesengebirge ), the Adlergebirge, and the Jeseniky mts. The mineral deposits of the Sudetes are varied, but working...


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