OPAVA

ôˈpävä, Ger. Troppau, city (1991 pop. 62,815), NE Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Opava River and near the Polish border. A prosperous market center in a fertile agricultural region, it has food-processing plants and industries producing clothing, machinery, and railroad cars. The city is also a road and rail hub. Opava was founded in the 12th cent. and later became the capital of Austrian Silesia. In 1820 representatives of the European great powers met there, at the Congress of Troppau, to discuss problems arising after the settlement of the Napoleonic Wars. City landmarks include a 15th-century cathedral built by the Teutonic Knights, the 15th-century Church of St. George, and a 17th-century Jesuit foundation.

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books on: Opava  - 53 results

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The Politics of Ethnicity in Central Europe
Book by Karl Cordell; St. Martins Press, 2000
Subjects: Europe, Central--Ethnic Relations--Political Aspects, Europe, Central--Politics And Government, Silesia--Ethnic Relations--Political Aspects, Silesia--Politics And Government
...cz. Czech names used in Opava and Tesin Silesia n. German names...Opawa n.d. Opavia; n. Troppau; cz. Opava Opole n.d. Opol, Opole; n. Oppeln...1997 employed by the Zemsky Archive in Opava in the Czech Republic. He has published...
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The Transfer of the Sudeten Germans: A Study of Czech-German Relations, 1933-1962
Book by Radomír Luža; New York University Press, 1964
Subjects: Czech Republic--Foreign Relations--Germany, Germans--Sudeten, Germany--Foreign Relations--Czech Republic
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Czechoslovakia: A Survey of Economic and Social Conditions
Book by Dr. Josef Gruber, A. S. V. Klíma BroŽ, J. J. Král; The Macmillan Company, 1924
Subjects: Czechoslovakia--Economic Conditions, Czechoslovakia--Social Conditions
...the western part of Silesia; the data for Slovakia and Ruthenia have not as yet been collected. BOHEMIA, MORAVIA, AND OPAVA Year Marriages Births Deaths Excess of Birth + or Deaths - 1911 74,497 276,453 198...
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Maginot Imitations: Major Fortifications of Germany and Neighboring Countries
Book by J. E. Kaufmann; Praeger Publishers, 1997
Subjects: Fortification--Europe--History--20th Century, Germany--Foreign Relations--1918-1933, Germany--Foreign Relations--1933-1945
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Environmental Deterioration in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
Book by Ivan Volgyes; Praeger Publishers, 1974
Subjects: Pollution--Europe, Eastern, Pollution--Soviet Union
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No Future for Small Trade? Elimination of Czechoslovak Traders by the Totalitarian System 1948-1960
Journal article by Pavel Marek; East European Quarterly, Vol. 41, 2007
Subjects: Czechoslovakia--Economic aspects, Czechoslovakia--History, Czechoslovakia--Political aspects, Czechoslovakia--Social aspects, Postwar society--Analysis, Postwar society--Economic aspects, Postwar society--Political aspects
...Prague) and Provincial Archives (Brno, Opava, subsidiary archives of Olomouc). Comparing...Land Provincial Archives (hereinafter ZA) Opava, Olomouc branch, Collection "KNV v Olomouci...calling public meetings of traders. ZA Opava, Olomouc branch, Collection KNV v Olomouci...
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In Search of Cultural Sensitivity and Inclusiveness: Communication Strategies Used in Rural Hiv Prevention Campaigns Designed for African Americans
Journal article by Roger Myrick; Health Communication, Vol. 10, 1998
Subjects: Communication In Medicine, Health In Mass Media
...Samuels, Ricketts, Konrad, 1994; Sowell Opava, 1995; Verghese, 1994); and extensive networking has...Health Communication , 3, 37-57. Sowell, R. L., Opava, W. D. ( 1995 ). The Georgia rural: based nurse model: Primary...
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Upper Silesia 1870-1920: Between Region, Religion, Nation and Ethnicity
Journal article by Tomasz Kamusella; East European Quarterly, Vol. 38, 2004
Subjects: Politics--Analysis, Silesia--History
...They were known as West and East Silesia centered on Troppau (Opava) and Teschen (Cieszyn/Cesky Tesin), respectively. (9.) I use...Jazykova otazka a podminky vytvareni narodneho vedomi ve Slezsku Opava, 1970, pp. 9-10). (47.) The members of this group referred...


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magazine articles on: Opava  - 1 result

 
 
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Voice of Thunder
Magazine article by R.J. Stove; New Criterion, Vol. 25, December 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Hans Hotter Memoirs (Book)--Book reviews
...musician? A few provincial try-outs aside, Hotter undertook his official stage debut when twenty-one years old, at Troppau (now Opava, Czech Republic), as the Speaker in The Magic Flute. Thence he continued triumphing. Heroic baritones--Heldenbaritonen, to use...


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newspaper articles on: Opava  - 3 results

 
 
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Births
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 26, 2004
...Czech Republic; Vladimir and Ludmila Zalejsky, Opava, Czech Republic. Great-grandparents: Jan and...Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic; Ludmila Hadasova, Opava, Czech Republic; Kristyna Zalejsky, Opava, Czech Republic. - Diana Galvez Garcia, Nov...
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Subaru Can't Rally Support for Next Year; UPDATE
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 17, 2008
...thing is to help stop the opposition." TENNIS: Linlithgows Colin Fleming qualified for the main draw of the ITF Futures event in Opava by beating Denis Bejtulahi of Serbia 7-5, 7-5. Wimbledon have confirmed plans to hold an exhibition event on Centre Court to...
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Viper Jan All Set to Czech In
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), July 15, 2005
...Edinburgh in 2002, Krajicek had spent six seasons with Zlin ZPS HC in his native Czech Republic and three seasons split between Opava HC, Slavia Praha HC and Skalica HC 36. NTHE Vipers today agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with computer component distribution...


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encyclopedia articles on: Opava  - 3 results

 
 
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Opava
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OPAVA o pava, Ger. Troppau, city (1991 pop. 62,815), NE Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Opava River and near the Polish border. A prosperous market center...and railroad cars. The city is also a road and rail hub. Opava was founded in the 12th cent. and later became the capital...
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Troppau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TROPPAU see Opava , Czech Republic. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Krnov
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KRNOV kur nof, Ger. Jagerndorf, city (1991 pop. 25,436), NE Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Opava River, near the Polish border. An industrial center, it manufactures textiles (especially woolens) and musical instruments (notably...


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