OSTRAVA

ôˈsträvä, formerly Moravská Ostravamôˈräfskä, Ger. Mährisch Ostrau, city (1991 pop. 327,371), NE Czech Republic, in Moravia, near the junction of the Oder and Ostravice rivers. It is the heart of the Ostrava-Karviná industrial and mining region, the most heavily industrialized area of the Czech Republic. Anthracite and bituminous coal, iron and steel, railway cars, and chemicals are the major products of the city. One of the Czech Republic's largest cities, Ostrava is a regional administrative center, a road and rail hub, and the site of several hydroelectric stations. It was well known as a small town in the Middle Ages and later became important because of its strategic location guarding the Moravian Gate, the entrance to the Moravian lowlands. The city's industrial prominence dates from the late 19th cent., after the opening of its first coal mine and the coming of the railroad. German forces occupied Ostrava from 1939 to 1945. The city is a cultural and educational center, noted especially for its college of mining and metallurgy.

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books on: Ostrava  - 178 results

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Anatomy of a Satellite
Book by Dana Adams Schmidt; Little, Brown and Company, 1952
Subjects: Communism--Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia--History--1945-
...of iron and steel plants near Moravska Ostrava. The first steel was poured in the new...built, while the old city of Moravska Ostrava is to increase its population by 200...urgent appeals for volunteer workers for Ostrava and other big construction projects...
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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 quality of the coal. The largest coal basin, Ostrava-Karvin, is situated near the borders of Poland...which has always been the chief competitor of the Ostrava coal. The Ostrava coal is best suited for coking, for it is rich in...
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Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism
Book by Richard Frucht; Garland Pub., 2000
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Encyclopedias
...the Socialist Camp . New York, 1975. Ostrava Industrial city of Moravia, located in...With a population of 290,000 in 1989, Ostrava owes its origin mainly to the industrial...before World War II) of the region. Ostrava (also known as Moravska Ostrava) grew...
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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
...Zarys dziejow Slaska Cieszynskiego. Ostrava and Prague, Komitet Czeskiej Administracji...Kol. autoru , Nastin dejin Tesinska. Ostrava, Advertis, 1992. Cirnala, B., Autonomisci...Zarys dziejow Slaska Cieszynskiego . Ostrava and Prague, Komitet Czeskiej Administracji...
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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
...documentation of the Gestapo in Moravska Ostrava see Nazi Dokumente sprechen (Kromeris...291 men sent to Nisko from Moravska Ostrava, 460 returned when the camp was dissolved...Zehngut, Dejiny zidovstva ostravskjho (Ostrava, 1952); for an in-depth anal- ysis...
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journal articles on: Ostrava  - 17 results

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Return to Europe? the Czech Republic and the EU's Influence on Its Treatment of Roma
Journal article by Matthew D. Marden; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 37, 2004
Subjects: Human rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Romanies--Laws, regulations and rules
...found that, in nine remedial schools in Ostrava, a large Moravian city, Romani children...parents of a group of Romani children in Ostrava, assisted by local counsel and the ERRC...and practice of racial discrimination in Ostrava or the Czech Republic. The Court effectively...
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Czech Connections
Journal article by Susan Platt; Afterimage, Vol. 29, 2001
Subjects: Photography--Exhibitions, Portland, Oregon--Exhibitions, Seattle, Washington--Exhibitions
...series of works devoted to the town of Ostrava spans from the mid 60s to the present. He was born in Ostrava, an industrial city six hours east of...years of exile in Canada, he returned to Ostrava and worked in the coal mines, at the...
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Psychology in the Czech Republic - Changes since 1993
Journal article by Jirí Hoskovec; Psychology Science, Vol. 46, 2004
...Universities (Prague, Brno, Olomouc, Ostrava) Universities offering undergraduate...Northern Moravia, at the University of Ostrava, in the framework of the Faculty of Philosophy...Zaskodnas children, youth and drugs in Ostrava (1997). The series of Acta Psychologica...
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Events
Journal article by Stefanie Jones, Donatella Galella; Slavic and East European Performance, Vol. 29, 2009
...building of the former Federal Assembly on October 16. FILM New York City: As part of Ostrava in New York festival, celebrating the Czech city of Ostrava, Bohemian National Hall presented: Slunecni stat aneb hrdinove delnicke tridy (The City...
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Combining Personal Ontology and Collaborative Filtering to Design a Document Recommendation System
Journal article by Deng-Neng Chen, Yao-Chun Chiang; Journal of Service Science and Management (JSSM), Vol. 2, 2009
Subjects: Document management services--Models, Document management services--Service development, Ontology--Models, Ontology--Study and teaching, System development--Models, Systems development--Models
...FCA," Proceedings of the 2nd International CLA Workshop, Ostrava, pp. 13-25, 2004. 7 C. H. Hsu, "Automatically Constructing...Belohlavek, (eds.) Concept Lattices and their Applications, Ostrava: Czech Republic, pp. 111-119, 2004. 9 G. Stumme, and...
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magazine articles on: Ostrava  - 13 results

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Global Outlook Conferences around the World
Magazine article; Information Today, Vol. 28, June 2011
...new-zealand-cio-summit. JULY 7-9 Ostrava, Czech Republic (VSB-Technical University of Ostrava). The International Conference on Digital...conference. Site: VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17 Listopadu 15/2172, 708 33 Ostrava...
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2003 Icma Annual Awards
Magazine article; PM. Public Management, Vol. 85, September 2003
Subjects: Awards & honors, City county, International City-County Management Association
...system (GIS) management plan, designing improvements to Ostrava Park, and creating an economic development zone. With the...the U.S. group helped dedicate a "West Bend" area within Ostrava Park, complete with new equipment and landscaping. The creation...
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Employment
Magazine article; Dance Magazine, Vol. 76, February 2002
Subjects: Dance companies--Recruiting, Dancers--Management
...Ongoing auditions, The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, Ostrava, Czech Republic. Ballet class, modern class, pointe work...notification. Contact: Marketa Nemcova, Cs. legii 14, 70104 Ostrava, Czech Republic 70104; +420 69 6276 111; fax: +420 69...
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Czechs on the Media
Magazine article by Michael Kraus; Foreign Policy, January 2003
Subjects: The End of the Czech Press (Book)
...Czechs on the media by Michael Kraus Konec ceskeho tisku (The End of the Czech Press) By Borivoj Celovsky 316 pages, Ostrava: Tilia, 2002 (in Czech, 2d ed.) Imagine that most U.S. print media were in the hands of two or three Japanese...
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Dying Seas
Magazine article by Anne E. Platt; World Watch, Vol. 8, January 1995
Subjects: Ocean--Environmental aspects, Offenses against the environment--Reports
...the untreated sewage and industrial wastewater generated by areas under Communist rule, such as Upper Silesia in Poland and Ostrava in the Czech Republic. A 1991 Ambio article, for example, indicates that atmospheric metal input is the most important source...
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Our Man in Ostrava
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), September 14, 2004
Our Man in Ostrava. Byline: By Anthony Vickers As history...building bridges of friendship with Banik Ostrava. In an incredible gesture of international...welcome and smooth visit to hundreds of Ostrava-bound Teessiders. Now in return, grateful...
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Ostrava Police Chiefs to Boost Security
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), September 15, 2004
Ostrava Police Chiefs to Boost Security. Byline...UEFA Cup first-round clash against Banik Ostrava. About 400 fans are travelling from the...Czech Republic arriving with the Banik Ostrava team," said Supt Ashman. "We will be...
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Goal-Den Days Boro 3 Ostrava 0
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), September 17, 2004
Goal-Den Days Boro 3 Ostrava 0. Byline: Eric Paylor Goal machine...ensured that Boro put hapless Banik Ostrava in a stranglehold on a wonderful night...controlled territory and possession, and Ostrava were simply worn down by Boros non...
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Ostrava Are a Mystery Team, Says Srnicek
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 16, 2004
Ostrava Are a Mystery Team, Says Srnicek. Byline...impossible to tell just how good Banik Ostrava will be this evening. The Czech champions...manager Jim Smith for pounds 350,000 from Ostrava in 1991. He stayed at St Jamess Park until...
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Set Standard in Ostrava
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), September 11, 2004
Set Standard in Ostrava. One thing is certain: There are a lot more people going to Ostrava than the lucky 900 who win the Boro ballot...spirit of that night in the Gatekeeper out in Ostrava. There is no reason to fear trouble. The dark...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ostrava  - 8 results

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Ostrava
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OSTRAVA o strava, formerly Moravska Ostrava mo rafska, Ger. Mahrisch Ostrau, city (1991 pop. 327...junction of the Oder and Ostravice rivers. It is the heart of the Ostrava-Karvina industrial and mining region, the most heavily industrialized...
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MoravskÁ Ostrava
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MORAVSKA OSTRAVA Czech Republic: see Ostrava . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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MÄhrisch Ostrau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAHRISCH OSTRAU see Ostrava , Czech Republic. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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KarvinÁ
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...city (1991 pop. 68,405), NE Czech Republic, in Moravia, near the Polish border. It is an industrial center of the Ostrava-Karvina coal-mining region. Formerly in Austria, the city became (after 1918) an object of dispute between Poland and...
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Czech Republic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and Poland on the north. Prague is the capital and largest city. In addition to the capital, major cities include Brno , Ostrava , and Plzen . Land and People The Czech Republic comprises the former provinces of Bohemia , Moravia , and Czech Silesia...
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