Hradec Králové

Hradec Králové (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦradɛt͡s ˈkraːlovɛː]; German: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové Region of Bohemia. The city's economy is based on food-processing technology, photochemical, electronics manufacture and IT. Traditional industries include musical instrument manufacturing – the best known being PETROF pianos. The University of Hradec Králové is located in the city, the University of Defense has its only medical faculty in Hradec Kralove and Charles University in Prague also has its Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove and Faculty of Pharmacy there.

Geography

The city lies at the confluence of the Elbe and the Orlice river close to the Czech highest mountains Krkonoše- Giant Mountains with its peak Sněžka - Snowhill (1602 m).

History

The original name of one of the oldest settlements in the Czech Republic was Hradec (the Castle); Králové (of the queen) was affixed when it became one of the dowry towns of Elisabeth Richeza of Poland (1286–1335), who lived here for thirty years having been the second wife of two Bohemian Kings, Wenceslaus II and then Rudolph I of Habsburg. In Latin, the Castle of the Queen was called Grecz Reginae, the original German Königingrätz was shortened to Königgrätz by 1800. It remained a dower town till 1620.

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Czech Republic: Project gets Non-Roma to visit Roma in their homes

Edit Romano 24 May 2017

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Some 750 town halls across the Czech Republic joined the worldwide Flag for Tibet campaign, commemorating the 1959 uprising against the Chinese occupation of Tibet, on Friday, the Lungta movement has told journalists. The Tibetan flag was also hoisted by the regional offices in the Liberec, Pardubice, South Moravia, Hradec Kralove, Karlovy Vary and Usti regions ... ....

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"The victims need to cope with their reaction to the extreme experience, eliminate health risks, make an informed decision on whether to report the rape, regain their feeling of safety and the feeling that the world is a fair place," Milan Simek, from the regional state attorney's office in Hradec Kralove, told the paper ... ....

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