Opocno
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Opočno (ˈopotʃno; ) is a small town in the Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové....

 of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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Famous natives

  • František Kupka
    František Kupka
    František Kupka was a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement and Orphic cubism...

    , painter
  • Jaroslav Plašil
    Jaroslav Plašil
    Jaroslav Plašil is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Bordeaux and the Czech Republic national football team.-Early career:...

    , football player
  • František Zdeněk Skuherský
    František Zdenek Skuherský
    František Zdeněk Xavier Alois Skuherský was a Czech composer, pedagogue, and theoretician.Born in Opočno to František Alois Skuherský, the doctor of Duke Colloredo-Mansfeld and founder of the Opočno hospital. He graduated from the Hradec Králové gymnasium and studied philosophy and shortly...

    , composer
  • Luboš Sluka
    Luboš Sluka
    Luboš Sluka is a Czech Contemporary Composer.-Life and career:Lubos Sluka was admitted to Prague Conservatory where he completed his studies in three subjects - percussion, conducting and composition. In 1951, Sluka was chosen as Arthur Honegger's student, as well as George Auric's assistant...

    , composer

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