Vlachovo Brezí
Encyclopedia
Vlachovo Březí is a small city in the Prachatice
Prachatice
Prachatice is a town in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic.-History:The town of Prachatice has its origins in the 11th century, following the beginning of trade on the "Golden Path"...

 district.

History

The oldest notice about this city is dated to 1274 A.D. First owners were Michal, Vernéř and Vchyna from Březí.

According to a song by popular Czech band Yo Yo Band, the prettiest girls in the Czech Republic come from Vlachovo Březí.

Famous people

  • Karel Traxler
    Karel Traxler
    ----Karel Traxler was a Czech chess master and composer of chess problems.He is best known for the hyper-aggressive variation named after him, the Traxler Variation in the Two Knights Defense, which was first shown in the following game against Reinisch, played in Hostouň in 1890:1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6...

  • Jan Vlastislav Plánek
  • Jan Neruda
    Jan Neruda
    Jan Nepomuk Neruda was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of "the May school".-Early life:...

  • Jakub Bursa
    Jakub Bursa
    Jakub Bursa was a famous Czech architect, folk artist and builder of Bohemian Rustic Baroque architecture. He decorated many gables of houses in Southern Bohemia in the style of the so-called rural South Bohemian Baroque....

  • František Turinský
  • Václav Boukal
  • Karel Jindřich Polák
  • Bedřich Doležal
  • Josef Brož
  • Vojtěch Kareš
  • Jan Matulka
    Jan Matulka
    Jan Matulka was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia. Matulka's style would range from Abstract expressionism to landscapes, sometimes in the same day.-Early life:...

  • Josef Drechsler

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK