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Also Known As Böhmen • Čechy

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Český Krumlov
Charles IV
Color illustration of Jan Hus in a green robe and a tall hat with two black lions, chained to a stake with flames rising behind him.
Map of Central and Eastern Europe highlighting the areas controlled by the Jagiellon dynasty, outlined with a red dashed line. The shaded regions include the Kingdom of Poland, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kingdom of Hungary, and Kingdom of Bohemia, along with major cities such as Krakow, Vilnius, Prague, Buda, and Kiev. Surrounding regions and notable cities like Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, and Constantinople are also shown for context.
White Mountain, Battle of
Figure 230: Bohemian layered-glass vase, painted and gilt by Wilhelm Hoffmann, Prague and Vienna, c. 1850-60. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Height 42 cm.
Figure 222: Zwischengoldglas (gold sandwich glass), double-walled beaker decorated with a bear hunt, Bohemian, c. 1730. In the Kestner-Museum, Hannover, Germany. Height 8.9 cm.
How to make traditional Bohemian sweet buns
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Major Events

White Mountain, Battle of
Battle of White Mountain
Map showing Schleswig-Holstein and surrounding regions after the Seven Weeks' War in 1866. Schleswig and Holstein are highlighted, with boundaries from 1866 marked, and neighboring areas labeled as Prussia, Denmark, and other German states. Current international boundaries and major cities such as Kiel, Lubeck, and Hamburg are indicated.
Seven Weeks’ War
Maurice de Saxe
Battle of Prague
Defenestration of Prague
Defenestration of Prague

Related Places

Map of former Czechoslovakia showing international boundaries, regional divisions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia, major cities such as Prague, Brno, Bratislava, and Kosice, and key physical features including the Sudeten Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, and major rivers. Surrounding countries-Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary, and Ukraine-are labeled.
Czechoslovakia
historical nation, Europe
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
country, Europe
Map of Europe about 800 CE showing the extent of the Frankish kingdom under Charlemagne in light purple, covering much of present-day France, Germany, northern Italy, and neighboring regions. Areas inhabited by Slavic peoples who were tributary to Charlemagne are shaded in a darker purple to the east of the Frankish kingdom, including groups such as the Bohemians, Moravians, and Croats. Major cities, rivers, and neighboring kingdoms are labeled for context.
Holy Roman Empire
historical empire, Europe
Large group of men march across a bridge in Karlsbad, Germany, carrying Sudeten German Party flags, with city buildings in the background, April 12, 1937.
Sudetenland
historical region, Europe

Key People

Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Jan Hus
Jan Hus
Bohemian religious leader
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa
Holy Roman empress
Charles IV
Charles IV
Holy Roman emperor
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Ferdinand II
Holy Roman emperor
areas controlled by the Jagiellon dynasty
Jagiellon dynasty
European history
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Ferdinand I
Ferdinand I
Holy Roman emperor
Jerome of Prague
Jerome of Prague
Czech philosopher
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer
Wenceslas
Wenceslas
king of Bohemia and Germany
Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Austrian composer and violinist
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček
Czech composer
Victor Moreau
Victor Moreau
French general
Casanova, Giacomo
Giacomo Casanova
Italian adventurer
Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky
Joseph, Graf Radetzky
Austrian military reformer
Portrait of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Austrian composer, violinist, and Salzburg court Kapellmeister, shown in a formal engraved bust portrait wearing period attire with a long curled wig.
Heinrich Biber
Bohemian composer
Martinů, Bohuslav
Bohuslav Martinů
Czech composer
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Jan Rokycana
Bohemian archbishop
Purkinje, Jan Evangelista
Jan Evangelista Purkinje
Czech physiologist