Lanškroun

City Lanškroun was founded in the 13th century and its name Landeskrone - " provincial crown " out meaning seat on interface Czech , Moravia and Silesia .

City Lanškroun is at eastern Bohemia near the provincial border with Moravia . There are about 10 thousand people there. At the center there is a system of ponds , which are used today for recreation and sports.

Important personalities and natives● Petr pudding (1320-1387), Bishop of Chur, Litomysl, Olomouc, archbishop of Magdeburg, chancellor of

Charles IV

● Michael Weiss (about 1488-1534), Brethren preacher, author of Czech Brethren hymnal, a monk in Breslau, before the year 1520 went to the Czech brothers

● Jan Marek Marci (1595-1667), physician, philosopher and naturalist

● Joseph Langer (1650-1711), a Piarist, mathematician and astronomer

● Jan Kaspar Artzt (1688-1765), a lawyer and a provincial prosecutor in Prague

● Jan Vaclav Bärnkopp (1723-1794), a distinguished warrior - artilleryman, reached the military rank of Field Marshal General, holder of the highest military honor - the Order of Maria Theresa

● Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1765-1831), chemist, pharmacist, botanist and entrepreneur

● Vincent Pernikář (1781-1849), a regional historian, chronicler of Lanškroun Lanškroun first postmaster

● Niederle Josef (1821-1894), mayor of the town, founded by the City Savings Bank, contributed to the construction of a tobacco factory, a railway connection Lanškroun - Rudoltice and the establishment of a secondary school

● Friedrich Gustav Piffl (1864-1932), archbishop of the diocese in Vienna

● Otto Piffl (1866-1926), ENT doctor

Important personalities and natives #2● Josef Benoni (1870-1957), playwright, writer, journalist

● Emil Lehmann (1880-1964), professor of the local high school and ethnographer

● Karel Langer (1894-1958), musician, opera singer, actor, director and conductor

● Henry Graz (1899-1942), painter, writer, poet, editor, photographer and theoretician, a representative of the interwar avant important representative of surrealism

● Praveček Henry (1909-2000), conductor, composer, teacher

● Ing. Blue Bohumil (1916-1963) hockey team's goalie, civil engineer

● Herwig Schopper (born in 1924), physicist

● Jan Smejkal (1946), chess grandmaster

● Zbigniew Czendlik (* 1964), pastor, presenter

● Roman Sebrle (1974), Olympic champion, world and European champion, world record holder in decathlon

Interesting Places● In Lanskroun there are a lot of places , so let's show it . :)● Interesting places:● Renaissance town hall● St. Anne's Church● Church of St. Mary Magdalene● Saint Wenceslas church● Restaurant Krčma● Gymnasium● house Piano● fountain with dolphins

Town Hall

Church of St. Mary Magdalene

Saint Wenceslas church

Restaurant Krčma

Gymnasium

House Piano

fountain with dolphins

● Presentation by● Václav Janouch● 6.A, ZŠ nám. A. Jiráska, Lanškroun● Resources:● www.lanskroun.eu ● Wikipedia● Google pictures

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