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  The Karlovy Vary Region
of the Karlovy Vary Region was approved on 12 April 2001 by the Assembly of the Karlovy Vary Region and subsequently on 30 May 2001 by the parliamentary heraldical-vexillological subcommittee of the Chamber of Deputies.
of the Karlovy Vary Region symbolizes a geyser and thermal spring water as the symbols of a spa region, and at the same time it is a stylized letter K in the colors of the Karlovy Vary Region, particularly in red and blue.
Regions and organizational units and legal entities set up or founded by the regions may use the coat-of-arms and the flag of the region.
www.kr-karlovarsky.cz /kraj_cz/kraj_uk/Emblems   (427 words)

  
 Regionální Rozvojová Agentura Egrensis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Karlovy Vary region is situated in the westernmost tip of the Czech Republic and has the country’s smallest population (303,627 people - only 3% of the national total) and third smallest area.
The Karlovy Vary region is strategically important, especially with regard to the Czech Republic joining the European Union.
Karlovy Vary is the most significant spa region in the Czech Republic and with the German spa regions, constitutes a unique type of European territory.
www.rrae.cz /rrae_en/region.htm   (301 words)

  
 Regions of the Czech Republic
The area of Karlovy Vary (Karlovarsky) region is very specific because of its inner differentiation concerning the natural conditions, industrial structure and environment.
Karlovy Vary region is the most western part of the Czech Republic.
The highest point of the region is Krusne hory peak called Klinovec (1 244 meters above the sea level), the lowest place (320 meters above the sea level) is situated on the regional borders in Karlovy Vary Township.
www.bestinczech.com /region/karlovarsky_region.htm   (635 words)

  
 Karlovy Vary Region symbols, Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Karlovy Vary Region (Karlovarsky kraj): The flag is quartered.
Their COAs are the same as in Czech Vexillological Pages; some details of their flags have to be defined because the "translation" of COA into flag is not unequivocal (Karlovy Vary Region - number of peaks of the wavy stripes, Pardubice Region - width of the wall).
Karlovy Vary Region - the lower fly field should be divided in the ratio 7:1:1:1:1:1:1.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/cz-41-.html   (696 words)

  
 Carlsbad Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlsbad Region (Czech: Karlovarský kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the westernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia.
It is named after its capital Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad).
Karlovy Vary, Cheb, Sokolov, Aš, Nejdek, Jáchymov, Mariánské Lázně, Františkovy Lázně, Ostrov, Chodov, Kraslice.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carlsbad_Region   (75 words)

  
 Cheb -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Cheb (German: Eger) is a city of about 32,000 inhabitants in the (additional info and facts about Karlovy Vary Region) Karlovy Vary Region of the (A landlocked republic in central Europe; separated from Slovakia in 1993) Czech Republic.
It is situated on the river (additional info and facts about Ohre) Ohre, at the foot of one of the spurs of the Smrciny.
Cheb is the birthplace of (Any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal) football superstar (additional info and facts about Pavel Nedvěd) Pavel Nedvěd.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/cheb.htm   (378 words)

  
 Krajská knihovna Karlovy Vary
Karlovy Vary is a good example of the basic geomancy law that says that a place determines an action.
43) Cf.: Burachovič, Stanislav: Karlovy Vary a jejich vlastivědné písemnictví.
As for the originality of the architecture, Karlovy Vary fell out badly: it was re-built several times as a result of damaging fires (1604 and 1759) and was radically renovated in the latter third of the 19th century.
www.knihovna.kvary.cz /webknihovna/AJ/karkraj/gen_loci.htm   (11909 words)

  
 C.O.T. Business
The Carlsbad Region (Karlovarský kraj) boasts a wealth of natural splendour, primarily in geysers of cold and hot mineral springs that have healing qualities and on the basis of which five spa towns were founded: Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary), Mariánské Lázně, Františkovy Lázně, Lázně Kynžvart, and Jáchymov.
The spa town of Karlovy Vary, located deep in the valley of the river Teplá in the western part of Bohemia, at altitudes ranging from 360 to 644 metres above sea level, was founded around 1350 by Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
The beautiful nature of the Karlovy Vary region is a natural source of curative mineral waters, popular around the world as a so called spa triangle of Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně and Františkovy Lázně.
www.cot.cz /index.php?page=100&jazyk=0&kat=18   (699 words)

  
 DB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Its neighbours are the Karlovy Vary Region in the northwest, the Ústí Region in the north, the Central Bohemian Region in the northeast, and the South Bohemian Region in the east.
When the Czech system of regional policy was being prepared in connection with the planned accession to the European Union and in keeping with the law on support for regional development, eight statistical units, NUTS II territories, each comprising of two or three regions, were created.
In terms of population (549,219) it is the sixth smallest region of the Czech Republic.
www.doingbusiness.cz /r/article.asp?id=221   (1271 words)

  
 Regions of the Czech Republic
Pilsen (Plzensky) region is situated in the southwest of the Czech Republic.
To the west it borders with Bavarian region in Germany, to the northwest with Karlovy Vary region, to the northeast with Central Bohemian region and to the southeast with South Bohemian region.
Diversity of the region is given mainly by the landscape.
www.bestinczech.com /region/plzensky_region.htm   (584 words)

  
 Regions
These regions vary greatly in terms of size and population: while the most populous region, the Region of Moravia-Silesia, has 1.25 million inhabitants, the least populous, the Region of Karlovy Vary, has only slightly more than 300,000 inha-bitants.
At the present, the regions are responsible for the building and maintenance of local roads, the administration of secondary schools, selected cultural and social institutions and also for some medical institutions that have been transferred from the national government.
In the area of local autonomy, the regions are primarily responsible for their own economic development, which is primarily focused on attempts to attract investors and the creation of new jobs.
www.expo2005.cz /en/regions   (309 words)

  
 Karlovy Vary Region symbols, Czech Republic
According to Petr Exner, four regional COAs (and BOAs) were discussed and supported by the parliamentary heraldical-vexillological subcommitee.They are Karlovy Vary, Pardubice, Zlin, and Olomouc Regions.
At present, it is not clear whether regional symbols will be approved all at once or step-by-step.
For Karlovy Vary region, there was a doubt about the number of wavy stripes.
www.fotw.net /flags/cz-41-.html   (696 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Czech people
Historical lands and provinces in Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe.
The Czechs are descendants of ancient Slavic tribes who inhabited the region of Bohemia from the 6th century onwards.
Moravia in relation to the current kraje of the Czech Republic Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava, German: Mähren, Polish: Morawy, Hungarian: Morvaország) is an historical region in the east of the Czech Republic.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Czech-people   (600 words)

  
 C.O.T. Business
The Hotel Imperial in Karlovy Vary is one of the most impressive and dominant sights in town, for that matter even in the whole Czech Republic.
Its main supporter and pioneer at the time was the Karlovy Vary banker and businessman A. Schwalbe, who found for his ideas a number of foreign investors, led by lord Westburry, whose nickname at that time was “hotel Richard”.
The Karlovy Vary region is in the west of the Czech Republic and borders on both Saxony and Bavaria in Germany.
www.cot.cz /index.php?page=100&jazyk=0&kat=18&from=10   (694 words)

  
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The thing is that the government meets roughly once in three months in one of the country’s regions and discusses its overall situation, so that it could have, together with the representatives of the region, a much more intensive chance to deal with its issues.
I am also glad to have agreed that Karlovy Vary Region, or rather some of its districts should be included in the government programme of support for afflicted regions, because we were disqualified from the programme for this year and later on added again.
This is of course the case of Sokolov and also of Karlovy Vary regions.
wtd.vlada.cz /scripts/detail.php?id=5954   (1904 words)

  
 flag of Czech Regional Symbols flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
Yesterday, four flags of the Czech regions (Central Bohemian, South Bohemian, Zlin, and Hradec Kralove) were officially granted by Vaclav Klaus, the chairman of the House of Representatives of the Parliament, to th regional hejtmans.
At present, the symbols of Central Bohemian, Hradec Kralove, Karlovy Vary, Liberec, Olomouc, Pardubice, South Bohemian, and Zlin Regions are officially in use; symbols of two more regions (Plzen and Vysocina regions) were approved and are to be included into the next decree(s).
The date of the ceremony of granting the flag to the region's hejtman is irrelevant from the vexillological (and legal) point of view.
www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/cz-sub-.html   (765 words)

  
 Hotels in Karlsbad > List of hotels in Karlsbad > Karlsbad hotel booking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hotel Malta is situated in the spa centre of Karlovy Vary on the beginning of colonnade.
Historical building of spa hotel Krivan is situated in a spa centre of Karlovy Vary, in a close vicinity of Park and Mill Colonnades.
Hotel Ester is located directly in the spa centre of Karlovy Vary, situated next to the Castle Baths and near to Spring Colonnade.
www.eutravelservice.com /english/hotels-karlsbad.php   (2057 words)

  
 Karlovy vary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The northwest Bohemian city of Karlovy Vary (better known by its German name of Karlsbad, or the anglicized Carlbad) is the foremost of the famous Bohemian spa towns in the area, which also includes Marianske Lazne (Marienbad) and Frantiskovy Lazne (Franzensbad), as well as the oldest.
Though the legend is that King Charles IV discovered the beneficial properties of the area's springs - hence, Karlovy (Charles') - the village was already settled by the time of his ascension to the Czech throne.
The Cheb regional path runs through the town of Stribro, a mining town which is the oldest documented site of silver ore extraction in the Czech Republic.
archiv.radio.cz /mapa/showregion.phtml?cislo=4   (281 words)

  
 groc2000
Annual variations in principal pollutants’ daily concentrations are clearly illustrated for selected stations in each region and for the entire Czech Republic.
The most distinct variation can be discerned for sulphur dioxide with its levels in the winter season (months 1 to 3 and 10 to 12) being several times higher than in the summer season (months 4 to 9).
The size of the symbols does not express the quantity of the phenomenon; various colours for the respective classes of basic pollutants concentrations are used instead.
www.chmi.cz /uoco/isko/groce/gr00e/ak22.html   (1199 words)

  
 Pardubice region symbols, Czech Republic
The COA of the Pardubice Region ('kraj') of the Czech Republic should be quartered, with two Czech lions, one Pardubice's half horse, and still uncertain symbol of the region (Kuneticka hora mountain, Kralicky Sneznik mountain, Sternberg arms?).
Pardubice Region (Pardubicky kraj): The flag is quartered.
I believe the number is not incidental (as the region consists of four districts) and also the flag should include four teeth, instead of three.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/cz-53-.html   (559 words)

  
 List of postal codes in the Czech Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Note that the correspondence between postal code groupings and Czech Regions is not exact.
350 00 - 364 99 Karlovy Vary Region
360 00 - 364 99 Karlovy Vary District
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_postal_codes_in_the_Czech_Republic   (489 words)

  
 Ing Memorial 2004 Karlovy Vary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Tournament is held under the auspices of the president of the Karlovy Vary Region Mr.
Karlovy Vary, the largest Czech spa town, has been chosen as a host for this prestigious tournament.
Over the years Karlovy Vary has attracted many famous visitors, drawn by the healing effects of the springs and a unique spa atmosphere.
goweb.cz /im2004/IM2004Str2GB.htm   (972 words)

  
 Olomoucký symbols, Czech Republic
Olomouc Region (Olomoucky kraj): The flag is quartered.
Olomouc Region - the width of wavy stripe should be 1/10 of the flag length and the wave should have three 'tops' (/\/\/\).
I noticed that compare to the flags shown on various websites, the official flag has the eagles in the 1st and 2nd quarters widened to fill more their respective spaces intead of just using the narrower eagles from the coat-of-arms as in the FOTW images.
flagspot.net /flags/cz-71-.html   (656 words)

  
 ABAKA - Hotels in Karlovy Vary [Karlsbad] (Czech Republic)
The springs, which vary in temperature from 34 to 73 degrees C, are used in drinking cures and for baths.
The most famous of Karlovy Vary hotels - Grandhotel Pupp is the name of tradition and hospitality since 1701.
The guest house is located in the centre of the spa area of Karlovy Vary, in a place the history of which dates back to 1715.
www.abaka.com /Czech/Karlovy_Vary.html   (763 words)

  
 Interfilm - Das Netzwerk kirchlicher Filmarbeit!
Karlovy Vary 2004 was also the scene of a festival contretemps with FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations), the organization in charge of competition regulations for member festivals.
According to one media account, when Karlovy Vary invited Metod Pevec’s Pod njenim oknom (Beneath Her Window) (Slovenia) to participate in the competition, FIAPF was informed well in advance of the decision, and FIAPF gave its approval.
Later, smack in the middle of the Karlovy Vary festival, that permission was withdrawn by FIAPF’s Bertrand Mollier on the grounds that Beneath Her Window had already participated in the Kingfisher Competition in the Slovenian capital at the Ljubljana International Film Festival last November.
www.gep.de /interfilm/englisch/interfilm3850_29420.htm   (1520 words)

  
 Carlsbad - spa, therapeutic stay and recreation for you health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Legend of the Discovery of the Hot Spring and the Foundation of Karlovy Vary
Settlement of ancient inhabitants of this region in the later times is supported by the site of an ancient settlement in Drahovice where people lived in the late Bronze Age.
Round 1900, the regional railway network was complemented by local railways from Carlsbad to Mariánské lázně (1898), to Johanngeorgenstadt (1899) and Merklín (1902).
www.karlovyvary.cz /static/historie_1.asp?LangId=2&Kol=1   (3722 words)

  
 Defending the name of the wafer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The second condition for the appellation is that the wafers have to be prepared in the Karlovy Vary region.
Even though Karlovy Vary wafers have been granted appellation of origin nationally, producers hope to have the same status granted in Brussels.
TH Bodam and Phobos set up the Association of Producers of Karlovy Vary Wafers, then jointly filed an application to the European Commission, and are currently awaiting a decision.
cbw.cz /phprs/2005101719.html   (794 words)

  
 groc2000 kap223 ang
Pollution in the Northwest Region (covering Karlovy Vary Region, Ústí nad Labem Region and Liberec Region) caused by sulphur dioxide in 2000 is illustrated in maps of the fields of annual arithmetic means and 95th percentiles of SO daily concentrations with presentation of measured values at stations (Figs.
In the past the Northwest Region, particularly the Most Basin, was affected by sulphur dioxide most of all.
The SPM air pollution level in the Northwest Region in 2000 is presented in charts of annual arithmetic means, 95th percentiles of SPM daily concentrations and 90th percentiles of PM fraction daily concentrations (Figs.
www.chmi.cz /uoco/isko/groce/gr00e/ak223.html   (821 words)

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