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  AllRefer.com - Plzen, Czech Republic & Slovakia (Czech And Slovak Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Plzen is internationally famous for its beer (Pilsner), exported worldwide, and for the huge Skoda works, which produce heavy machinery, machine tools, military aircraft, locomotives, automobiles, and armaments.
Plzen was part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy until 1918, when it was included in newly independent Czechoslovakia.
Plzen's historic buildings include the 13th-century Gothic Church of St. Bartholomew and a 16th-century Renaissance town hall.
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 Plzen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Plzeň is a city of the Czech Republic in Bohemia, Plzen Region.
Plzen first appears in history in 976, as the scene of a battle in the war between Prince Boleslaus II and the emperor Otto II, and it became a town in 1295, established by Wenceslaus II.
During the Hussite Wars it was the centre of Catholic resistance to the Hussites; it was three times unsuccessfully besieged by Prokop the Great, and it took part in the league of the Romanist lords against King George of Podebrady.
www.theezine.net /p/plzen.html   (226 words)

  
 // YWAM Plzen //
Known as an important cultural, educational, economic, commercial and industrial center, Plzen is perhaps best known for its brewery, where the process for making Pilsener beer was first created (Pilsener Urquell), and the Skoda factory, founded in 1859.
With an advanced academic school system dating back to the Middle Ages, Plzen is home to the University of West Bohemia, the Technical College of Engineering and Electronics, and the medical and pedagogical faculties of Prague's Charles University (founded in 1378).
Plzen is increasingly becoming a city with an "international flavor" as there are more than 500+ foreign students attending universities in Plzen.
www.ywamplzen.org /en/plzen.html   (527 words)

  
 Plzen ( Pilsen ) City
Plzen (Pilsen), the capital of West Bohemia, was founded by the Czech King Wenceslas II.
Today's Plzen counts 165 000 inhabitants and is a significant cultural, business and industrial centre, famous mostly due to the products of Plzen's brewery and the heavy machinery factories Skoda.
Plzen's far-stretched historical underground is an integral part of its historical centre.
www.zcu.cz /plzen   (219 words)

  
 Plzen/Pilsen Jewish Cemetery
PLZEN : called Pilsen in Yiddish and German.
The new cemetery is located at 4 km E of main square, in Rokycanska trida street.
The caretaker is paid by the Jewish congregation of Plzen.
www.porges.net /PlzenCemetery.html   (499 words)

  
 Articles::The pearls of Plzen
Though Plzen is home to Skoda and the enormous Pilsner Urquell brewery, its people aren t completely caught up in the rat race.
Plzen is home to a number of museums and galleries.
But the best way to get to know Plzen might be just to buy a few beers for your neighbor in a bar and ask him what makes his city so great.
www.hali.cz /en/about_17.html   (802 words)

  
 Plzen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Located about an hour and a half [via train] south west of Praha, Plzen (Pilsen) is one of the Czech Republic's business and industrial centers (most famous for its breweries and car manufacturers).
This is Plzen's main church, located in the square at the center of town.
Plzen's Original Town Wall: Well here it is. It doesn't quite have all the splendor of Eden, but it's the last remaining part of the original town wall.
xenia.media.mit.edu /~verp/projects/praha/plzen.html   (165 words)

  
 Plzen - the general information
In 1618 the city of Plzen was conquered for the first time in its history by protestant groups of count Arnost of Mansfeld.
The city of Plzen strode into the 20th century as a developed industrial, economic and cultural city, which was soon to experience the difficult setbacks of an economic crisis and two world wars.
Plzen was liberated on May 6th, 1945, by the American army led by General G. Patton.
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 ABAKA - Hotels in Plzen - Pilsen (Czech Republic)
Plzen, one of the biggest towns in Bohemia, is well known for its brewing tradition.
The old city centre is dominated by the Gothic church which features the highest tower in Bohemia.
The American born owner reclaimed the hotel after the velvet revolution and is continuing a family tradition.
www.abaka.com /Czech/Plzen.html   (209 words)

  
 Plzen
With a population of over 175,000, Plzen is not only the main city of Western Bohemia, but the second largest city in all of Bohemia after Prague.
The world-famous Prazdroj Municipal Brewery was founded in 1842, partly in response to the poor quality of beer in the town beforehand, and employed a bottom-fermenting process that was widely-copied and beer of this type is commonly known as "Pilsner", after the name of the town in German, Pilsen.
Plzen suffered 11 raids between 1942 and 1945, resulting in over 6 and a half thousand homes destroyed and almost a thousand dead.
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 Pilsner Urquell
For example, at the end of the 15th and the 16th centuries the town was fighting for this right with a local nobility who started running his own breweries on his properties.
The brewery tradition in Plzen, the drive towards a better quality, and the manufacturers' struggle to advance their businesses resulted into a foundation of the Burgher's Brewery in 1842.
Therefore, visit the oldest beer hall in Plzen, the recently reopened restaurant "U Salzmannu", offering accommodation in 6 baroque and Art Noeveau style apartments, or the restaurant "Pilsner Urquell" next to the brewery entrance gate.
www.zcu.cz /plzen/com/brewery   (495 words)

  
 Plzen Environmental Foundation
Plzen Environmental Foundation (PEN) is a foundation concentrated mostly on local problems.
We plan expositions devoted to natural and cultural values of Plzen area, meeting with an interesting person, concert, an entertaining afternoon for children and their parents with an educational intention, etc.
The foundation decided to concentrate on endangered natural and cultural monuments of Plzen area that are supposed to join the sustainable development of that sofar one-sided industrial region.
www.ecn.cz /PRTR/pen-en.htm   (462 words)

  
 Plzen Guide: Plzen - West Bohemian Metropolis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thus Plzen has long been a cultural centre for the entire West Bohemia; an industrial city famous for its engineering products, its beer - the Pilsner Urquell, as well as its many historic sights, international exhibitions, symposia and festivals.
The conservative attitude of Catholic Plzen has also resulted in prosperities other than economical: that was when Plzen successfully resisted the settling of Jesuits and so preserved its independence.
Plzen was liberated by the U.S.Army on the end of the Second World War.
www.zcu.cz /plzen/guide/metropolis.html   (394 words)

  
 Plzen city information, Historical sights of Plzen, Accommodation in Plzen. OLNIKA-STEFF TOUR
In 1295 a.d., the city of Nova Plzen (New Plzen) was founded by Czech King Wenceslas II on the confluence of the Radbuza and Mze rivers, only 9 kilometers north-west of the original Old Plzen.
Plzen has preserved its prominent position among Czech towns until the present day, 700 years after its foundation.
Plzen is also considered a center of education.
www.olnika-steff.com /plzen.php   (331 words)

  
 Plzen - the general information
, the city of Nova Plzen (New Plzen) was founded by Czech King Wenceslas II on the confluence of the Radbuza and Mze rivers, only 9 kilometers north-west of the original Old Plzen.
Besides a number of elementary and secondary schools Plzen is the home to the University of West Bohemia and the Medical Faculty of the Charles University.
Plzen was liberated on May 6th, 1945, by the American army led by General G.
www.zcu.cz /plzen/general   (557 words)

  
 Talk:Plzeň - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stod is small city (3500 inhabitants in 2001) in southwest [Bohemia]([Czech Republic]), 20 km from [Plzen].
Merriam-Webster doesn't describe it, it just has a cross-reference, as it has for "Leningrad" and other former names which are still well known.
The city of Plzen lists "Pilsen" on the English version of its web page.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Plzen   (229 words)

  
 Konketsuji: A Weekend In Plzen, A Night Out In Prague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Plzen is not a typical tourist destination but we decided to go there to visit a friend of Joan.
Plzen is the home of pilsner beer and they are quite proud of this fact.
The match was Plzen versus Prague and true to form the football fans got pretty rowdy.
erik.nomadlife.org /2005/08/weekend-in-plzen-night-out-in-prague.aspx   (948 words)

  
 Musical film about Plzen
At the beginning of the 15th century, Plzen was one of the original centers of Hussite movement, but after expelling the Hussite leader Jan Zizka and his allies in 1420, it became a firm bastion of the Czech Catholic Church until the 17th century.
Plzen's historical underground was begun during the 13th century and finished during the 19th century.
Plzen is the residential town of two universities - the University of West Bohemia and the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University.
www.zcu.cz /plzen/film   (1031 words)

  
 CZECH REPUBLIC, Plzen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The directors of the YWAM Plzen base, Pat and Barb Foye, purchased and are renovating this property with personal funds.
The vision for the villa includes not only a home for their family, but also future staff housing, a ministry center for YWAM Plzen, a cultural center for events open to the community such as concerts, art exhibits and business seminars, and eventually, a cafe, which will be open to the public.
YWAM Plzen's mission statements reads: "We are committed to living and demonstrating the kingdom of God, making no distinction between sacred and secular.
www.missionbuilders.net /projects/CZECH-REPUBLIC,Plzen.aspx   (725 words)

  
 RSD - Tunnel Valík - The Key to the By-Pass of Plzen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The price of the construction is estimated at 1,300 mil CZK and the opening date of the construction including a bridge across the river Úhlava is planned for the end of 2006.
Considering the fact that the tunnel leads through an area of the source of drinking water for Plzen, large number of requirements for the protection of environment were taken into account.
It is situated directly at the construction site at the western portal of the tunnel near the town of Štenovice (turn from the provisional by-pass of Plzen, from road No. II/180, 500 metres from the roundbout between Štenovice and Útušice in the direction to Prague).
www.rsd.cz /rsd/rsd.nsf/0/913E2F04BEC427C2C1256E8200435BD0   (724 words)

  
 Plzen : Introduction | Frommers.com
Some 400 years ago, a group of men formed Plzen's first beer-drinking guild, and today beer is probably the only reason you'll want to stop at this otherwise industrial town.
Plzen's Claim to Fame--Founded in 1295 by Václav II, Plzen was and remains western Bohemia's administrative center.
Realizing that the brews they were drinking had become mostly plonk by the late 1830s, rebellious beer drinkers demanded quality, forcing the brewers to try harder.
www.frommers.com /destinations/plzen/2682010001.html   (294 words)

  
 Hotel Listings & Destination Guide for Europe & Russia - Europe - Czech ...
PLZEN (Pilsen) is Bohemia's second city, with a population of 170,000.
Plzen's train stations are works of art in themselves: your likeliest point of arrival is the Hlavní nádrazí, just a little east of the city centre.
Beer has been brewed in the town since it was founded in 1295, but it wasn't until 1842 that the famous Bürgerliches Brauhaus was built, after a near-riot by the townsfolk over the declining quality of their brew.
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 Search: Plzen - FOX News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Plzen (New Plzen) on an area of approximately 20 hectares consisting of...
Plzen (New Plzen) was founded by King Wenceslas II, on the confluence of two...
Plzen (Pilsen) is one of the Czech Republic's business and industrial centers (most famous for its breweries and car manufacturers).
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 VirtualTourist.com - Plzen Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
It was built in the 19th century for a rather large jewish population in Plzen.
The memorial for the end of the plague was built in 1681 next to the church and the townhall.
Inside the townhall you may see an exhibition of old photos of the city and the most important for you might be a small-size-model of the inner town, with all buildings inside the garden-ring with all the details of the fassades that may help you a lot, when you search for interesting architecture.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Czech_Republic/Plzensky_Kraj/Plzen-400884/Things_To_Do-Plzen-BR-1.html   (793 words)

  
 OK–TOURS, Accommodation, Hotel, Apartement – Prague, Czech republic, Hotels – Budapest, Hungary, ...
The town, founded in the end of 13th century, is a significant cultural, economic, industrial and business centre of the West Bohemia.
It is situated at the confluence of four rivers in the Plzen basin.
Plzen is famous for the Skoda machinery works and Pilsner Urquell beer.
www.ok-tours.cz /accommodation/hotels/czech/plzen/index.php   (148 words)

  
 Epinions.com - Hofmark Pilsener: You can’t get much closer to Plzen than this!
Pilsner was named after the town Plzen in the Czech Republic where it was originally brewed in 1842.
On the other side of the Czech border, a mere 65 miles from Plzen, comes an excellent version of a pilsner that is as good as any I’ve tried.
The brewery was established in 1572 by a local aristocrat, and the name “Das feine Hofmark” means the “fine beer bearing the seal of the royal court”.
www.epinions.com /content_1745002628/tk_~CB002.1.23   (935 words)

  
 Plzen Guide: Culture in Plzen
The Czech plays were performed in the Plzen theatre - there also worked a Czech play-wright, Josef Kajetan Tyl, who died here in 1856.
The folk and country music festival "Porta", which is held at the amphitheatre in the suburb of Lochotin, is very popular with the young audience.
Plzen is the residential town of two universities: the University of West Bohemia and the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University.
www.zcu.cz /plzen/guide/culture.html   (472 words)

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