Facts About the Czech Republic

Official Name

Czech Republic

Square Area

79,000 sq.km

Population

10,315,000

Capital

Prague

Official Language

Czech

Telephones

National code number for the Czech Republic when calling from abroad is 00420

Currency

Czech crown (CZK)

Holidays

January 1 New Year's Day
Easter Monday
May 1 Labour Day (1945 - V-Day Europe)
May 8 Liberation Day (1945 - V-Day Europe)
July 5 Czech national holiday - Arrival of Missionaries St. Constantine and St. Method
July 6 Czech national holiday: John Huss burnt on stake (1415) December 24.-26. Christmas

Shopping in the Czech Republic

Bohemian glass and china, hand made folk ceramics, jewels, artificial jewelery, antiques, CDs. Pilsner and Budweiser beer, Becher liqueur, South Moravian and Czech wines and other specialties, Prague ham, Pardubice ginger bread

Historical Background

5th - 10th Century A.D. - First Slav settlements
9th Century A.D. - Christianity penetrates the Czech Lands
995 - Czech Lands unite under the rule of local Přemysl dynasty
1212 - Czech sovereigns accrue the Royal Crown with rights of heirdom
1310-1437 - Luxembourg dynasty on Bohemian throne
1348 - Emperor Charles IV establishes the University of Prague
1526-1918 - Habsburg dynasty on Bohemian throne
1918 - declaration of the Czechoslovak Republic, a common state of Czechs and Slovaks
1939-1945 - Nazi occupation
1948 - Communist coup
1989 - The "Velvet Revolution", abdication of the Communist leadership, Václav Havel becomes President
1993 - The country splits into two independent states: the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

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We wish you a successful season.

Yours sincerely
Josef Smejkal Manager