Crossword clues for brno
brno
- Czech Republic city
- Second largest city in the Czech Republic
- Seat of the Czech Republic's Supreme Court
- Home of the Czech Supreme Court
- Home of the Czech Republic's Supreme Court
- Czechia's second city
- Czech Republic's second-largest city
- Czech Republic's second largest city
- Czech city in Moravia
- City on the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers
- City of the Czech Supreme Court
- City in the Czech Republic
- City in Moravia: Czech spelling
- City in Moravia
- Capital of Moravia
- Chief city of Moravia
- Moravian capital
- Czech city, home to pilberk Castle
- Largest city in Moravia
- Czechoslovak city
- City SE of Prague
- Czech city showing "Born Free"
- Bond's debut eclipsing that of his adversary somewhere in Moravia
- Moravian city
- Onetime capital of Moravia
- One-time capital of Moravia
- Former capital of Moravia
Wikipedia
Brno (; , German: Brünn) is the second largest city in the Czech Republic by population and area, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative center of the South Moravian Region in which it forms a separate district ( Brno-City District). The city lies at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers and has about 400,000 inhabitants; its greater metropolitan area is home to more than 800,000 people while its larger urban zone had a population of about 730,000 in 2004.
Brno is the seat of judicial authority of the Czech Republic – it is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office. The city is also a significant administrative centre. It is the seat of a number of state authorities, including the Ombudsman, and the Office for the Protection of Competition. Brno is also an important centre of higher education, with 33 faculties belonging to 13 institutes of higher learning and about 89,000 students.
Brno Exhibition Centre ranks among the largest exhibition centres in Europe (23rd in the world). The complex opened in 1928 and established the tradition of large exhibitions and trade fairs held in Brno. Brno hosts motorbike and other races on the Masaryk Circuit, a tradition established in 1930, in which the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is one of the most prestigious races. Another cultural tradition is an international fireworks competition, Ignis Brunensis, that usually attracts tens of thousands of daily visitors.
The most visited sights of the city include the Špilberk castle and fortress and the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul on Petrov hill, two medieval buildings that dominate the cityscape and are often depicted as its traditional symbols. The other large preserved castle near the city is Veveří Castle by the Brno Dam Lake. This castle is the site of a number of legends, as are many other places in Brno. Another architectural monument of Brno is the functionalist Villa Tugendhat which has been included on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. One of the natural sights nearby is the Moravian Karst.
Usage examples of "brno".
Moreover, the monastery at Brno where he lived from 1843 was known as a learned institution.
February and March meetings of the Natural History Society of Brno in 1865, the audience of about forty listened politely but was conspicuously unmoved, even though the breeding of plants was a matter of great practical interest to many of the members.
First he said he wanted to go to Brno on Sunday for the motorcycle races.
I met her when I was studying in Brno, and I was glad that I was able to see her almost every day after my return.
I had two hours to go: Helena had taken the early flight from Prague and was due in on a bus from Brno just before eleven.
Kundera, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and now living in France, has been much influenced by German and especially Austrian literature, as well as by western European writers.
Milada Janosikova Kundera, in Brno, a medium-size city in the Moravian section of Czechoslovakia.
Communist Party as well as enrollment in a Prague university instead of the one in Brno that the more traditional Jaroslav attends.
Koucky brothers for the Zbrojovka works at Brno, was steady in her right hand.
Jan Jelinek, Director Emeritus, Anthropos Institute, Brno, Czechoslovakia, for his unfailing kindness, assistance, and astute observations and interpretations of the rich Upper Paleolithic artifacts of the region.
ZKR 551, originating in the Zbrojovka Works in Brno, and designed by the Koucky brothers.
It contained an unmistakable photograph of Schimler, but was issued in the name of Paul Czissar, commercial representative, born in Brno in 1895.
Schimler, but was issued in the name of Paul Czissar, commercial representative, born in Brno in 1895.
He had discharged himself without fuss from an Academy for the Sons of Gentlemen in Brno, and from the British public school recommended by his grandmother, the redoubtable Nora Coutts, who lived in a wing of the house drinking Earl Grey tea from Harrods and bullying him about the syntax of the English language.
Your poor dissidents on the run from Prague or Brno or Plzen wouldn't come here.