Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Mgr. Soňa Quisová. Střední škola hotelnictví a služeb a Vyšší odborná škola, Opava, příspěvková organizace. Materiál byl vytvořen v rámci projektu OP VK 1.5 – EU peníze středním školám, registrační číslo CZ.1.07/1.5.00/ the Czech Republic basic facts prosinec 2013VY_32_INOVACE_AGJ_140301

The Czech Republic is situated in Central Europe and borders on obr. 1 Austria in the south Slovakia in the east Poland in the north Germany in the west

the Czech Republic has three geographical parts obr. 2

the Czech Republic came into existence on January 1, 1993 has a nickname: the heart of Europe has a population of about 10 m inhabitants covers an area of 78,864 sq km is a member of NATO (12 March, 1999) and the European Union (1 May, 2004) the currency: the Czech crown

the Czech Republic the political system the head of state is the president – he is elected directly by the citizens for five years the CR is governed by the Government formed by the Prime Minister and other ministers – it´s the executive power of our state the Parliament is a law-making body and has two houses: – the House of Deputies (200 MPs) and the Senate (81 senators) – it is elected by the citizens (older than 18) for four years (to become the member of the House of Deputies one must be over 21; to become the member of the Senate over 40)

the Prague Castle – the seat of the president when the flag is on the president is present guarded by the Castle Guard obr. 3

the Chamber of Deputies the Senate obr. 4 obr. 5 obr. 6 obr. 7

the Czech symbols flag of the president of the Czech Republic with the inscription „the truth wins“ added by the former president Václav Havel the coat of arms formed by the historical sign of Bohemia – a silver, two-tailed lion, the sign of Moravia – a chequered eagle and the sign of Silesia – a black eagle. obr. 8 obr. 9

the Czech symbols the state seal formed by the coat of arms with lime leaves on both sides and the inscription „the Czech Republic“ the state flag formed by three colours obr. 10 obr. 11

the Czech symbols the Czech national anthem called „Where my homeland is“ written by F. Škroup the lime tree – the unofficial symbol obr. 12 obr. 13

the Czech Republic – geography there are a lot of mountain ranges that form the natural border of the state fertile lowlands can be found along big rivers, such as the Elbe and the Morava the highest peak is Sněžka (1.603 m) the most important rivers are the Elbe (shipping), the Vltava (with many dams, the longest Czech river), the Morava and the Odra South Bohemia is famous for numerous ponds (used for carp breeding) – the biggest called Rožmberk the best-known lakes are Macha´s Lake, Black Lake and Devil´s Lake (glacial origin)

the Ore Mountains the Jizerské Mountains the Giant Mountains the Bohemian Forest the Šumava the Jeseníky the Beskydy the White Carpathians the Bohemian- Moravian Highland the Eagle Mountains obr. 14

Rožmberk pond Black Lake Sněžka obr. 15 obr. 16 obr. 17

the Czech Republic – industry traditionally an industrial country the main industries are: chemical, food, metallurgy, heavy and light engineering, car (Škoda in Mladá Boleslav has a long tradition and plays significant importance) as for raw materials, black and brown coal is mined here there are also minor deposits of iron ore, uranium, oil, etc. porcelaine, glass and jewelleries industries represent an important part of the Czech economy, too (Karlovy Vary, Jablonec nad Nisou) our country is world-famous for beer production – the best breweries are in Plzeň, České Budějovice

Barbora mine in Karviná steelworks in Ostrava logo of Škoda cars – a flying arrow brewery in Plzeň obr. 18 obr. 19 obr. 20 obr. 21

the Czech Republic – agriculture about 40 % of the land in the Czech Republic is cultivated the crops grown in our country are: barley, wheat, corn, rye, sugar beet, potatoes, flax and hops (around Žatec) Southern Moravia is best known for vineyards (Mikulov, Znojmo, Velké Pavlovice, Mělník, etc.) the animal production is represented mainly by cattle, pigs and poultry breeding, beekeeping and also fish breeding (ponds in South Bohemia)

grapes in Pálava hop field near Přerov traditional beehives in Walachia pond fishing obr. 22 obr. 23 obr. 24 obr. 25

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