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Looking back at the launch of the first edition of Grand Moravia Magazine
Rubrika: Culture
27 3 2010Grand Moravia Magazine that is published by Český fortel agency, advertises the Lednice-Valtice and Pálava areas in an innovative way. This destination magazine is published yearly, in both Czech and English language and targets demanding modern travellers who are determined to discover new places, aren’t afraid of adventure and seek new experiences. And that’s what is definitely on offer here, in this beautiful part of South Moravia.
- Autor: Michaela Cibulková
- Tagy: Social events
Celebrations of an Ordinary Day, new book by a Moravian writer Jan Kostrhun
Rubrika: Culture
2 2 2010The name of Jan Kostrhun, renowned Moravian writer, appears again in connection with the publication of his new series of three novels “Celebrations of an Ordinary Day”.
- Autor: Michaela Cibulková
- Tagy: Lednice
An interview with Jiří Komorous, the first home office deputy
Rubrika: Culture
23 1 2010An interview with Jiří Komorous, the first home office deputy.
- Autor: Svatava Rudolfová
- Tagy: Interview, Lednice
Aromatic grass carp, Miller’s trout or wild catfish. Those are the delicacies that can be appreciated by many food connoisseurs. One does not need to travel as far as Southern Bohemia to taste some fresh water fish specialities. Even restaurants in the south of Moravia are able to prepare fish dishes that not only look good but are also very tasty and they do so using entirely fresh fish. It is because the area of Southern Moravia, being the basin of both the rivers Morava and Dyje, is abundant with many lakes.
The Lednice lakes are the well-known work of Moravian lake managers. They include the lakes Nesyt, Hlohovecký, Prostřední, Mlýnský and Zámecký and make up an area of 544 hectares of water surface that is used not only for fish breeding purposes but since 1952 it has also been a National natural preserve.
- Autor: Petr Cibulka
- Tagy: Břeclav, Lednice, Lichtensteins, Traditions, Valtice
The dream of designer Daniel Piršč came true in Mikulov. He chose this South Moravian town over Prague where he had lived for almost two decades and in 2005 he opened his own registered studio called Studio Pirsc Porcelain. Art manufacturing was born in poetic surroundings of a ceremonial hall at the Mikulov Jewish cemetery. It is here where unique pieces of art are created which are an interesting alternative to porcelain mass production.
- Autor: Iva Solaříková
- Tagy: Design, Jews, Mikulov, Porcelain
The history of Lednice castle
20 9 2009The first historical record of the castle in Lednice comes from 1222. At this time, a gothic fortress and courtyard stood here, which Czech king, Václav (Wenceslas) I, granted to Austrian nobleman Siegfried Sirotek.
At the end of the 13th century, the Lichtenstein family became owners of the whole of Lednice and nearby Mikulov. Originally from Styria in Austria, over time they expanded their ownership of land on both sides of the Moravia-Austria border. They become owners of Lednice in 1322.
Later to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the country, the Lichtenstein family had no special status in the Middle Ages and their properties were much more modest. And it was in Austria that they owned large swathes of land.
- Autor: Michaela Cibulková
- Tagy: Lednice, Lichtensteins
Jewish quarter in Mikulov
18 9 2009Every evening, reflections of soft light can be seen in the windows of the Jewish quarter in Mikulov. Pinkish wall of the Upper Synagogue, arches of ground floor housing and their shadowy alcoves are the last reminders of rich Jewish past in town. Stories, that became legends, had been written on four thousand tombstones in the Jewish cemetery. For example the one about Golem, a strong man made of clay that is brought to life by having a marble put in his forehead. This artificial man was created right in the Jewish quarter of Mikulov. And that was in the head of former Mikulov rabbi Jehud Levy.
- Autor: Iva Solaříková
- Tagy: Jews, Mikulov
Greyhounds on a race track
18 9 2009Lenka Malinovská has got devout companions. She is mostly surrounded by Arab greyhounds on a race track in Lednice. She thinks of Sloughi as of a man friendly animal that can look up to her as being somewhat artistic. It is there for a person that does not require strict obedience maintained by silly drill exercises and expressing their own dominance.
- Autor: Svatava Rudolfová
- Tagy: Greyhounds, Lednice, Traditions
All those who travel to Moravia should not miss out on a visit to Břeclav, the entrance gate to Lednice-Valtice Area (LVA). Astonishingly, this park covers an area of 200 km2, so no wonder it has been listed in the UNESCO world heritage fund. Primary information about LVA can be obtained from the Lichtenstein house in the centre of the town.
The Lichtensteins were at the beginning of LVA for they loved mystery and ancient Greek mythology. Many structures built within this area were consecrated to ancient gods. As available sources tell us, they believed that man would become a better being by discovering something beautiful within nature.
- Autor: Svatava Rudolfová
- Tagy: Břeclav, Lichtensteins, Shipping transport
South Moravia
V srdci Evropy, v kraji vína a tradičních zvyků České republiky, se nachází krásné a malebné prostředí největšího lužního útvaru v Evropě okolo řeky Dyje a je jako stvořené pro dovolenou a odpočinek. Krásná část jižní Moravy je bývalé Lichtenštejnské panství mezi obcí Lednice a Valtice, který je chráněn UNESCO.
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- Summer recipes from the Dyje region
- Wine makers celebrate their crop at the Pálava wine harvest festival
- Where to go in South Moravia (Summer 2010/Spring 2011)
- Introduction to the cultures of the Dyje region and their cuisines
- Valtice is alive not only with wine
- Come and see the largest collection and demonstration of birds of prey and owls in the Czech Republic
- Mikulov, the chateau, the museum
- Rubinet
- Small Wine Maker winery, the winery of František and Hana Mádl
- Looking back at the launch of the first edition of Grand Moravia Magazine