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Hradec Králové – Basic facts Two rivers: Elbe, Orlice (city is at the confluence) Almost 100 000 people (As of 2015) Mayor: Zdeněk Fink Founded in 1225 University city (six faculties of three higher educational institutes)
Hradec Králové city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové region of Bohemia food-processing technology, photochemical, electronics manufacture and IT, musical instrument manufacturing
Brief History „Queen ‘s castle“ (was affixed when it became one of the royal dowry towns of the Elisabeth Richenza of Poland) Hradec Králové was the first of the towns to declare for the national cause during the Hussite Wars during the first half of the 15th century After the Battle of White Mountain (1620) a large part of the Protestant population left the place In 1639 the town was occupied for eight months by the Swedes 1776 (1789, 1884) – Joseph II
Culture Theatre Every June the Theatre of European regions, an international theatre festival, takes place. Music Since 2007 hosts, Rock for People, probably the biggest rock festival in the Czech Republic, has been held every year in July "Jazz goes to town", an international jazz festival, is held in Hradec Králové every October The city's museum currently holds one of the oldest surviving collections of Czech Renaissance polyphony the Codex Speciálník manuscript. The city is home to one of the Czech Republic's leading orchestras, the Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra
Sport The ice hockey club of Hradec Králové is Mountfield HK which plays in the Czech Extraliga There are a lot of football clubs too. The most popular is FC Hradec Králové which plays in the Czech 2. Leauge The women's basketball team, Hradecké Lvice, plays in the national female basketball league In Hradec Králové, Kin-Ball is popular too, particularly in schools
Famous people Josef Čapek Josef Gočár Václav Snítil Václav Kliment Klicpera
Acrchitecture Holy spirit cathedral (gothic)
White tower 71,5 metres Fire and watch tower 1589 White stone
Plague Column of the Virgin Mary
The bono Publico staircase
Žižka‘s gardens
Jirásek‘s gardens (Church of saint Nicolas)