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Moravian Gate on a geomorphical map of the Czech Republic. It stretches from Moravia towards Czech Silesia north-eastward in the length of about 50 km (31 mi) [1] and is bordered by the confluence of the Olza and the Odra rivers in the north. Its crest is located between the villages of Olšovec and Bělotín at 310 m (1,020 ft). Its average ...
Great Moravia (Latin: Regnum Marahensium; Greek: Μεγάλη Μοραβία, Meghálī Moravía; Czech: Velká Morava [ˈvɛlkaː ˈmorava]; Slovak: Veľká Morava [ˈvɛʎkaː ˈmɔrava]; Polish: Wielkie Morawy, German: Großmähren), or simply Moravia, [1] [2] [3] was the first major state that was predominantly West Slavic to emerge in the area of Central Europe, [4] possibly including ...
After the breakup of the Moravian Realm, the Moravian tribe was divided between the new states of Bohemia and Hungary. Part of western Moravians were assimilated by the Czechs and presently identify as Czechs. The modern nation of the Slovaks was formed out of the eastern part of the Moravian tribe within the Kingdom of Hungary. [9]
Moravian axe-shaped bars are iron bars stylized into the shape of long axes made by the Great Moravians during the 9th and early 10th centuries AD. These archaeological finds have primarily been found in the former core of Great Moravia, in what is today the region of Moravia in the Czech Republic , and western Slovakia .
Moravian nationality, as declared by people in the 1991 census Moravian Slovak costumes (worn by men and women) during the Jízda králů ("Ride of the Kings") Festival held annually in the village of Vlčnov (southeastern Moravia) The Moravians are generally a Slavic ethnic group who speak various (generally more archaic) dialects of Czech.
The Lower Morava Valley is a nordest part of Vienna Basin (Western Carpathians) and the corridor to Napajedla Gate, Upper Morava Valley, Moravian Gate and later in final goal North European Plain (Poland- Lower Silesia – Galicia) since ancient times.
The first known Moravian ruler, Mojmir I, assisted the rebellious subjects of Louis the German, the King of East Francia, several times. [6] During his reign, priests came from the Bishopric of Passau (a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Salzburg) to proselytize among the Moravians. [7] Louis the German expelled Mojmir from Moravia in 846. [6]
The Moravian Karst (Czech: Moravský kras) is a karst landscape and protected landscape area to the north of Brno in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It encompasses a number of notable geological features, including roughly 1100 caverns and gorges and covers an area of roughly 92 km 2 .