Divisão administrativa do país – 7 regiões e a capital Praga.
Cidades principais – Brno, Ostrava, Plzen, Olomouc. Gablonz? (circulado de RS)
Patrimônios da Humanidade – Centros Históricos de Praga, Ceský Krumlov e de Telc; Igreja da Peregrinação de São João de Nepomuk, em Zelezná Ruda; Kutna Hora; Paisagem Cultural de Lednice-Valtice.
Na antiga “Czechoslovakia”, atual “Czech Republic”, existe um site com informações para os muitos zoológicos daquele país (http://www.zoo.cz/)...
Tenho um cartão-postal que identifica os seguintes (ao lado, os animais logotipo) em ordem alfabética:
Na língua tcheca chamam a girafa de žirafa – ŽIRAFA (igual ao esloveno)
E as subespécies como:
Zoológico de Praga
Fundado em 28/09/1931, o maravilhoso Zoológico de Praga está localizado na capital do país... Abaixo, Giraffes 1950s Czechoslovak Matchbox Label from a series showing animals from Prague Zoo...
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Série de 6 valores sobre animais do zoológico, emitida em 1962, os 6 selos mostram: urso-polar, macaco, camelo, elefante, leopardo e cavalo. Scott: 1111/1116. Michel: 1335/1340. Há também dois FDCs oficiais... NT
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Abaixo, série emitida em 3/08/1976, também com 6 valores “safari”, sobre animais africanos do Zoológico Dvür Kralove, em Praga – capital do país, cujos selos mostram: zebra (10 haleru), elefante (20 haleru), guepardo (30 haleru), girafa (40 haleru), rinoceronte (60 haleru) e antílope bongo (3 koruna). Yvert: 2181/2186. Scott: 2084/2089. SG: 2307/2312. Michel: 2345/2350.
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Série de 3 valores emitida em 28/09/1981, alusiva ao aniversário de 50 Anos do Zoológico de Praga (1931-1981). Scott: 2380/2382. SG: 2595/97. Michel: 2635/2637. Na coleção há um FDC registrado, circulado com a série completa de Praga para Belo Horizonte. Adquirido de Capucio em 9/08.
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5/09/2001: Aniversário de 70 Anos do Zoológico de Praga – Conservação da Natureza. Série de 4 selos sobre mamíferos ameaçados de extinção que o Zoológico de Praga trabalha na preservação. Todos os selos tem valor facial de 5,40kc e foram desenhados com uma espécie de fêmea e seu respectivo filhote. Artistas gráficos: Libuse e Jaromir Knotek. Impressão: Martin Srb.
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Deste Zoo, em 1985, foi para o Zoológico de Brasília (DF), uma girafa fêmea chamada “Raio de Sol” que virou símbolo da campanha: “Zoo Tá Limpo”!
Bara, uma fêmea nascida em 24/12/1999 no Zôo de Praga, “Dvür Kralové”, juntou-se com Max e Alice no Zoológico de Karlsruhe (Alemanha).
Girafas-baringo (13 exemplares)
Simon (macho) 21/12/1986* – pai (otec) King, mãe (matka) Denisa
Kleopatra (fêmea) 13/01/1993*
Gita 09/06/1995* – pai Simon, mãe Valina
Eliska (fêmea) 06/10/1995* – pai Simon, mãe Berta
Nikola (macho) 28/11/1997* – pai Simon, mãe Kleopatra
Nora (fêmea) 27/06/1999* – pai Simon, mãe Kleopatra
Guinevre 06/01/2003* – pai Simon, mãe Kleopatra
Bertík 29/04/2003* – pai Simon, mãe Berta
Girafas-reticuladas (3 exemplares)
Kluk (macho?) 25/04/2006* – pai Johan, mãe Eliska
Constatei girafas pessoalmente em 06/08/2006.
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Zoo Decin – Zoo Usti nad Labem
I have been here with Helga since 1983, so I do not remember much but we know from those who do that the ZOO was opened by Mr. Grác in 1949, and established even one year before.
At the beginning there were just a few animals on an area of about 1 hectare. From the very beginning the director’s office was in the office block that had survived from pre-war times. Mr. Grác became the director, and was in this position to 1965. In the 1950´s – 1970´s the ZOO hosted a lot of rare species, e.g.:
Malayan sun bear (the first and only one in the Czech Republic in the 50´s), chamois (the first captive breeding in the 70´s, with totally 10 young ones of this species which is difficult to breed in captivity were born and reared in the ZOO).
Around 1970 under the directorship of Mr. Kočí, this ZOO became famous particularly for its breeding of chamois. The first chamois ever born in Bohemia in captivity came into world right here in our ZOO. There was also a lot of bears – European or Asian ones.
It was also this ZOO where the first capybara, babirusa or gemsbock born in captivity in Bohemia and Slovakia saw the light of day. Briefly speaking the ZOO was quite successful. Nevertheless it might have been even better when our ZOO directors had more money, and could built enclosures, pens and runs for all their animals in which they could feel happy as we do, i.e. me and Helga in our enclosure.
Today the ZOO keeps about 110 species on an area of more than 6 hectares. Except for us there livemore than 330 hairy, feathered and scaly friends Every year 50 000 – 60 000 visitors come to see us. Of course, I do not count them, it is the job of our ticket clerk.
But I think that the visitors like the ZOO because they really can see a lot of things there. I am sure that they meet lots of animals for the first time right here in our ZOO. Helga and me, we are sometimes also surprised what our director and zoologist are able to acquire.
Once it can be an absolutely hairless pig, then a porcupine living on trees or a dwarf cattle unable to provide meat for a single dinner. It may be their intention - to introduce animals that can be otherwise hardly seen.
Guia do Zoo Decin – Zoo Dresden – Zoo Usti nad Labem, de 1999.
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Zoologická Zahrada
Cartão pré-pago ou inteiro postal com valor facial de 30 haleru, emitido pela antiga “Czechoslovakia” (1946), ilustrado com a subespécie da Girafa Masai (Žirafa masajská, cujo nome científico é Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) do “Zoologická Zahrada”, localizado na cidade de Plzne (oeste do país). Adquirido de Cezar em 10/04/08.
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Sudetenland (ocupação germânica de parte da Czechoslovakia/Tschechoslowakei) 1940: emissão comercial de Reichenberg (agora Liberec – República Tcheca). Aviso impresso de um Zoo local, com o desenho de um urso. Sudetenland – Reichenberg cover Zoo. NT
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Com um tradição desde 1853, a Royal Dux Bohemia Factory está localizada na República Tcheca has manufactured what is considered among as mais belas figuras de porcelana no mundo. Traditional hand made shapes, such as this beautiful white porcelain giraffe with the Royal Dux high gloss finish is a fine example of old world craftsmanship.
A girafa é delicada, handcrafted from the finest white, porcelana na Europa, trimmed com 24K gold on its horns, mane, hoofs, and tail. It stands over an equally delicate gold trimmed bush. Esta peça é fantástica para muitos colecionadores, especialmente para os amantes de girafas. Embaixo da base existe a marca numerada (Royal Dux number 340) e um especial triângulo pink – a garantia da origem, originalidade e qualidade.
Endereço: Sadová 1414, 419 42 Duchcov – Czech Republic
rodux@royaldux.cz – http://www.royaldux.cz
Royal Dux Bohemian Porcelain Figurine Giraffe: girafa em porcelana branca com detalhes pintados a ouro 24k (tamanho: 7x 4,5 por 14 centímetros de altura, aproximadamente), adquirida em 08/06, na capital da República Tcheca, Praga.
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A Glimpse of the History
For more than one thousand years China managed to keep the secret of porcelain for itself. It was only in the year 1709 that Johann Friedrich Böttger succeeded after many years of investigation and attempts to make this art accessible in all Europe.
This important invention soon started to spread. Em 1710, the manufactury in Meißen foi fundada, as soon as 1718 Vienna learned the secret of porcelain production. From Vienna this knowledge started to spread all over Europe – em 1720 it came to Venice, em 1750 to Höchst, em 1751 to Strasbourg, em 1753 to Berlin.
In the nineties do século XVIII produção de porcelana won West Bohemia thanks to efforts of especialistas de Thurringia e em 1794 a primeira porcelana Bohemian foi produzida em Klášterec. Na região around the town Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) where rich deposits of kaolin could be found the pocelain production strated to develop rapidly. The production of ceramics started to develop still another region in the neighborhood da cidade de Teplice. Here. too, favourable conditions for production existed – coal deposits as a source of energy and large deposists of fine sintering clays. After the construction of Ústí – Most railway line the transport of raw materials and products was largely facilitated.
The production of ceramics developed rapidly in the region of Teplice. In the sixties do século XIX there existed only three factories, whereas ten years later there were eight, in the eighties twelve, at the end of the century twenty and in the year 1905 there were nearly thirty such factories in this region.
Among the first ones the factory in Duchcov (Dux) foi fundada no ano de 1853. After the first timid attempts with producing utility ceramics goods from of raw materials mined in the closest surroundings, the factory was bought by the experienced model-drawer Eduard Eichler and turned into the firm E.Eichler Thonwaren-Fabrik. In 1862 he also bought the small factory in Šelty near Česká Lípa. The manufactury experienced a period of prosperity and the goods produced here were mainly from terracota, faience and majolica in the genre of Copenhagen, Worcester and Sevrés . In 1878 the Eichler firm was awarded Silver Medal at the exhibition in Paris.
At the turn nos séculos XIX e XX a number of important changes occured. The factory reinforced its capital through the transformation of Eduard Eichler’s private property into a stock-holding company which in 1898 became to be known as Duxer Porzellan – Manufaktur, A-G. With the seat in Berlin. This newly established company bought the porcelain factory in Blankenhain near Weimar and the factory in Šelty was liquidated.
The manufactury started to produce, apart from the traditional products, also porcelain. Since 1900 it has been using its traditional trade mark – made from rose - colored material in the form of a triangle with the inscription ROYAL DUX BOHEMIA and an acorn. This trade mark id still used up to this day.
In the Vienna Secession period the manufaktury achieved most remarkable successes thanks to its model-designer Alois Hampel. Some of the articles introduced at that time have been produced up to these days. The factory was awarded the Grand Prix prize at the world exhibition in St. Louis in 1904, silver medal at the exhibition in Milano in 1906 and the gold medal at the exhibition in Liberec.
It employed 500 workers and consisted of five round and seventeen muffle kilns, it had its own steam and power plant. The factory had its own sample store-houses and representatives in Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, London, Amsterdam, Bologne,Paris, Stockholm and Madrid. The products were mainly exported and the manufactury had trade connections with all Europe, including Russia and even with North America.
This successful period was interrupted by war. Because of the specific character of produced goods the pre-war standard of production could not be maintained. Due to enormous financial difficulties the factory in Blankenhain had to be sold in 1918.
In the period between the two world wars the manufactury didn’t succeed in achieving a level production that could be compared with that of the beginning of the century. The trade links had been destroyed during the war and they could not be re-established any more. The necessary financial means for art design were missing. When the world economic crisis broke out the factory was obliged to stop developing new lines and it was even difficult to maintain the achieved standard. In spite of all these difficulties the manufactury managed to preserve the character of its production. It continued to produce figurative and decorative porcelain based upon already existing successful and shapes.
After the Second World War most of the workers of German nationality were evacuated. They were replaced by settlers from the interior of the country, the factory established its own apprentice-training center and the State School of Ceramics in Teplice was re-opened.
The cooperation with the High Industrial Art School in Prague also largely contributed to its further development and helped to retain the enormous scope of production.
Since the late fifties manufactury of Duchcov has started to regain its lost position onhasthe world markets. The collection of Prof. Jaroslav Ježek, show at the world exhibition EXPO ’58 in Brussels largely contributed to its success. The production collection is further extended both by realistic figurative motives and by products , characteristic for their smooth stylized forms in modern spirit, both in figurative and decorative porcelain.
The variety and wide scope of the contemporary production program will please even the most demanding customer. The manufactury strives to satisfy the maximum number of its customers by retaining a high artistic, aesthetic and technological standard of its production. The newly appearing catalogue of figurative and decorative porcelain, known in his country, as well as abroad, under the trade mark ROYAL DUX BOHEMIA as a proof of these realities.
In 1992, the name of the manufactory of Duchcov was changed to Porcelain Manufactory Royal Dux Bohemia a.s., and became an independent joint stock company again till the year 1997, when it became a member of the Czech Porcelain Group in the frame of capital putting-through.
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