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Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora , Ger. Kuttenberg, city (1991 pop. 24,561), central Czech Republic, in Bohemia. Now an agricultural center, it was an important silver-mining center in the Middle Ages. A national monument, it is a tourist draw and a market for the surrounding farm products. Its famous mint largely created the power and greatness of the medieval kings of Bohemia. In 1421–24, Kutná Hora was captured by the Hussites, recaptured by Emperor Sigismund, and captured again and burned by John Zizka. Until then a stronghold of Catholicism, it became for two centuries the center of Bohemian Protestantism. The city suffered again in the Thirty Years War (1618–48) and lost its importance after the silver mines closed in the 17th cent. Kutná Hora is rich in medieval architecture; the Church of St. Barbara (14th cent.) is a splendid example of Bohemian Gothic, and the Gothic Cathedral of St. James (14th cent.) has a tower 266 ft (81 m) high. The "Italian Court," begun in the 13th cent., is a palace once used both as a mint and as a residence of the kings of Bohemia. |
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Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora, Czech Republic Kuttenberg Founded in the early 13th century as a silver‐mining town, the name comes from kutati ‘to mine minerals’ and hora ‘mountain’ or ‘rock’, a reference to the fact that at this time minerals were mined predominantly in mountainous country. German miners were brought in to work the mines, hence the former German name which has the same meaning. The town gave its name to kutnohorite, calcium manganese carbonate.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kutná Hora." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kutná Hora." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-KutnHora.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kutná Hora." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-KutnHora.html |
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