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Czech Republic - Bohemia, Moravia, Habsburgs: For earlier history of the area, including Bohemia and Moravia as well as Czechoslovakia, see Czechoslovak region, history of. The Czech Republic came into being on January 1, 1993, upon the dissolution of the Czechoslovak federation. At the time of the separation, the federation's assets were divided at a ratio of two to one in favour of the ...
Czech Republic
History is always close at hand in the Czech Republic, where stunning castles such as Karlštejn (former keep of the royal crown of St. Wenceslas) and manor houses dot the landscape and medieval town centres abound. During its 1,000-year history, the country has changed shape and reshuffled its population.As the kingdom of Bohemia, it reached its zenith of wealth and power during the 13th and ...