Czech Republic - background information

Geography CR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic  - a brief description of the most salient facts about the Czech Republic, including history, politics, geography, the economy, demographics, and culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ore_Mountains - a brief description of the most salient facts about the Ore Mountains, including geography, history, nature, economy, tourism, etc., covering both the German and Czech sides of the border.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Ast%C3%AD_nad_Labem_Region - a short list of facts about the city of Usti nad Labem (German: Aussig), which is the capital of the Usti region where the Ore Mountains are located on the Czech side of the border.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070927032652/http://www.kr-ustecky.cz/e_index.asp - basic facts about the Usti region, including the main towns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hora_Svat%C3%A9_Kate%C5%99iny - basic facts and a map of the township of Hora Svate Kateriny where the ISPoS summer school takes place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn%C3%AD_Ji%C5%99et%C3%ADn - basic facts about the township of Horni Jiretin, which lies at the bottom of the Czech side of the Ore Mountains and which facts potential destruction as a result of future breaches of the current mining limits near the town.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most - basic facts about the city of Most, which was demolished in the 1960s-1980s in order to extract the coal beneath, and then rebuilt as a model socialist city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panel%C3%A1k - an explanation of 'panelak', which is the ubiquitous communist-era apartment building found everywhere in the Czech Republic and whose name derives from the pre-fabricated concrete panels used in their construction. The new city of Most is mostly built with panelaks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A1nov#Ch.C3.A1nov - a brief description of the Most city quarter of Rudolice nad Bilinou, which built exclusively to house the Romany population of the city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litv%C3%ADnov - basic facts about the town of Litvinov, which is linked to the city of Most by tram and has a high proportion of Romany inhabitants.

Regional info (Czech only

http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosteck%C3%A1_p%C3%A1nev

http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lom_%C4%8CSA

http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Azemn%C3%AD_limity_t%C4%9B%C5%BEby_hn%C4%9Bd%C3%A9ho_uhl%C3%AD_v_severn%C3%ADch_%C4%8Cech%C3%A1ch

Environment CR

http://www.cenia.cz/__C12571B20041E945.nsf/$pid/CENMSFVZ8VR3