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I was reading the Legend of Bruncvik and was feeling like a change. Bruncvik was a mythological Czech knight.
You can read it here: (kinda long)
http://archiv.radio.cz/history/bruncvik.html
"Bruncvik's lion is said to be the two-tailed lion in the Czech state symbol, while his sword is hidden somewhere. According to the 19th century recorder of legends, Alois Jirasek, the sword's hiding place is inside the stones of the Charles Bridge right next to the statue of Bruncvik that stands below the bridge on the Kampa side - and one day, when the Czech lands are at their lowest point, at the very edge of ruin, St Wenceslas will rise from the dead, take Bruncvik's sword, and save the day (and the nation). As the Knights of Blanik (see Legends page for details) are entrusted with the same task, many have drawn the conclusion that St Wenceslas - with Bruncvik's sword - will lead the Knights of Blanik when that dark hour comes. May we not live to see it."
You can read it here: (kinda long)
http://archiv.radio.cz/history/bruncvik.html
"Bruncvik's lion is said to be the two-tailed lion in the Czech state symbol, while his sword is hidden somewhere. According to the 19th century recorder of legends, Alois Jirasek, the sword's hiding place is inside the stones of the Charles Bridge right next to the statue of Bruncvik that stands below the bridge on the Kampa side - and one day, when the Czech lands are at their lowest point, at the very edge of ruin, St Wenceslas will rise from the dead, take Bruncvik's sword, and save the day (and the nation). As the Knights of Blanik (see Legends page for details) are entrusted with the same task, many have drawn the conclusion that St Wenceslas - with Bruncvik's sword - will lead the Knights of Blanik when that dark hour comes. May we not live to see it."
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I'm not sure. Let's see. King Wenceslas gave the Bohemians the right to brew beer and convinced the Pope to revoke his order which banning brewing.
Maybe it was Wenceslas II that commissioned Budvar? Truth be told I haven't studied as much Czech beer culture as I should.
If you can dig up anything regarding your question, please share; my interest is piqued.
http://www.radio.cz/en/html/beer1.html
The Czechs have been drinking beer since time immemorial. The secret of Czech beer is that agricultural conditions are ideal for growing hops, and chronicles establish their cultivation in Bohemia as early as 859 A.D., while the first evidence of their export dates back to 903. Bohemian hops were so prized that King Wenceslas ordered the death penalty for anyone caught exporting the cuttings, from which new plants could be grown. The first mention of brewing in the Czech territories is in the foundation charter for the Vysehrad church, dating from 1088. In this document, the first Czech king, Vratislav II, decreed that his estates should pay a hop tithe to the church. The U Fleku microbrewery in Prague has been in operation since 1499 and is still going strong.
The first Czech brewery was built at Cerhenice in 1118. In earlier days, only citizens in the Czech lands had the right to brew beer - and that for their own consumption - so most citizens had a microbrewery in their home. It wasn't long before some of these citizens banded together to form a cooperative central brewery, from which they would take beer extract home and finish the brewing process there, in a medieval equivalent to the "home brew" kits which are so popular today. In the 13th century, King Wenceslas convinced the Pope to revoke an order banning the brewing of beer, which may explain why he's called Good King Wenceslas. It was a small step up from there for breweries to start hawking their wares to the general public as well, and so the Czech beer industry was spawned.
http://www.allaboutbeer.com/style/24.3-pilsners.html
Plzen was established in western Bohemia at a strategic site, proximal to several economically important rivers and trading arteries. Founder King Wenceslas II, in 1295, initially granted the right to brew beer to Plzens citizens, who quickly coalesced to form a cooperative brewing venture.
In 1307, Plzen formed its first brewery and not long afterward, realized its first strides toward commercial brewing. With the aid of subsequently formed guilds, the brewing industry strengthened, and the economic and artistic importance of brewing became ensconced in Bohemian culture. King Wenceslas II was so instrumental in maintaining and furthering the art of brewing that he was honored as the patron saint of brewing by the Bohemian guild.
Maybe it was Wenceslas II that commissioned Budvar? Truth be told I haven't studied as much Czech beer culture as I should.
If you can dig up anything regarding your question, please share; my interest is piqued.
http://www.radio.cz/en/html/beer1.html
The Czechs have been drinking beer since time immemorial. The secret of Czech beer is that agricultural conditions are ideal for growing hops, and chronicles establish their cultivation in Bohemia as early as 859 A.D., while the first evidence of their export dates back to 903. Bohemian hops were so prized that King Wenceslas ordered the death penalty for anyone caught exporting the cuttings, from which new plants could be grown. The first mention of brewing in the Czech territories is in the foundation charter for the Vysehrad church, dating from 1088. In this document, the first Czech king, Vratislav II, decreed that his estates should pay a hop tithe to the church. The U Fleku microbrewery in Prague has been in operation since 1499 and is still going strong.
The first Czech brewery was built at Cerhenice in 1118. In earlier days, only citizens in the Czech lands had the right to brew beer - and that for their own consumption - so most citizens had a microbrewery in their home. It wasn't long before some of these citizens banded together to form a cooperative central brewery, from which they would take beer extract home and finish the brewing process there, in a medieval equivalent to the "home brew" kits which are so popular today. In the 13th century, King Wenceslas convinced the Pope to revoke an order banning the brewing of beer, which may explain why he's called Good King Wenceslas. It was a small step up from there for breweries to start hawking their wares to the general public as well, and so the Czech beer industry was spawned.
http://www.allaboutbeer.com/style/24.3-pilsners.html
Plzen was established in western Bohemia at a strategic site, proximal to several economically important rivers and trading arteries. Founder King Wenceslas II, in 1295, initially granted the right to brew beer to Plzens citizens, who quickly coalesced to form a cooperative brewing venture.
In 1307, Plzen formed its first brewery and not long afterward, realized its first strides toward commercial brewing. With the aid of subsequently formed guilds, the brewing industry strengthened, and the economic and artistic importance of brewing became ensconced in Bohemian culture. King Wenceslas II was so instrumental in maintaining and furthering the art of brewing that he was honored as the patron saint of brewing by the Bohemian guild.
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I've never had authentic Budvar, unfortunately. I'm sure I'll get my chance when I go to visit the CR soon. On the list of places to visit:
Praha
Brno
Budejovice
Cheb
Plzen
Kralove (Koenigsburg)
Kutna Hora
Speaking of beer, "After the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic achieved a major beer victory: first place in beer consumption per capita (many Slovaks prefer to drink wine). In 1995, the Czechs drank an average of 161 liters of beer per person. That's a bottle of beer for every man, woman, and child in the Czech lands every day. The only possible threat to Czech dominance in this area is if Bavaria splits off from Germany."
http://archiv.radio.cz/beer/beer2.html
I've only had Bohemia and Plzensky Prazdroj (Pilsner-Urquell). I don't recall how Bohemia tastes, except I wasn't too particularly impressed with it at the time. (Drank a lot of it in Mexico.)
Urquell is a very bitter beer and is only really good when ice cold. The warmer it gets, the more bitter it becomes, to the point of being unsippable whilst lukewarm. First sip is the best, last sip is the worst. It's above average, but over-rated, IMO.
Well, since I started this here in TAW, since I mainly hang out in this section, I might as well post something Orthodox related in this thread, so here is the Cathedral of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Prague. The assassins of Reinhard Heydrich took refuge in this church, and shot at the SS forces through mail-slots in the crypt. The SS eventually flooded the crypt and Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik used their last bullets on each other. The CR is 3% Orthodox, and Liturgy is regularly served in several languages at the Cathedral. The crpyt has been turned into a memorial for the Czech partisans that assassinated Heydrich.
Praha
Brno
Budejovice
Cheb
Plzen
Kralove (Koenigsburg)
Kutna Hora
Speaking of beer, "After the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic achieved a major beer victory: first place in beer consumption per capita (many Slovaks prefer to drink wine). In 1995, the Czechs drank an average of 161 liters of beer per person. That's a bottle of beer for every man, woman, and child in the Czech lands every day. The only possible threat to Czech dominance in this area is if Bavaria splits off from Germany."
http://archiv.radio.cz/beer/beer2.html
I've only had Bohemia and Plzensky Prazdroj (Pilsner-Urquell). I don't recall how Bohemia tastes, except I wasn't too particularly impressed with it at the time. (Drank a lot of it in Mexico.)
Urquell is a very bitter beer and is only really good when ice cold. The warmer it gets, the more bitter it becomes, to the point of being unsippable whilst lukewarm. First sip is the best, last sip is the worst. It's above average, but over-rated, IMO.
Well, since I started this here in TAW, since I mainly hang out in this section, I might as well post something Orthodox related in this thread, so here is the Cathedral of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Prague. The assassins of Reinhard Heydrich took refuge in this church, and shot at the SS forces through mail-slots in the crypt. The SS eventually flooded the crypt and Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik used their last bullets on each other. The CR is 3% Orthodox, and Liturgy is regularly served in several languages at the Cathedral. The crpyt has been turned into a memorial for the Czech partisans that assassinated Heydrich.
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Slainte to your new alias! 
(I saw it last night and I thought, a hacker has stolen Osel's posts! LOL!)
I loved the story too!
(I saw it last night and I thought
, a hacker has stolen Osel's posts! LOL!)I loved the story too!
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Here is another. This is the Legend of Bivoj. This is about a man who kills a wild boar with his bare hands.
This legend is especially amusing to me because I had a great uncle who was mauled and then eaten by boars. In the 1920's, he owned a pig farm, and on this farm he had boars. One day he went out to feed the pigs, and came to the boars, who were kept seperate from the sows, because it was mating season. The boars were feeling rather defensive of their territory when he bent down too far to give them feed. A boar snagged him by the collar of his work-shirt with a tusk and dragged him in. Within seconds, somewhere around 6 and 10 of these boars were mauling him. After they had killed him, they proceeded to then eat him. Bones, hair, teeth, clothes and all. (of course, teeth and hair are not digestable, so they pass through the system on the next e-vac.)
The next day all they found of him were some teeth in the boar-doo and bloody shreds of shirt.
I post the legend in it's entirety, as this version is not held by a copyright - some parts edited by me.
Back in the days when Libuse still ruled the Czech lands, the hills of what would one day be Prague were covered by a deep, dark, thick forest. A trip across the river and over to Prague Castle was fraught with danger - not only from thieves and renegades, but also from the wild things that lived in the forest: the wolves, the bears, and the wild boars.
One legendarily wild boar became so vicious that he absolutely terrorized the people at Vysehrad Fortress, as his lair was just outside its gates - at Kavci Hory. This boar had grown so mean and wild and bold that he would actually attack hunting parties, tearing the dogs and the men asunder. The people at Vysehrad ventured out only when necessary.
Enter Bivoj, who was secretly in love with Libuse's oldest sister, Kazi. Determined to get her attention somehow, he went to Kavci Hory to track the boar, and devise a way to trap him. From the trees, he observed the boar a full week - learning his habits and trying to find the beast's weakness.
Finally, he decided the time was ripe. His plan was to sneak up and kill the boar while it was taking its daily 3pm nap in a clearing.
Of course, as luck would have it, the boar skipped his nap on that day. While Bivoj was busy sneaking up on the clearing, the boar snuck up on him!
Bivoj was so scared he did the only thing he could think of to do - he reached out and smacked the boar as hard as ever he could.
Now, Bivoj was no wimp. When he smacked something, it stayed smacked - the boar did, anyway. It fell down, and it stayed down. Bivoj quickly trussed the pig's feet and by the time the boar woke up, its was a lost cause. He was slung over strong Bivoj's back, and both Bivoj and boar were on their way to Vysehrad Fortress, where Libuse and Kazi were walking together in the gardens.
Suddenly, the girls heard cheering. When they came out to the fortress gates to see what all the hubbub was about, they say Bivoj with the boar snorting and writhing on his back, trying to get away. Brave Bivoj was being cheered by all the people of the court, and all the people who'd tagged along when they'd seen him pass on his way there.
Bivoj dispatched the boar with proper medeival pomp, in a bloody one-on-one match that reads like a bullfight. Kazi and Libuse were mightily impressed, and Bivoj's deepest desire was fulfilled. It wasn't long after everyone recovered from the hangover they'd earned celebrating Bivoj's triumph with the boar that they had to nurse the one they'd got from Bivoj and Kazi's wedding feast.
This legend is especially amusing to me because I had a great uncle who was mauled and then eaten by boars. In the 1920's, he owned a pig farm, and on this farm he had boars. One day he went out to feed the pigs, and came to the boars, who were kept seperate from the sows, because it was mating season. The boars were feeling rather defensive of their territory when he bent down too far to give them feed. A boar snagged him by the collar of his work-shirt with a tusk and dragged him in. Within seconds, somewhere around 6 and 10 of these boars were mauling him. After they had killed him, they proceeded to then eat him. Bones, hair, teeth, clothes and all. (of course, teeth and hair are not digestable, so they pass through the system on the next e-vac.)
The next day all they found of him were some teeth in the boar-doo and bloody shreds of shirt.
I post the legend in it's entirety, as this version is not held by a copyright - some parts edited by me.
Back in the days when Libuse still ruled the Czech lands, the hills of what would one day be Prague were covered by a deep, dark, thick forest. A trip across the river and over to Prague Castle was fraught with danger - not only from thieves and renegades, but also from the wild things that lived in the forest: the wolves, the bears, and the wild boars.
One legendarily wild boar became so vicious that he absolutely terrorized the people at Vysehrad Fortress, as his lair was just outside its gates - at Kavci Hory. This boar had grown so mean and wild and bold that he would actually attack hunting parties, tearing the dogs and the men asunder. The people at Vysehrad ventured out only when necessary.
Enter Bivoj, who was secretly in love with Libuse's oldest sister, Kazi. Determined to get her attention somehow, he went to Kavci Hory to track the boar, and devise a way to trap him. From the trees, he observed the boar a full week - learning his habits and trying to find the beast's weakness.
Finally, he decided the time was ripe. His plan was to sneak up and kill the boar while it was taking its daily 3pm nap in a clearing.
Of course, as luck would have it, the boar skipped his nap on that day. While Bivoj was busy sneaking up on the clearing, the boar snuck up on him!
Bivoj was so scared he did the only thing he could think of to do - he reached out and smacked the boar as hard as ever he could.
Now, Bivoj was no wimp. When he smacked something, it stayed smacked - the boar did, anyway. It fell down, and it stayed down. Bivoj quickly trussed the pig's feet and by the time the boar woke up, its was a lost cause. He was slung over strong Bivoj's back, and both Bivoj and boar were on their way to Vysehrad Fortress, where Libuse and Kazi were walking together in the gardens.
Suddenly, the girls heard cheering. When they came out to the fortress gates to see what all the hubbub was about, they say Bivoj with the boar snorting and writhing on his back, trying to get away. Brave Bivoj was being cheered by all the people of the court, and all the people who'd tagged along when they'd seen him pass on his way there.
Bivoj dispatched the boar with proper medeival pomp, in a bloody one-on-one match that reads like a bullfight. Kazi and Libuse were mightily impressed, and Bivoj's deepest desire was fulfilled. It wasn't long after everyone recovered from the hangover they'd earned celebrating Bivoj's triumph with the boar that they had to nurse the one they'd got from Bivoj and Kazi's wedding feast.
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I particularly liked their "no-name" draught beers when I was in those lands. Pure and cheap. Although for most of my time there I was down south in Slovakia (poor and so even cheaper). I suppose enormous changes must have taken place since my visit in '95.
But just to start you off :
Svetle' pivo = blonde/goldish/yellowish beer
Tmave pivo = black beer
So now you know the essentials, you can bin your lonely planet .
OK here comes the Orthodox element : the Orthodox parish in Bratislava was literally a handful of people during summer. The priest I believe hungarian by ethnicity. They were worshipping in a St. Nicholas, an ancient transformed humble roman catholic chappel, on the foothills of the castle. Just opposite the impressive roman catholic cathedral of St. Martin. Almost nobody spoke any english, there was no way on earth that we could have any conversation. I felt quite touched - we were unable to communicate and yet we were there worshipping together. I know multi ethnic parishes are common in the west nowadays, but not really so back then, certainly not in a part of the world that was just coming out of isolation.
Do visit the Tatra mountains if you can (they're east, on the Czech / Polish / Slovak border, I believe a good part of them must be on the Czech side).
But just to start you off :
Svetle' pivo = blonde/goldish/yellowish beer
Tmave pivo = black beer
So now you know the essentials, you can bin your lonely planet
.OK here comes the Orthodox element : the Orthodox parish in Bratislava was literally a handful of people during summer. The priest I believe hungarian by ethnicity. They were worshipping in a St. Nicholas, an ancient transformed humble roman catholic chappel, on the foothills of the castle. Just opposite the impressive roman catholic cathedral of St. Martin. Almost nobody spoke any english, there was no way on earth that we could have any conversation. I felt quite touched - we were unable to communicate and yet we were there worshipping together. I know multi ethnic parishes are common in the west nowadays, but not really so back then, certainly not in a part of the world that was just coming out of isolation.
Do visit the Tatra mountains if you can (they're east, on the Czech / Polish / Slovak border, I believe a good part of them must be on the Czech side).
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Hey, great choice of a new name. How do I change my nick? I didn't think it was possible?
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