Silesian University in Opava
Ustav historickych ved
Maria Stona (1859-1944); Salonière; Austrian/Czechoslovak Silesia; Strzebowitz; Arthur Schnitzler; Richard von Schaukal; Richard Kralik; Bertha von Suttner; Georg Brandes; Theodor Herzl; Ludwig Jacobowski; Franz Theodor Csokor; Carry... more
History of sport; Opava (Troppau); Austrian Silesia; History of skating
Josef Maria Stowasser (1854 Opava – 1910 Vienna), was a secondary school teacher. He has become famous for his Latin-German dictionary. This paper explores his Silesian background and his putative family relationship with Friedensreich... more
Meteorological columns; Silesia; Wetterhäuschen
The article discovers the life of the first Olympic medal winner from Bohemian, Hedwig Rosenbaum, a tennis player form Prague who ended up 3rd in singles and mixed double at the 1900 Olympics in Paris.
Maria Stona; Bertha von Suttner; Pacifism; Silesia; Salon
Interesting Sports Personalities: Ice-hockey player Erwin Lichnofsky, participant at the St. Moritz 1928 Winter Olympics for team Czechoslovakia, European Champion 1929, native of Opava/Troppau, died in Munich
Interesting Sports Personalities: Otto Gold, figure-skater, trainer, 2nd at the 1930 European Championship, trained Olympics Winners and world Champions (among others Barbara Ann Scott, Donald Jackson and Dorothy Hamill), native of... more
Interesting Sports Personalities: Oskar Hoppe, Figure Skater, 3rd at the 1927 World Championship (Pairs), native of Opava
Interesting Sports Personalities: Rudolf Praznowsky, Figure-Skater, multiple Czechoslovak champion, trainer, native of Opava, immigrant to Switzerland
Franz Hansl, coach of the Austrian football national team at the World Championship 1934, player of Wiener Amateur-Verein (WAS), later Austria Wien, born in Opava, died in Italy. Article: Franz Hansl, trenér rakouské fotbalové... more
Turnverein, Anti-semitism, Austrian Silesia
The reception and reaction of Czechoslovak society to the live broadcasting from FIFA World Cup 1934 is subject to questioning in this texts. Public listening to running commentaries raised the interest in sports in new social strata and... more
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk a Helena Železná-Scholzová, Český časopis historický 114, 2016, č. 1, s. 116-145. V letech 1932 až 1934 plnila sochařka Helene Železny-Scholz roli důvěrnice, konverzační a korespondenční partnerky prezidenta... more
K dějinám pojmu „sport“ v habsburské monarchii, Dějiny – teorie – kritika 2016, č. 2, s. 237–252.
The paper reveals how early hiking clubs treated nature as a place of worship as well as a cultural project.
The decree of Austro-Hungarian minister of education from 15 th September 1890 No. 19097 (so called Spielerlaß or "Gautsch's Decree") significantly influenced not only school physical education but also the development of sport in the... more
Interesting Czech texts´ on sports form the period prior to 1939.
This article deals with the life of the founder of organized hiking in Bohemian Lands, Johann Stüdl, head of the Prague Alpenverein 1870-1920.
The catalogue entry follows the history of two paintings by Augusto Giacometti that were confiscated in Maria Stona´s castle of Třebovice after WWII.