Outdoor museums form an integral part of the cultural and ethnographic heritage in the Czech lands. They are conceived as rescue devices for traditional folk buildings that cannot be saved in their original place. The aim of these museums is to transfer selected buildings to an artificial environment, a kind of newly created village, while […]
If you came across birth, marriage or death records written in Czech during your genealogical research, you also encountered the names of the months of the year. It may be interesting for you that each of the names has its own meaning and is directly connected to the time during the calendar year, the character […]
Although marriage contracts used to state that a woman was a man's companion and helper, she always occupied a subordinate position in the family. The only insurance of her rights used to be the dowry she brought with her and the "charge" her groom had credited to her after the wedding. The man represented the […]
Today, Christmas is the most important holiday of the year for us, and it exists in three forms in our world. They are church holidays celebrating the birth of Christ, others are folk, full of traditions and customs, often even from pagan times, and then also commercial Christmas, full of hustle and bustle and an […]
If we are demonstrably Czech from our ancestors, we have inherited a mixture of genes from various nations that have shaped Europe for at least the last 2,500 years. According to the latest findings, only about one-third of the Czech population is typically of Slavic origin, while Germanic (from Germanic tribes), South Slavic (from South […]
Traditional folk menu The rural people have always eaten simply, efficiently, naturally and healthily. Even in the first half of the 19th century, only what was grown and harvested in the rural economy was cooked and eaten. The folk menu reflected the employment of the people, and especially the seasons. In spring and summer, meals […]
Czech beer brewing has a long tradition and is one of the most famous in the world. According to Czech regulations, beer means a frothy drink made by fermenting wort prepared from malt, water, untreated hops, processed hops or hop products and brewer´s yeast. From a sensory point of view, Czech beer can be characterized […]
Visit to the Czech Republic Hi, my name is Kris Quinn and I am a US citizen from the state of Maryland. During the Fall of 2019 I visited the Czech Republic for nine days, living a childhood dream. To fulfill this dream and find where my maternal and paternal grandparents were born and where […]
… A brief history of immigration from the Czech Republic to the USA In 1840, a potato crop failure caused by mold hit Europe. Famine broke out in Ireland and drove thousands of emigrants to America. Hunger also affected Bohemia, but the country still had an almost medieval serf system that did not allow free […]
