Czechia

Czechia

Czechia ranks 19th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Austria, Ukraine, and Türkiye. Memorable people born in present day Czechia include Sigmund Freud, Franz Kafka, and Gustav Mahler. Memorable people who died in Czechia include Gregor Mendel, Antonín Dvořák, and Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor. Czechia has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and writers.

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of 78,871 square kilometers (30,452 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. Read more on Wikipedia