Bohemia (cze)

Bohemia

Bohemia ranks 2,685th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Maywood, Illinois, Republic of Florence, and County Meath. Memorable people born in Bohemia include Ottokar I of Bohemia, Vratislaus II of Bohemia, and Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. Memorable people who died in Bohemia include Elizabeth of Bohemia, Świętosława of Poland, and Vratislaus II of Bohemia. Bohemia has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many politicians, and companions. Bohemia is located in Czechia.

Bohemia is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historically it could also refer to a wider area consisting of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohemian kings, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, in which case the smaller region is referred to as Bohemia proper as a means of distinction. Read more on Wikipedia