Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia (GB)

Cecoslovacchia (I)

Tchécoslovaquie (F)

Checoeslovaquia (ES)

Checoslováquia (PO)

Tsjecho-Slowakije (N)

The former state (Czech: Československo; Slovak: Česko-Slovensko) was created after the First World War in 1918 in the course of the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy from the lands of Bohemia, Moravia and Moravian Silesia, as well as the former Hungarian Slovakia. From 1948, the re-established state was communist and belonged to the Eastern Bloc. After the collapse of the USSR and the political upheaval, the two independent states of Slovakia and the Czech Republic were separated in 1993. The wine-growing regions of the two states had a common history. The foundation of viticulture is attributed to the Roman Emperor Probus (232-282). From the 10th century onwards, viticulture flourished thanks to donations to monasteries in Bohemia and Moravia (now the Czech Republic).

Tschechoslowakei - Karte

The Bohemian King and later Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378) had vineyards planted with Burgundian vines around the city of Prague, as can still be seen today in the Královské Vinohrady (Royal Vineyards) district. One of the oldest wine-growing regions is Bratislava (Slovakia), where vineyards have been documented since the 15th century. In 1884, in the fight against phylloxera, German winegrowers founded a winegrowing school in this town and modernised viticulture. At that time, Bratislava was an important Central European wine centre with a strong wine trade.

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