Moravia

Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava, German: Mähren, Polish: Morawy, Hungarian: Morvaország) is an historical region in the east of the Czech Republic. It takes its name from the River Morava which rises in the north-west of the region.

People

The Moravians today are a Slavic ethnic group that speaks various dialects of Czech. Some Moravians regard themselves as an ethnically distinct group, others consider themselves to be ethnically Czech. In the census of 1991 1,362,000 (13.2%) of the Czech population described themselves as being of Moravian nationality. In the census of 2001 this number had decreased to 380,000 (3.7% of the population).

Related Topics:
Moravians - Czech - Census - 1991 - 2001

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Sigmund Freud was born in Freiberg, Moravia (now Pribor, Czech Republic) on May 6, 1856.

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Sigmund Freud - Pribor - Czech Republic - May 6 - 1856

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