Czechia

Czechia

Czechia ranks 22nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Argentina, Belgium, and Greece. Memorable people born in present day Czechia include Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, and Gregor Mendel. Memorable people who died in Czechia include Gregor Mendel, Giacomo Casanova, and Antonín Dvořák. Czechia has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers.

The Czech Republic, also called Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it 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