Austerlitz 2001

Detail program of 196th anniversary of the Battle of Three Emperors is here

The battle at Slavkov

Literal copy from the entry of school chronicles, maintained by the teacher, Gabriel Richter, in Žatčany, since 1870.

Development of Slavkov’s name

Slavkov, by Brno, has been broadly entered into history books because of the bloody combat that took place in the fields very near the city, on 2 Dece...

Press responses

"Chiefly from an organizational point of view, it is a great improvement from previous years," Václav Grulich, Minister for Internal Affairs, who is ...

Kandyja (Gandyja) pub U Stříbrné koule (At The Silver ball)

The place where the Stříbrné Koule Pub used to be located at the crossroads between Šaratice Těšany, Otnice, and Újezd is better known today as...

Before the battle

On 1 December 1805, the Russian and Austrian allied armies, 85,000 men strong, established their position in the area between  Pozoritz, Holubict...

Žuráň

Žuráň Hill, in the area of Podolí, the well-known and historically documented location of the memorable battle, was the field command post of the ...

The shedule

Commemorative events program for the 195th Anniversary of the Battle of the Three Emperors.

The soldier in the chimney

Another legend often told is about a French soldier who tried to save his own life by running from two Russian Cossacks. He hid himself in Tvarozná, ...

Napoleon’s Beam

A small beam has been built into the corner floor of the chapel situated on Santon Hill, near Tvarozná. It is said that this is the beam around which...

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