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    Hukvaldy (German: Hochwald) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about...
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    European folk music, to create an original, modern musical style. Born in Hukvaldy, Janáček demonstrated musical talent at an early age and was educated in...
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    Monument of Bystrouška from Janáček's 1924 opera The Cunning Little Vixen in Hukvaldy, Janáček's hometown...
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    of Sány (Czech: Jan Čapek ze Sán; c. 1390, Sány – c. 1452, probably in Hukvaldy) was a Czech Hussite noble, general of Władysław III of Poland. He fought...
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    the most famous being Hradec nad Moravicí, Raduň, Kravaře, and Fulnek. Hukvaldy, in a village of the same name under the Moravian-Silesian Beskids, is...
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  • While the church was investigating these claims, he was imprisoned at Hukvaldy Castle after he refused to proclaim his innocence. At one point, he unsuccessfully...
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    assistance that the town provided to the people of the Bishop's estate in Hukvaldy when the estate was being looted and pillaged. Apparently the help came...
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  • Chateaucí Hradní vrch Castle Hrádek nad Olší Castle Hukovice Chateau Hukvaldy Castle Hukvaldy Chateau Jakartovice-Deštné Chateau Janovice Castle Janovice Chateau...
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    the Baroque period. Vejvanovský was born probably in Hlučín (possibly in Hukvaldy), probably in 1639 or 1640 (1633 is also sometimes mentioned). He received...
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    with the young (lay) composer Leoš Janáček who had come from his home in Hukvaldy and begun as a choirboy at the monastery. The Augustinian Abbey now hosts...
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