Brno & 2889 Brno Asteroid - Czech Republic - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

You can find the city of Brno in the very heart of Europe. Brno is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, with nearly 400 000 inhabitants. Brno lies in a pleasant hollow at the crossroads of the European highways. Brno has at its disposal an international airport, and is rightly considered an important rail junction.

The history of Brno dates back to the 9th century. The Czech king Wenceslas I confirmed basic city rights and privileges to the city in the year 1243. After the successful defence of the city against Swedish in the period of the Thirty Years War, Brno has become the capital of Moravia. Trade production and prospering commerce established the pre-requisite for the expansion of the city, which is proved in particular by the development of church buildings, from the Cistercian monastery in Old Brno to St. Peter's Cathedral and St. James' Church. The latter was finished into its current majesty by the architect of Saint Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom) in Vienna, Anton Pilgram, who also gave the Old Town Hall portal its unique shape. Other improtant architects worked in Brno later on, for example Adolf Loos, Bohuslav Fuchs or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. At the beginning of the 19th century, Brno became one of the largest centers of textile and then machinery industries. The city was united into so-called "Greater Brno" in the year 1919. Development of the city in the period of the "First Republic" was influenced mainly by industry. In the year 1928, the core of the Brno Exhibition Centre was established, on the occasion of the Exhibition of Contemporary Culture. Since then, Brno has been internationally renowned as the venue of much-visited and commercially successful exhibitions and fairs, held in the premises of Veletrhy Brno – one of the most beautiful European exhibition centres.

Notable people have worked in the city: the composers Leoš Janácek, and Erich W. Korngold (twice Oscar-winning music composer) were born here; mathematician and philosopher Kurt Godel; world famous physicist Ernst Mach; W.A. Mozart as well as Bedrich Smetana lived and gave concerts in Brno at some time. Furthermore, writers Jirí Mahen and Rudolf Tesnohlídek, sculptor Josef Kubícek, painter Antonín Procházka and many others also worked in Brno.

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2889 Brno is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: A. Mrkos
Date of discovery: 17. 11. 1981
Place of discovery: Klet Observatory

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