Current Affairs Legacy of Karel Havlicek Borovsky: Havlickuv Brod and Brixen become twin towns

18-09-2007 16:32 | Jan Richter

While the personality of Karel Havlicek Borovsky, a 19th century Czech journalist, writer and politician, is little known outside the country, perhaps every Czech schoolchild knows that he was exiled by the Austrian government to the town of Brixen, South Tyrol. Now the towns of Havlickuv Brod, where he went to school, and Brixen have established a closer relationship.

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