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Minnesota: New Prague — a Czech name on the American map
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czechsonline 10/01/2026 8 min read History and Heritage

Minnesota: New Prague — a Czech name on the American map

New Prague, Minnesota, is one of those Midwestern towns whose name is already a clue. Founded in the 1850s by Bohemian settlers, it grew around land sales, a parish anchored by St. Wenceslaus, and later the railroad, which connected local farming to wider markets. Today its Czech heritage is kept vi...
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The Romanian Banat: Svatá Helena and the (difficult) continuity of minorities
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czechsonline 09/01/2026 11 min read History and Heritage

The Romanian Banat: Svatá Helena and the (difficult) continuity of minorities

Svatá Helena (Sfânta Elena), in Romania’s Banat, is one of the best-known historic Czech villages still inhabited today. It’s a clear, concrete case of what “minority continuity” really means: language at home and in school, traditions and village life, but also jobs, roads, services, and migration....
Minorities Heritage Romanian banat Svatá helena Continuity
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Oceania: communities more than cities (Australia and New Zealand)
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czechsonline 08/01/2026 9 min read History and Heritage

Oceania: communities more than cities (Australia and New Zealand)

In Australia and New Zealand, Czech presence is usually visible less in “founded towns” and more in organized communities inside existing cities. Clubs, associations, and weekend schools become the places where people meet, keep Czech alive, and help newcomers feel at home. Using official Czech fore...
Australia New zealand Communities Heritage Oceania
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Texas: Praha — renaming to remain yourself
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czechsonline 07/01/2026 7 min read History and Heritage

Texas: Praha — renaming to remain yourself

Praha, Texas is famous for a simple, powerful idea. Czech immigrants renamed the place “Praha” so the link to their origin would not fade. Over time, the church, festivals, cemeteries, associations, and memorials kept a small community tightly connected. Here the name is not decoration: it is practi...
Renaming Texas Heritage Identity Praha
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South Dakota: Tabor and the idea of a “mother city”
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czechsonline 06/01/2026 11 min read History and Heritage

South Dakota: Tabor and the idea of a “mother city”

Tabor, South Dakota, is often called the “Mother City of Dakota Czechs.” This article explains—without rhetoric—how that label emerged: the 1869 recruitment effort linked to Frank Bem, the building of institutions, and the way memory became public through places like Beseda Hall and the annual Czech...
Tabor Mother city South dakota Heritage Idea
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Volhynia: Czech villages, Czech names, and a historical wound
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czechsonline 05/01/2026 7 min read History and Heritage

Volhynia: Czech villages, Czech names, and a historical wound

Volhynia (Volyň) hosted a dense network of Czech villages created by 19th-century settlers who moved for land and a stable life. They left Czech place-names, schools, churches, and associations in a region where borders later shifted violently. The story turns dark in the 20th century, with occupati...
Heritage Villages Names Wound Volhynia
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Latin America: Argentina (Chaco) and the diaspora as a network of associations
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czechsonline 04/01/2026 10 min read History and Heritage

Latin America: Argentina (Chaco) and the diaspora as a network of associations

Argentina is often described as the Latin American country with the largest Czech and Slovak-descendant community. In Chaco—especially around Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña—diaspora is not just ancestry: it is an ecosystem of clubs, schools, mutual-aid traditions, memory projects, and everyday social ...
Argentina Latin america Chaco Diaspora Heritage
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Oklahoma: Prague — foundation, the 1891 land run, and a declared identity
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czechsonline 03/01/2026 4 min read History and Heritage

Oklahoma: Prague — foundation, the 1891 land run, and a declared identity

Prague, Oklahoma, grew out of the 1891 land opening tied to the Sac and Fox lands and quickly became a town with a strong Czech signature. Its story runs from the land run and early platting to institutions that kept memory visible: St. Wenceslaus parish, the National Shrine of the Infant Jesus of P...
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Chicago’s Pilsen: A Neighborhood Shaped by Successive Migration Layers
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czechsonline 02/01/2026 10 min read History and Heritage

Chicago’s Pilsen: A Neighborhood Shaped by Successive Migration Layers

Pilsen is one of Chicago’s clearest examples of how migration can “write” itself onto a city map. The neighborhood’s name points to Plzeň in Bohemia and is commonly linked to a Czech restaurant/tavern that helped the label stick. Built as a dense working-class district after the 1871 fire, Pilsen la...
Heritage Pilsen Name Neighborhood Chicago
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Cities, places, and neighborhoods created by Czech emigrants
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czechsonline 01/01/2026 13 min read History and Heritage Free

Cities, places, and neighborhoods created by Czech emigrants

This article introduces places shaped by Czech emigrants: cities founded or renamed, urban neighborhoods that became ethnic districts, and European villages born from internal colonization. Through case studies (Pilsen in Chicago, Czech Village in Cedar Rapids, New Prague in Minnesota, Prague in Okl...
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