Poděbrady, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Poděbrady, Czech Republic connects to 2092 places across 16 topics through 58 Bunkabop connections, with history accounting for its largest cluster. The town was the seat of George of Poděbrady, a 15th-century Bohemian king whose diplomacy reached Prague, Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary. A King George boarding school in Poděbrady educated future filmmakers Miloš Forman, Jerzy Skolimowski, and playwright Václav Havel. After 1926 the town became a spa center for cardiovascular treatment, and in 1919 it hosted a demonstration installation of the Kaplan turbine.