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Every case set in what is now Czech Republic, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

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Cases in Czech Republic

Best-known first. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
7
Years
80 to 1944
Region
Europe
Main subjects
European families, Science and medicine, Oil and natural resources, Ghosts and legends
Updated
30 October 2026
Tomáš Baťa: Tomas Bata1932 · Otrokovice, near Zlín, CzechoslovakiaTomáš Baťa died in a plane crash, his half-brother took the shoe company, and the family litigated for 15 yearsTomáš Baťa died on 12 July 1932 when his Junkers F 13 crashed in fog near Zlín airport, on a business flight to Switzerland. That day his office safe was opened.zpravy.aktualne.cz and 8 moreFriedrich Gutmann: Friedrich Bernhard Eugen Gutmann met zoon Bernhard1944 · TheresienstadtBanker Fritz Gutmann was killed at Theresienstadt, and his heirs sued an American collector to get back his DegasFritz Gutmann was a son of Eugen Gutmann, co-founder of Dresdner Bank. He moved to the Netherlands after the First World War and became Dutch in 1924.Dutch Restitutions Committee and 6 morePortrait of Ivan Morozov21921 · Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary), CzechoslovakiaIvan Morozov's great-grandson sued Yale and the Met for a Van Gogh and a Cézanne seized by the Bolsheviks, and lost both casesIvan Morozov, a Moscow industrialist, built a modern art collection that ranked among the finest in Europe. In 1911 he bought Cézanne's Madame Cézanne in the Conservatory. He also owned Van Gogh's The Night Café of 1888.CourtListener and 7 moreTabulae Rudolphinae - Frontispiece: Frontispiece of : "Tabulae Rudolphinae : quibus astronomicae ...." by Johannes Kepler1601 · Prague, Czech RepublicTycho Brahe's heirs were never paid for his observations, so they took them back from Kepler and won the right to censor his booksTycho Brahe recorded the positions of the planets for decades. He moved to Prague under Emperor Rudolf II and hired Johannes Kepler as a mathematical assistant.cambridge.org and 3 moreJáchymov 2016 a: View over Jáchymov1526 · Jáchymov (Joachimsthal), Karlovy Vary Region, Czech RepublicCount Stephan Schlick minted the first thalers from his silver mine, vanished at Mohács in 1526, and the new king took the mint from his familySilver was found in the Ore Mountains of Bohemia in 1512. In 1516 Count Stephan Schlick founded a mining town there, Joachimsthal, now Jáchymov. Regular minting began in 1520.machogalleries.com and 2 morePerchta z Rožmberka: Perchta z Rožmberka1476 · Vienna, Austria; Český Krumlov and Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Perchta of Rožmberk was married off for money in 1449, refused her dying husband's plea for forgiveness, and the legend made her the White LadyKind 2, with the record. Perchta was born about 1429, a daughter of Oldřich II of Rožmberk, the most powerful lord in South Bohemia.encyklopedie.ckrumlov.cz and 2 moreSanta Giustina (Padua) - Chapel of Saint Luke - Tomb of Luke the Evangelist (front): Churche Saint Justina of Padua in Italy. Chapel of Luke the Evangelist. Work of the Pisano-VeneLegend · 80 · Thebes, Greece; Padua, Italy; Prague, Czech RepublicChristian tradition says the body of Luke "the beloved physician" was moved from Thebes to Constantinople and Padua, and an emperor took the head to PragueThe Letter to the Colossians calls Luke "the beloved physician". Christian tradition says he died at 84 in Thebes, in Greece. In 338 his coffin was taken to Constantinople.biblegateway.com and 2 more