Kolovrat

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Kolovrat or kolowrat (also Colovrat, sometimes anglicized as Collowrath) means spinning wheel in a number of Slavic languages (contemporary or archaic meaning): "kolo" means "wheel", "vrat" is the stem for "turning/spinning/etc." It may also be an archaic form of the East Slavic word kolovorot for "brace". Kolo symbolizes the Sun. The word may also refer to one of the following.

[edit] People

• Kolovrat family, a Bohemian (Czech) noble family (de:Kolowrat)
  • František Antonín Kolovrat-Libštejnský (17787-1861), a Bohemian nobleman and politician (de:Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky)
  • Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky (1886-1927), a Bohemian - Austrian film producer and pioneer of the Cinema of Austria
  • Nadina Kolovrat, a pioneer-esperantist (eo:Nadina Kolovrat)
  • Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Prague from 1831 to 1833
  • Johann Wilhelm Libštejnský von Kolowrat (1627-1668),archbishop of Prague (de:Johann Wilhelm Libštejnský von Kolowrat)
  • Albrecht von Kolowrat (1463-1510), Bohemian politician (pl:Albrecht von Kolowrat)
• Evpatiy Kolovrat (ru:Евпатий Коловрат), a Russian a warrior of the times of Mongol invasion, a hero of Russian epos and many literary works
• Henry Kolowrat, a 1959 USFA Division I National Champion

[edit] Places

• Kolovrat Range, a mountain range in Slovenia
• Kolovrat, Zagorje ob Savi, a settlement in Zagorje ob Savi municipality, Slovenia
• Kolovrat, Tuzla, a settlement in Tuzla municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Kolovrat, Prijepolje, a settlement in Prijepolje municipality, Serbia
• Kolovrat Parish in Ljubljana Archdiocese (sl:Nadškofija Ljubljana), Slovenia
• Kolowrat Theatre (Divadlo Kolowrat), Prague

[edit] Other

• Kolovrat (symbol), a Slavic pagan symbol of Sun, similar to swastika
• Kolovrat (band), a Russian music band (Коловрат)
• Kolovrat (newspaper), a neo-Nazi Russophone newspaper published in Estonia