"The Ministry of Public Works was founded on 2nd November 1918 shortly after the declaration of Independence of Czechoslovakia from the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Its portfolios was mainly the improvement of infrastructure of the country and it existed untill 15th of January 1942. It´s agenda was taken over the newly established Ministry of Economy and Work (Ministerstvo hospodářství a práce/Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit)."@eng . "Ministerstvo veřejných práci"@eng . .