Havlíčkův Brod – An event that is perhaps unprecedented in the country! Lieutenant Colonel Vladimír Chadalík made his mark on the events of August 1968 with his unique act, which he carried out on the day when Soviet tanks invaded Czechoslovakia. Through a helicopter mission beyond the borders of the republic, he wanted to organise…
The aforementioned attack on the Luftwaffe airfield at Havlíčkův (then German) Brod occurred probably on 12th October 1944 when the local airfield was attacked by two Mosquito aircraft belonging to the Canadian squadron of the British Royal Air Force, the editors at least are not aware of any other case of an attack on this…
According to another legend, the spring of healing water has been healing since the 16th century. Already in the 18th century, local people told stories about it. The prevailing belief was that the water originated directly in the little church in Svatý Kříž. In 1729 an Augustinian monk named Aloysius, who suffered from rheumatism,…
The origins of the Petrkov spa are shrouded in mystery. According to the legend, their spring of healing water healed as early as the 16th century, half a millennium ago. Already in the 18th century, local people told stories about it. They believed that the healing water came from the church in Svatý Kříž….
The municipal law in Havlíčkův (formerly Německý) Brod has been represented by a town clerk since the Middle Ages. First as a court official, then as a representative of the town administration and justice, presiding over the twelve councillors, and in the post-Pusitic period as the presiding judge of the town court. The administration of…
After 1980, the town of Gifhorn, located about 250 km east of Berlin, became a destination for tens and perhaps even hundreds of thousands of tourists heading to the International Mill Museum every year. On tens of hectares of former brownfield, landfill and marshland, a complex has been created, dominated by several windmills, either…
On a limestone promontory above the Sázava River, the complex of Ledeč Castle rises majestically. Over the centuries, a number of owners have changed the castle, whose intentions were to modify the originally early Gothic castle from the middle of the 13th century in late Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque style. Only in the second…
The foundation stone of the convent church in pohled was originally dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and was laid in 1265 by the Archdeacon of Kouřim. Further reports date back to 1267, when the papal legate Quido declared indulgences for visitors to this newly built shrine. The Church of St. Mary is…
The origins of the pilgrimage site at St. Anne’s date back to the 18th century. It is connected with the legend of Jakub Čermák, the scribe of the monastery in Lookout (sometimes referred to as Prokop), who fell into the mud in 1730 while hunting wolves. Fearing for his life, he began to pray fervently….
About an hour west of Okrouhlice, station of the north-western railway, closer to Něm. Brod, the picturesque ruins of the Lipnice Castle rise on a granite rock 611m above sea level. Those who have visited the old ruins of the castle will surely never forget the great impression they take away from it and wish…
Hrad Orlík – Historie The origins of the castle date back to the last third of the 14th century. The connection of the castle’s origins with mining activities in the area is not documented. The first written record that could refer to Humpolec Castle dates back to 1399 and Henry of Dubá is first mentioned…
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