Dortmund, Germany
13th century
Bad Bergzabern, Germany
16th century
Ratzenried, Germany
12th century
Roes, Germany
12th century
Bischofsheim in der Rhön, Germany
12th century
Sande, Germany
1671
Hammelburg, Germany
11th century
Glauchau, Germany
1470
Nümbrecht, Germany
11th century/1635
Hartenstein, Saxony, Germany
12th century
Nagold, Germany
c. 1100
Jülich, Germany
16th century
Münsingen, Germany
c. 1200
Gerolstein, Germany
12th century
Mechernich, Germany
14th century
Virneburg, Germany
12th century
Stein an der Traun, Germany
12th century
Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke, Germany
1667
Wolkenstein, Germany
14th century
Obertrubach, Germany
c. 1330
The Jan Hus Memorial stands at one end of Old Town Square. The huge monument depicts victorious Hussite warriors and Protestants who were forced into exile 200 years after Hus, and a young mother who symbolises national rebirth. The monument was so large that the sculptor designed and built his own villa and studio where the work could be carried out. It was unveiled in 1915 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Jan Hus' martyrdom. The memorial was designed by Ladislav Šaloun and paid for solely by public donations.
Born in 1369, Hus became an influential religious thinker, philosopher, and reformer in Prague. He was a key predecessor to the Protestant movement of the sixteenth century. In his works he criticized religious moral decay of the Catholic Church. Accordingly, the Czech patriot Hus believed that mass should be given in the vernacular, or local language, rather than in Latin. He was inspired by the teachings of John Wycliffe.