Burg Hohenzollern, Germany
1454/1846
Leipzig, Germany
1670
Mainz, Germany
c. 1240
Würzburg, Germany
1200
Braubach, Germany
c. 1117
Königstein, Germany
13th century
Füssen, Germany
13th century
Wierschem, Germany
12th century
Cochem, Germany
1100
Meißen, Germany
10th century
Coburg, Germany
13th century
Burg an der Wupper, Germany
c. 1133
Dorsten, Germany
17th century
Geltendorf, Germany
1292
Saarbrücken, Germany
18th century
Bielefeld, Germany
13th century
Cologne, Germany
1235-1240
Pillnitz, Germany
1720
Tübingen, Germany
c. 1037
Königswinter, Germany
1138-1167
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.