Kobern-Gondorf, Germany
1859-1960
Kipfenberg, Germany
12th century
Schillingsfürst, Germany
1753-1793
Bad Liebenzell, Germany
12th century
Wachtberg, Germany
11th century
Weilerswist, Germany
14th century
Altenahr, Germany
14th century
Lambrecht, Germany
13th century
Battenberg, Germany
13th century
Lambrecht, Germany
12th century
Ortenburg, Germany
1562
Heimerzheim, Germany
13th century
Sulzberg, Germany
c. 1170
Lüdinghausen, Germany
1120
Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
c. 1210
Gnotzheim, Germany
12th century
Borgholzhausen, Germany
17th century
Bacharach, Germany
12th century
Burglengenfeld, Germany
12th century
Bonndorf im Schwarzwald, Germany
c. 1200
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.