Pewsum, Germany
1458
Heistern, Germany
1333
Lüdenscheid, Germany
14th century
Altleiningen, Germany
1100-1110
Hoyerswerda, Germany
16th century
Döbschütz, Germany
10th century AD
Auerbach, Vogtland, Germany
12th century
Buchheim, Germany
c. 1200
Münsingen, Germany
13th century
Gräfenberg, Germany
14th century
Wissen, Germany
13th century
Dasburg, Germany
9th century AD
Freudenburg, Germany
1330-1337
Werbach, Germany
12th century
Havixbeck, Germany
1562
Reichenberg, Germany
1230-1231
Marzoll, Germany
1527-1536
Bad Rappenau, Germany
18th century
Weitnau, Germany
13th century
Katzenelnbogen, Germany
c. 1095
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.