Ehreshoven, Germany
16th century
Dorfprozelten, Germany
13th century
Warburg, Germany
c. 1250
Buchenbach, Germany
13th century
Hofkirchen, Germany
12th century
Irmelshausen, Germany
12th century
Kempfeld, Germany
14th century
Kirchberg (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany
1718-1728
Burgstraße, Germany
11th century
Kandern, Germany
1246
Tittmoning, Germany
13th century
Kaiserslautern, Germany
12th century
Schöntal, Germany
13th century
Püttlingen, Germany
14th century
Salzkotten, Germany
1347-1357
Plattenburg, Germany
c. 1319
Bad Münstereifel, Germany
13th century
Forchheim, Germany
16th century
Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Germany
13th century
Lambrecht, Germany
11th century
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.