Stendal, Germany
15th century
Bad Wilhelmshöhe, Germany
1689
Neuffen, Germany
12th century
Schleiden, Germany
1935
Hohenstaufen, Germany
c. 1070
Neckarsteinach, Germany
12th century
Riedenburg, Germany
12th century
Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany
12th century
Ansbach, Germany
1726-1743
Schriesheim, Germany
Traben-Trarbach, Germany
1350
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
1330
Groitzsch, Germany
11th century
Weimar, Germany
1778-1828
Baden-Baden, Germany
c. 1200
Dargun, Germany
1172
Hochburg, Germany
11th century
Neckarsteinach, Germany
13th century
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Germany
13th century
Dossenheim, Germany
12th 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.