BASIC FACTS part 1BASIC FACTS part 1

HISTORICAL CENTREHISTORICAL CENTRE

HISTORYHISTORY

COAT OF ARMSCOAT OF ARMS

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

• The Synagogue

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

• The Synagogue

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

• The Synagogue

• The State Research Library

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

• The Synagogue

• The State Research Library

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

• The Synagogue

• The State Research Library

• Westbohemian Museum

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

• The Synagogue

• The State Research Library

• Westbohemian Museum

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

• The Synagogue

• The State Research Library

• Westbohemian Museum

• The Brewery Museum

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

• The Synagogue

• The State Research Library

• Westbohemian Museum

• The Brewery Museum

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

• The Synagogue

• The State Research Library

• Westbohemian Museum

• The Brewery Museum • Pilsen Historical Underground

Historical centre of Pilsen

• The Square of the Republic

• St. Bartholomew's Church

• The town hall

• The J. K. Tyl Theatre

• The Synagogue

• The State Research Library

• Westbohemian Museum

• The Brewery Museum • Pilsen Historical Underground

Historical centre of Pilsen

History of the Pilsen

976 first record of Pilsen castle

1295 on the order King Wenceslas II the locator Jindrich founds a town called Nova Plzen (New Pilsen)

1307 first writen record a brewery in Pilsen

1507 great fire, two-thirds of the town

1681 a plague column is erected in the square

1788 council authorities set up in the city

1832 first stone theatre built in Pilsen and hospital opened

1859 foundation of the Waldstein Engineering Works, purchased in 1869

by Emil Skoda

1902 new building of theatre opened (now the J.K.Tyl Theatre)

History of the Pilsen

1942-45 11 air-raids on the city, 6,777 houses damaged or destroyed, 926 lives lost

1945 6th May - early morning the Americian Army came to Pilsen, city liberated from Nazi rule

1945 Medical Faculty of Charles University set up in Pilsen

1948 Faculty of Education set up in Pilsen

1949 Technical College of Engineering and Electronics set up in Pilsen

1991 Founded University of West Bohemia

yesterday Students from Marquette University arrived in Pilsen

The Pilsen coat-of-arms• Coat of arms express the historical development

of the city from its foundation up to 1578.• The city’s original coat of arms was a silver

greyhound in a red field.• In 1434 added a golden camel in a green field.• In 1466 added two golden keys in a silver field

and an armour-bearer holding half a spread-eagle

in a golden field. Next added silver city gate in a red

field, in which stands King Wenceslas II, a sword

drawn in his right hand, and his left a shield with

the Czech lion. On the city wall there stands

a maiden holding two flags:

the one in her right hand showing the Czech lion

and in the left the Moravian eagle.

The Pilsen coat-of-arms

• In 1578 added a shield-bearer which was an angel

and three mounds with springs of olive and

the inscription: „In hoc sogno vinces“ (In this sign

shalt you conquer).

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