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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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HISTORYHISTORY
COAT OF ARMSCOAT OF ARMS
End of BASIC FACTS part 1End of BASIC FACTS part 1