Nový Jičín Town Tereza Ivanová

&Michaela Horáková

Nový Jičín Town 1313 - 2013

Nový Jičín Town

Nový Jičín Town The town is located in the Moravian-Silesian region

and has 24 thousand inhabitants.

Masaryk Square

Žerotín CastleThe castle was originally a stone building and

was built around 1380 by Vok VI of Kravař.

Town HallIn 1501 the owners of the town, the Lords of Žerotín, gave the town a free house to serve as the town hall.

Laudon’s HouseThe famous General G. E. Laudon

died in this house in 1790.

BastionThe parish bastion was built in 1613.

The Smetana ParkThe largest park of Nový Jičín was established in 1915.

Smetana’s Orchards boast a sculptural group representing the miracle of creation and the laws of inheritance. This monument includes a bust of the

geneticist Johann Gregor Mendel.

The Smetana Park and Memorial of Johann Gregor Mendel

• Johann Gregor Mendel, 1822 – 1884 Scientist, biologist, founder of genetics.He discovered the laws of

heredity.

The Beskydy TheatreThe fabulous neo-renaissance building is the

work of famous Viennese architect Otto Thienemann.

Plague ColumnIt is a baroque column built in 1710 as thanks for

surviving the great plague.

The Spanish ChapelAccording to a local legend the chapel was built as a grave for Spanish soldiers who died at the battle of Nový Jičín in

1621 during the Thirty Years´War.

The Holy Trinity ChurchIt was formerly gothic building, originally called the

"Moravian Church“. It was built around 1500. Inside the church you can find interesting baroque decor originated

around the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

The Old Post OfficeThis renaissance building was built in 1563 and can

be distinguished by its two arcades.

Christmas and our school in Nový Jičín

We are in the Masaryk Square

The Masaryk Square

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