St. Procopius Basilica com1230s, and the basilica was conseVirgin Mary. Throughout the cen-
construction of
menced in the crated to the
turies, the basilica suffered some minor as well as
major damage.
Some of the severest damage hapHussite wars and other later during the town siege by the troops of Matthias Corvinus (1468). In 1704, the basilica was consecrated to St. Procopius. During 1725 1731, it underwent some architectural alterations in the Baroque style. Todays appearance of the basilica is owing to the adjustments from 1924 to 1935. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, together with the Jewish Quarter and the Jewish cemetery. pened during the
Town Tower The town tower, attached to St. Martins church, was built as a part of the towns fortification system in 1335. Throughout the centuries, the tower suffered some damage caused by heavy windstorms and fires.
During the reconstruction in 1862, the
tower was given a new cupola, though the overall reconstruction took place later, in the years
1996 and 1997, when the 35m high scenic gallery
became open to the public. The numerals on the clock dial measure
60cm in height and the clock
dial itself is 5.5m wide making it one of the biggest
on the European continent.
Round Tower on Hrdek Hill The fortification system comprised not only walls and towers on the perimeter of the historical centre of the town but also adjacent fortifications on the strategic hills of the towns district, such as on
Hrdek, Strn Hora,
and probably Polanka. The only remnants of the adjacent fortification pre-
Hrdek. Originally, it was a round two-storey
A nearby stone memorial founded in 1924 is to commemorate the 500-year anniversary since the death of Jan ika of Trocnov. served today are those from
tower with embrasures, fortified with a moat and a palisade.
Charles Square Charles Square
Teb is one of the largCzech Republic as it covers an
area of 2.2 hectares. It stretches from the east to the west with a length of 360m. The square in
est squares in the
was founded as a large market on the verge of
1270s. It is lined with historical
houses on both sides. The statue of Saints Cyril and Methodius (1885) made by the sculptor Bernard Seelingem, after the design by L. imek, stands in the middle of the square. There used to be also three fountains standing there which were supthe
1260s
and
plied with water from local ponds and decorated
with statues of Saint Sebastian and Saint Florien.
Today, one half of the square is used as a car
park, the other provides place for various markets, fairs, and folk ceremonies.
The Black House
The Black House was built by Jan Rbl, a townsman, in 1619 1637. From 1862 to 1925 the sgraffito faade was covered by a layer of paint but was professionally restored later. The last restoration activity on the faade took place in 1991. The sgraffiti represent individual human virtues (belief, mercy, hope, justice, wisdom and fame), hunting scenes and two Roman emperors, Vespasian and Titus.
The Painted House The Renaissance Painted (Franciscan) House was built at the end of the 16th century by a Venetian merchant Francesco Callipardi who established a shop with colonial goods there. The original sgraffito decoration was covered by lime paint by later owners. It was restored again in 1903 by Josef Kozlansk, a grammar school teacher in Teb. In the 1980s, the dilapidated house underwent an exigent restoration. The inner vaulting was reconstructed as well as the grand pillars, inner terrace with arcades, atrium and many rooms. Today the ground floor functions as an art gallery and the first floor is used for wedding ceremonies.
The Church of St. Wenceslas
and St. Ludmila The Orthodox church consecrated to St.Wenceslas and St. Ludmila was built between 1939 1940 on the layout of the Greek cross. The author of the architectonic plan and decorations was O. V. Kolomack, a priest, painter and engineer, who painted the icons and frescoes on the church walls himself. The dome is coated with sheets of pure gold.
The Jewish Town
The Jewish Quarter
Jewish UNESCO World Heritage List in 2003. It presents a unique complex of 123 historical buildings. To name some of them, there are two synagogues, the Jewish town hall, a rabbis house, almshouse, hospital and two schools. The Jewish Quarter is free to enter. The visitor is guided by a trail In the footprints of Abbots and R abbis, which introduces the local UNESCO monuments. together with the
cemetery was inscribed on the
Jewish cemetery An area of 11772 m2 makes this cemetery one of the biggest in the country. There are around 11000 graves there and almost 3000 tombstones of which the oldest comes from the 1630s. One can find the tombs of the most famous Jewish families there as well as memorials to WWI victims and the victims of Nazi genocide.
Wallenstein Castle The in
former
1101
Brnnsk
Benedictine monastery, founded
Moravian princes, Oldich Litold Znojemsk, is located in the
by the and
north-west part of the town above the left bank
of the Jihlava river. It was rebuilt as a castle in
16th century and was owned by the Pernstein,
Osovsk and Wallenstein families. Today it is the residence of the Vysoina Museum. the
The Windmill The
three-storey windmill structure was built in
1836. It
was supposed
to be built in wood first, but eventually it was constructed in stone and
brick. The
8m wide tower in the shape of a truncated cone was covered
with a pointed shingle roof. The machine room was lit by three to four windows on each floor. The windmills function was to grind pine tree bark which was used for the tanning of hides. Tanning was one of the most common crafts in Teb at those times. The current state of the windmill resembles very much its original look in the
