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Litoměřice

The main street to Litoměřice square from south There could be no other pláce than Litoměřice to start our wander ověř the Litoměřice region. And because Litoměřice lies on the southern foot of České středohoří, after our tour of the town we shall set straight off in a northerly direction. We can do this by car, bicycle, oř on foot. Oř we can combine these methods, including a con-nection with the railway oř coach network. It all depends on what you fancy, how fit you are, and the amount of time you want to spend here. The territory we háve marked out on the following map is not particularly large in size, yet is still full of sights for the wayfarer. But now les get back to Litoměřice.

Reams of páper háve been ušed up on describing Litoměřice, and many publications háve been issued. And there will be a lot more in the future. Many views can be taken of Litoměřice. Royal Litoměřice, the Litoměřice of the Czech poet Mácha, Litoměřice -the Garden of Bohemia, these are just some of the titles that could háve been given to this section, oř indeed to the whole book. We could surround ourselves with the best-skilled experts to give you, the reader, what is the most important, the most artistic, the fruitiest, oř any other superlative, from Litoměřice. But les leave that to those more proficient than ourselves. We are presenting Litoměřice to you in the way we see it in the spring of nineteen ninety-eight, with-out dealing with the (albeit important) details. We are měře visitors to the town, just as you are, and here lies the basis of what we write. But les return briefly to the de-clared content of this chapter in order to make our point. Litoměřice was once a royal residence. Thas the fact of the matter. Freedom of the city was granted to Litoměřice in 1262 by King Přemysl Otakar II. The municipal court here then by degrees became the court of appeal for the towns covering the area of nigh on the whole northern and north-eastern part of the kingdom. Litoměřice also played an important role during the Hussite ware, and when they ended it became the most prominent town in northern Bohemia. It was as a result of the Hussite wars that the Catholic Church was weakened and the burghers had a pronounced role to play at this time. The independent freedom of the city enjoyed by Litoměřice was re-scinded in 1610 due to the Habsburg efforts at centralization. The Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque buildings standing here today, Litoměřice square after sunsetstrictly protected as part of the urban monument reservě, bear silent witness to the by gone glory of the Great Royal Litoměřice. Of the 256 buildings, 104 of them are listed as cultural monuments in the national register, and you will find almost all of them in the historie core of the town, which is surrounded in large part by the preserved Gothic for-tifications. Fountains, the plague column, houses on the square, churches, vaults, the museum, all this is waiting for you to pay a visit. And when you háve had your fill of every- thing, walk through a passage to the castle moat. Peace and quiet approaching the divine, and pretty views of "old" Litoměřice, Dómský Hill, a panorama of the České středohoří mountains, oř studeníš basking in the sun will be your reward. And so as we don't forget, before you start running off around Litoměřice, drop in at the town's tourist centre on the square in front of the building called "U Kalicha". They háve maps and brochures there that will help you make your way around, and you will fmd a lot of advice that we háve intentionally left out.

And, by way of conclusion, les add: if you let yourselves be carried away by the flow of the centuries of the past breathing out of the walls of the Litoměřice monuments, you can't not miss oné connection particular to Litoměřice. Oř with a little imagination this running connection could be proof of the glory of Royal Litoměřice. Is a little concealed. You will come across it when you enter the Litoměřice Gallery of Art and Sculpture. The samé will be lying in wait for you if you go into the Litoměřice diocese (both buildings are connected up ověř he castle moat). But back to that connection. It is a connection between what you can see on he square, in the streets, and on Dómský Hill, and the art displayed in the Gallery of Art and Sculpture. And if we continue in this connection even further, our steps can do no oher but lead us to the Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady, where this year (1998) he sixth international symposium of art and sculpture is being held, called "Open Dialogue". This is a continuation of he originál symposium, "The Baroque and Today", from 1992. And we've come full circle.

The Litoměřice gallery of Art and Sculpture

Church at Litoměřice The point of issue and he core of the permanent exhibition is a collection of ancient art from the Litoměřice region and fromnorth-west Bohemia. The exhibition begins with a set of Gothic art from the fourteenh until he beginning of the six-teenth century, which comprises paintings on wood and polychrome sculpture. The piéce de résistance of the collection of Gothic art is the set of what are actually Renaissance paintings on wood by he Master of the Litoměřice altar. This is followed by the work of a sculptor of souh-German origin and the training of Ulrich Creuz, who left numerous leads as to his artistic activity in north-west Bohemia after 1515. In the exhibition area we can also admire works by the well-known monographist Master I. W., several pictures on wood by whom can be seen here. The Baroque art leaves an alto-gether more rounded-off impression and includes the works of artists such as Braun, Brandl, Kupecký, etc.This exhibition freely moves on to a collection of nineteenh-century art representing the works, for example, of Machek, Piepenhagen, Navrátil, Kosárek, Mařák, oř he impressionists Chittusi, Slavíček, Preisler, Štursa. The exhibition is finished off with collections of twentieth-century art that are open to he public on certain occasions. In addition to this permanent exhibition, the gallery holds temporary exhibitions of crea-tive work, mainly by contemporary Czech artists.

Collection of naive art of Bohemia and Moravia

The Gallery of Art and Sculpture has opened a unique collection of naivě art of Bohemia and Moravia in the back wing of the building at Mírové náměstí 24, which maps out the work of our best-known naivě artists. Les také them as an antithesis of he sophistication and professionalism of he old masters.

Museum and gallery of the Litoměřice Diocese

The Diocese Museum and Gallery, located in he building of the originál Gothic house standing at Mírové náměstí 24, pre-sents the local episcopal collections to he generál public. Here you can examine works of art from the twelfh to he seventeenh centuries, such as the Madonna in a Closed Garden by Master of Tiburtinská Sibylla, he picture of St. Anthony he Hermit by Cranach he Elder, oř the works of Skřeta, Kern, Steen, Willemsz de Wet, and the work of a Flemish painter of the seventeenth century from the school of Rubens.


Ústí nad Labem

Větruše restaurant and lookout after sunset The town of Usti nad Labem can be compared to a man who has reached maturity without experiencing his youth. Excluding our fine churches, the oldest building is not even 100 years old! Prom the middle of the 19th century grew from a very small town to what is today one the largest towns in the country. Until the 1970's the town grew quickly, but lacked depth such as can be seen in Liberec or Ceske Budejovice for example^ Its character was shaped by its heavy industry and not by a stable growth of its inhabitants. There has been a huge growth of the people during the last 50 years following the unsettled period when first the Czech were moved before the World War II, then afterwards the Germans were expelled, resulting in a huge influx of people , not only from Czechoslovakia, but also from Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkan region. These people came for work and money, not to make this town their home.

This is why the true roots of Usti nad Labem have only been set down since 1950 and the second generation, now in the twenties will establish even stronger roots. They have accepted the damage done during the War and since by the Communists, the town has developed gradually during this period, but with uncertainty. Now the town is better for the experience with stronger power and greater possibilities.

The extraordinary location of the town on the River Labe set in breathtaking countryside, the international railway routes and road network passing through its centre like spokes to the hub, the gradually changing industrial pattern and the new large developements in the centre and surrounding suberban areas, its close proximity to both Prague and Dresden and its newly established centres for meetings (university, clubs, exhibition hall of Emil Filla etc.) are giving chances for the stabilisation of the population and allowing them to see through their lives in Usti nad Labem naturally.

The way forward now is not weighed down with problems, as in the past, this is why, without any sentiment have come large banks with their new buildings and now even a multi-storey car park with petrol station and our new modem lodHmg Maria Bridge over the Labe beneath Maria's Rock. These are but the starting places for a new and better Usti nad Labem.

The Second more powerful wave of development is connected not only with the position of the town, but also its dominant position in the network of trades and of employment possibilities. The largest names in the retailing sector such as Makro, Obi and Globus have established major warehouses and hypermarkets, while the traditional enterprises Setuza, Spolchem etc. maintain their position in the premier league of Czech industry. In the near future it will also be competing to be the centre of a new large administrative region covering the whole of North Bohemia.

The next concealed power concerns the gradual regeneration of the surrounding districts scarred by the quest for digging more and more brown coal, thankfully now at an end for environmental reasons. Land near Chlumec. on the Road 13 and new soon to be built D8 Motorway through to Dresden will offer great possibilities for commercial development. While other areas can be returned to the countryside, Chabarovice with its huge open cast mining operation stopped only in 1991 following pressure from the local inhabitants (not possible in Communist times) will become a large inland lake to rival Machovo jezero at Doksy . The recreational opportunites will serve a very large region and after many years Teplice and the Usti nad Labem regions will be joined by natural landscapes and a renewal of former routes.

In conclusion, Usti nad Labem is in its prime a town full of opportunities awaiting a defined forming and direction.


ښtěk

ښtěk- the smalllest town reservation in the Czech republic The town, as a preservation area, and its neighborhood have attracted many visitors from the country as well as from abroad who may admire here those many beautiful corners and places. During summer, the small-town atmosphere changes as if touched by a magic wand. The town is also immortalized in many successful films. A number of film heroes were inhabitants of the town in their imaginary film lives, for instance the grandmother in the Oscar award winning film "Kolja", the pilot Maděra from "Zdivočelá země" (Savage Land), or the three deserters in the film "Rebelové" (Rebels). Also, the historical film "Zámek v Čechách" (A Chateau in Bohemia), which starred Jiřina Jirásková, was shot here. The neighborhood of the town has served as exterior scene of film fairy-tales and film stories for children such as the memorable "Páni kluci" (Brave Kids) or "O létajícím ševci" (The Flying Cobbler).

Every year, the listed monuments of the town form splendid coulisses for traditional annual fairs. More and more natives as well as tourists enjoy the rare atmosphere of the past. Another attraction is the Pirates Group who perform fierce fights on the water and on the banks of the Chmelař pond. The goal of such events is entertainment and the presentation of the town. The best award for the organizers are the visitors themselves when they come back again.


Teplice

The Hall of Teplice city Teplice is located in a basin situated between the České středohoří Mountains and the massive of Krušné hory Mountains (The Ore Mountains) not far from the border with the Federal Republic of Germany. Since ancient times important trade routes have been crossing the České středohoří Mountains and the Krušné hory Mountains and connecting Bohemian territories from the neighbouring countries. These routes were protected by a system of guarding castles around which new towns were established. Therefore the development of Teplice was supported by several factors, i.e. trade, mining activities, and healing springs. A colonising activities of religious monastic orders in the border areas that started as early as in the12th century (in case of Teplice it was the Benedictine monastery of St. John the Baptist) played an important role too. The town of Teplice can boast a variety of interesting historical monuments - the Palace originated in the 16th century on the ruins of older Romanesque monastery, the Palace Square with a precious sculptor’s work of a plague column created by MatyᚠBraun and dated 1718. The park in English style is also dated back to the 18th century. In the town there are several important churches, and the district of Teplice offers another monasteries, churches and small palaces, etc. that can be admired. The present town of Teplice can offer the visitors a renovated spa complex with a number of spa treatment houses, renovated theatre Krušnohorské divadlo, new swimming hall with squash courts, and many renowned restaurants and coffee bars.

Unusual views of the landscape from the hills Doubravský vrch, Bořeň, Milešovka or Komáří vížka with its cableway are really extraordinary experiences. Water reservoirs originated as a result of landscape reclamation can offer a pleasant environment for recreational activities in summer, and the mountainous terrains with numerous pistes of different kinds as well as maintained cross country ski tracks provide opportunities for the fans of winter sports. We believe that Teplice is a town and district having very interesting history as well as present times.