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Olomouc – archbishopric town
Olomouc – Holy Trinity Column
Olomouc is a city in Northern Moravia.
Olomouc contains several large squares. The most wellknown is Holy Trinity Column, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Column was built in 1716–1754.
History of Olomouc
Olomouc was an important centre of the Great Moravian Empire during the 9th and early in the 10th century. Later it became for long time the capital of the province of Moravia. The bishopric of Olomouc was founded in 1063, and raised to the rank of an archbishopric in the year of 1777.
In 1306 King Wenceslas III stopped here on his way to Poland, but here he was assassinated. With his death the whole Přemyslid dynasty died out.
Olomouc – Astronomical Clock
During the Second World War II. (1939–1945), most of the towns' German residents sided with the Nazis and the Germans run town council renamed the main square after Adolf Hitler. The Czech residents changed the name again after the town was liberated in 1945.
Olomouc – Streetlight
When the retreating German army passed through Olomouc in the final weeks of the war they opened fire on the town's old astronomical clock, leaving only a few pieces (the rest of authentic clock can be seen in the local museum).
In 1950s Communist renewed astronomical clock but it features a procession of proletarians rather than saints. Most of the German-speaking population was expelled after the war.
Olomouc – links
Private transfers between Prague and Olomouc
Comments
- Prague-Olomouc-Krakow by: HK1979
- Prague-Olomouc-Krakow by: Pavel
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