Bohemian crown jewels

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The Bohemian Crown Jewels

The crown jewels of the Kingdom of Bohemia were the insignia of the Bohemian Monarchy .

Components

The Wenceslas Crown is the royal crown of the former Kingdom of Bohemia . It is the oldest part of the Bohemian coronation insignia. Of these older insignia, apart from the crown, the royal orb, the royal scepter and the royal cloak have survived. Other later insignia include the burial crown of Ottokar II Přemysl and other silver-gilded sceptres and orb from the 3rd quarter of the 14th century, which are kept in the treasury in Vienna .

storage

The door to the Crown Jewel Room in St. Vitus Cathedral

The crown jewels are currently kept in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague . You are there in the Crown Jewel Room, which is secured by a door that can only be opened with six keys and another seventh key is required to open an iron safe in the jewel room. The keys are held by seven officials: the President of the Czech Republic , the Prime Minister, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, the Chairman of the Senate, the Dean of St. Vitus Cathedral and the Mayor of Prague.

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literature

  • Pavla Obrazová, Jan Vlk: Maior Gloria. Svatý kníže Václav (= Historická paměť. Vol. 1). Paseka, Praha Litomyšl 1994, ISBN 80-85192-94-2 .
  • Karel Otavský: Svatováclavská koruna a její funkce. In: Petr Kubín (ed.): Svatý Václav. Na památku 1100. výrocí narození knízete Václava Svatého. = Saint Wenceslas (= Opera Facultatis Theologiae Catholicae Universitatis Carolinae Pragensis. Vol. 11). Togga, Prague 2010, ISBN 978-80-87258-23-1 , pp. 253-266.
 Franz Bock: The crown insignia of Bohemia in the messages of the emperors. royal Central Commission for the Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments Volume 2, 1857., (Category with associated images on Commons )

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