Pracký Kopec
The Pracký Kopec ( Pratzeberg or simply Pratzen ) is a 324 m high hill in the Czech Republic . On December 2, 1805, the Battle of the Three Emperors, also known as the Battle of Austerlitz , took place around Pracký Kopec .
geography
The Pracký kopec is located north of the town of Újezd u Brna in the Okres Brno-venkov and is surrounded by the villages of Prace , Hostěrádky-Rešov , Sokolnice and Kobylnice . The hill rises between the valleys of the Říčka ( Goldbach ) and Litava ( Littawa ) in the South Moravian lowlands. From the partly wooded hill there is a good view over the lowlands to the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and the Steinitz Forest .
Mohyla Míru / Burial Mound of Peace
On the battlefield of the Brno theologian Alois Slovák was on the initiative 1909-1911 grave mounds of Peace ( Mohyla míru ) built. Slovák wanted to convey his idea of peaceful coexistence between peoples. The design comes from Josef Fanta . The 26 m high monument, inaugurated in 1912, was modeled on an Old Slavonic burial mound and is crowned by a copper dome with an Old Slavic cross. At its corners it is surrounded by four statues made by the sculptor Čeněk Vosmík that represent the fighters of the French, Austrian and Russian armies, the fourth figure symbolizes the battlefield.
Inside there is a 10 × 10 m chapel with an altar made of white Carrara marble and a Byzantine mosaic depicting the Madonna with angels . The chapel has special acoustics that make whisper tones audible from the opposite corner. A burial place for the bones found on the battlefield was set up under the chapel. In 1925 a museum wing was inaugurated behind the monument.
The Burial Mound of Peace is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
More monuments to the battle
- The old post office (stará pošta) in Kovalovice is an originally preserved building from 1785, which today serves as a hotel and restaurant. On November 28, 1805, this was the headquarters of Cavalry General Murat , before the Russians established General Bagration's headquarters on the day of the battle . Napoleon stayed here after the battle and negotiated an armistice. A small museum reminds of this.
- There is a small white chapel on the Santon hill, west of the village of Tvarožná . The hill allowed French artillery to dominate the northern part of the battlefield. Here the annual representations of battle scenes ( re-enactments ) take place.
- The headquarters of Napoleon Bonaparte was on the hill Žuráň near Podolí . Here is a granite block with a relief of the course of the battle.
- There are several mass graves with a monument in Šlapanice .
- Not far from the village of Křenovice there is a weathered peace cross .
- The Three Emperor Monument stands by the old vineyards ( staré vinohrady ) near Blažovice , the place where the French and Russian guard cavalry meet .
- A memorial was erected on the Pratzen for Major General Franz von Jircik , who fought here with his brigade.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 41 ″ N , 16 ° 45 ′ 44 ″ E