Skalka (Prachatice)
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The rock formation Skalka (also Žižkova skalka ) is a natural monument as well as a historical place in the city of Prachatice in the Czech Republic . The Skalka is located 150 meters north of the old town or the Piseker Gate of Prachatice. The rock nose is the southernmost branch of a 3.8 kilometer long quartz vein towards Těšovice u Prachatic .
history
The rock played a role several times in the history of Prachatice. According to tradition, both Jan Žižka in 1420 and Charles Bonaventure de Longueval , better known as Karl Bonaventura Buquoy, commanded the conquest of Prachatice on September 27, 1620 after their army camped on the flat field north of the rock would have. Both sieges had devastating consequences for the city and its residents. Hundreds of citizens and defenders were each murdered, and it took the city decades to fully rebuild. Pieter Snayers captured the scene from 1620 in one of his battle paintings.
designation
The oldest known name was Skalka . Later the name Hus-Felsen came up because the church reformer Jan Hus is said to have passed there every day on his way to school from Husinec to Prachatice. The official name Schiller Rock was introduced in 1905 when a plaque in honor of the poet was put up on the 100th anniversary of Friedrich Schiller's death , which was removed again in 1918 after the creation of Czechoslovakia . The name Žižkova skalka , which was introduced in 1918, associates Czech national sentiments .
leisure
From the Skalka you have a good view of the old town of Prachatice. The svatopetrská cesta pavement leads from the Skalka to the ancient parish church and now the cemetery church of Peter and Paul in Old Prachatice. The Vyhlídková Stezka kolem Prachatic hiking trail around Prachatice also passes the Skalka.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 55.5 ″ N , 13 ° 59 ′ 59 ″ E