Jan Hus (Zeiberlichova) - Brno, Czech Republic
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N 49° 15.408 E 016° 37.344
33U E 618052 N 5457270
CS: Památník Jana Husa v brnenských Sobešicích.
EN: Memorial of Jan Hus in Brno-Sobešice.
Waymark Code: WMFEMG
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/07/2012
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CS:
Osazení pametní desky i vysazení lípy bylo pripraveno již v roce 1915, ale pro válecné události 1. svetové války nerealizováno. Nakonec umísteno, spolu se zasazením lípy, v roce 1918. Lípa však nakonec uschla a byla skácena v roce 1985. V roce 2006 byla zrenovovaná pametní deska zasazena do kamenného korpusu.
EN:
Memorial of Jan Hus in Brno-Sobešice. It was placed here in 1918 together with lime tree. In 2006 was renovated plaque set in stone corpus.
Nápis/Inscription:
1415-1915 //
Ucil a kázal pravdu. //
V upomínku mucednické //
smrti Mistra //
Jana Husa //
tuto lípu zasadil //
Sokol v Sobešicích. //
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Jan Hus:
"Born in 1370, Hus became an influential religious thinker, philosopher, and reformer in Prague. Hus believed that Catholic mass should be given in the vernacular, or local language, rather than in Latin as well as many teachings of John Wycliffe. This did not go over well with the Vatican in Rome and Huss was ultimately condemned by the Council of Constance and burned at the stake in 1415.
The people of Bohemia and other regions around Prague were constantly under oppressive regimes. Jan Hus became a symbol of dissidence and a symbol of strength against oppressive regimes. His opposition to church control by the Vatican gave strength to those who opposed control of Czech lands by the Habsburgs in the 19th century, and Hus soon became a symbol of anti-Habsburg rule. When the statue was erected in 1915 during World War I, the memorial became a symbol of anti-Habsburg rule. A couple decades later when Czechoslovakia was under Communist rule, sitting at the feet of the Jan Hus memorial became a way of quietly expressing their opinion and opposition against the Communist rule. Another memorial statue commemorating Jan Hus is found in the Union Cemetery in Bohemia, Long Island. This statue was erected in 1893 by voluntary contributions from Czech immigrants, and it is the first officially dedicated memorial in the United States erected to honor a foreigner."
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