Hradek Fortress - Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
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N 49° 56.875 E 015° 15.937
33U E 519056 N 5532873
Hradek Fortress (one place, two postcards, same object, similar angle and distance = one waymark)
Waymark Code: WM16KWB
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/23/2022
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The postcard No.1
Lithographic postcard of Hrádek, where a teachers' institute was established in 1870. It was published by Švarc in Kutná Hora on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation, based on a design by the painter Prof. Zdenek Louda.
At the turn of the 13th and 14th century, Hrádek was already a fortress, which was part of the town fortifications. The first written mention of it dates back to 1312.
The postcard No. 2
The colour postcard "Kutná Hora: Hrádek Jana Smíšek z VrchoviSt", which went through the post on 28 June 1914, the day of the Sarajevo assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Franz Ferdinand the Great and his wife, was published by Rudolf Holan in Kutná Hora. A monument to the victims of the First World War was unveiled on the wall in front of the Castle in 1934. War in the form of a bronze statue of a falling soldier.
Physical Address:
Barborská
Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
Related Web Site: [Web Link]
Description of Postcard Location:
Hradek Fortress
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
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