Plzeň

Pilsen

In the period of the First Republic, the seat of the political and fateful district.

1930 census: 114,704 inhabitants (of which 105,731 persons of Czechoslovak nationality, 34 persons of Hungarian nationality, 6,782 persons of German nationality, 30 persons of Polish nationality, 153 persons of Russian nationality, 23 persons of Serbo-Croatian nationality and 722 persons of Jewish nationality)

The garrison was established in 1918.

Units or offices located in the garrison.
Second Division Headquarters (January 1920 - January 1938),
Second Infantry Division Headquarters (January 1938),
Third Infantry Brigade Headquarters (October 1920 - December 1937),
Artillery Headquarters, Second Division (October 1920 - December 1921),
Headquarters of the Second Field Artillery Brigade (December 1921 - December 1937),
Infantry Regiment 18 (from October 1920),
Infantry Regiment 35 (October 1920 - March 1938),
Replacement Battalion of Infantry Regiment 35 (from March 1938),
Battery of Light Artillery Regiment 1 (July 1920 - October 1920),
Light Artillery Regiment 2 (July 1920 - January 1923),
Artillery Regiment 2 (from January 1923),
Replacement Battery of Mortar Regiment 351 (July 1920 - June 1921),
Automobile Company 2 (from February 1921),
Squadron of Aviation Regiment 1 (from January 1938),
Air Weather Station 14 (from January 1938),
Wagon Company 2 (December 1920 - September 1923),
Divisional Armoury 2 (September 1920 - April 1922),
Divisional Ordnance Workshop 2 (September 1920 - April 1922),
Divisional Armoury 2 (April 1922 - January 1937),
Branch Armoury Pilsen (from January 1937),
Armament Technical Office at the Akciová společnost, formerly Škoda Plants, in Pilsen (January 1922 - June 1936),
Armament Technical Office 1 (from June 1936),
Military Construction Branch 2 (October 1920 - January 1937),
Divisional Hospital 2 (March 1922 - January 1937),
Corps Hospital 2 (from January 1937),
Military Supply Depot 2 (October 1920 - April 1923),
Divisional Supply Hospital 2 (April 1923 - January 1924),
Divisional Commissary 2 (January 1924 - January 1937),
Commissary 2 (from January 1937),
Headquarters, Horse Records 2 (from October 1920),
Motor Vehicle Registration Headquarters in Pilsen (February 1921 - January 1937),
Supplementary District Headquarters Pilsen (from November 1919),
Divisional Court Pilsen (from December 1918),
Brigade Court Pilsen (from December 1918),
Military Prosecutor's Office in Pilsen (from May 1920),
Office of the Military Prosecutor in Pilsen (from May 1920),
Artillery Technical School (February 1921 - April 1922),
Arms School (April 1922 - April 1926),
Armament School (from April 1926).

For the needs of the armed forces there were available in the town, the Command Building on Husova Street, the Military Office Building on Tylova Street, the Prokop Holý Barracks from 1825, the Artillery Barracks and the Jan Sladký Kozina Barracks from the end of the 19th century and the Barrack Camp from the years of the First World War.

Source.
Book review

Pilsen


Plzeň is today the fourth largest city in the Czech Republic after Prague, Brno and Ostrava.It is a statutory and regional city (Plzeň-město district, Plzeňský kraj) and currently has about 164,180 inhabitants.
Pilsen - the city which is probably most famous for its beer (Plzeňský Prazdroj and Gambrinus) and its engineering industry (mainly Škoda) has, however, also its history. And it has an undoubtedly fascinating history.
The town was founded at the end of the 13th century (although this location was undoubtedly inhabited earlier and even in earlier periods) as a royal town then called Nová Plzeň. And why New Pilsen? Well, about 8 km from today's Pilsen we can find a smaller town called Starý Plzenec (where the famous Bohemia sekt is produced). However, this place used to be more important than today - after all, here we can find the Hůrka fortress, which served as the castle's administrative centre (there are still visible remains here, including the strongest preserved building in the Czech Republic - the Rotunda of St. Peter). However, with the accession of the first Czech hereditary kings, there was also a large-scale change in the system, including the administrative system - the old castle centres began to lose their influence, the domain they could control and, most importantly, from where they could and did take various levies, salaries and other goods or work. This, however, in a way, delayed the development of the state as such and, in truth, the monarch did not benefit enough from this system to pay him. The nobility also came to the fore, although it was not yet the nobility we know today. The influence of the Church was also growing. There was a large-scale foundation of towns and villages on quite different principles from those of the past. Thus Pilsen (today's Starý Plzenec) but especially its castle administrative centre was losing its power - the estates it administered were slowly and surely getting out of its jurisdiction. In 1266 Přemysl Otakar II gave the patronage right over all churches in the castle area and its administered surroundings to the monastery in Chotěšov. At the end of the 13th century, today's Pilsen was founded on a more convenient location. Until the 15th century we can find documents about Stara Plzen, then called Stary Plzenec.


Literature:
Rožmberský, P. , Novobilský, M., The Royal Castle of Radyně. Plzeň, 1998.

On 26.03.1893 Oberst Josef Elbl was born here.

Tato "nová" mapa zobrazuje město Plzeň tak jak asi nejspíš vypadalo ve století 16ctém.

Městské opevnění


Hradba - zbytek opevnění města - nachází se a je i součástí muzea piva, které je v budově původního historického pivovárnického domu .

Kostel sv. Bartoloměje


Kostel sv. Bartoloměje - jenž byl založen v 1. čtvrtině 14. stol. a dále byl přestavěn v letech 1432 - 1470. Jedná se o stavbu, která se může pochlubit tím, že není jiné vyšší stavby v ČR. Výška je 102 m.

Další zbylá část opevnění nacházející se poblíž Západočeského muzea.

Detaily téhož opevnění (viz příspěvěk výše).

Byť je to již přes šedesát let od ukončení 2. sv. války v některých městech se stále ještě dají vidět připomínky na ni nebo na dobu, kdy zde žili německy mluvící obyvatelé. V tomto případě jsem si všiml nedaleko plzeňského náměstí německo-česky psaného ukazatele k protileteckému krytu.

Litická brána


Vybudována ve 14. století jako jedna ze 4 městských bran. Roku 1804 byla zbořena a následně její torzo bylo zahrnuto do stavby premonstrátské církevní stavby.

Židovská synagoga


Nachází se v centru města nedaleko náměstí. Je největší v ČR a také jedna z mála zachovaných.
Další fotografie si můžete prohlédnout v této galerii.


Zdroj:
http://www.hrady.cz/index.php?OID=2351
Vlastní návštěva, foto vlastní.

Zdroj vyobrazení:
Prokop, A. 1904 : Die Markgrafschaft Mähren in kunstgeschichtlicher beziehung. Band I-IV. Wien 1904.

Pilsen in 1618



Source:
Military Historical Institute Prague

city Hall

The renaissance building of the town hall, built according to the plans of Italian architect Giovanni de Statia in the years 1554 to 1559, it belongs to the most valuable sights of the city.

Sources:
http://www.hrady.cz/index.php?OID=3055.

a Monument to the "Thanks America!" "Thank you America!"

Monument of the liberation of Pilsen by the american army in 1945..

the Monastery of the redemptorists with the church of st. John of Nepomuk

In the years 1908 to 1911 issued pseudorománský church. In the years 1935 and 1936, when the church built a monastery, which is now used by the POLICE of the Czech republic. The building itself has two 63 m high tower. It is three-nave building with a length of 50 m.

Sources:
http://www.hrady.cz/index.php?OID=1127.

a Monument to T. G. Masaryk's.

Church Choir Charles Parish.

Church of the united methodist church - Maranatha.

the Monastery of the franciscans with the church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary.

Republic Square.

the Plague column.

st Anne's Church.

Meat market.

a Statue of st. John of Nepomuk.

Sculpture Pieta.

Theater J. To. Tyl.

Hus the temple.