Rychnov nad Kněžnou

okr. Rychnov nad Kněžnou
     
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Rychnov nad Kněžnou Rychnov nad Kneznou
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Rychnov nad Kněžnou
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Reichenau an der Knieschna
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okres Rychnov nad Kněžnou Rychnov nad Kneznou District
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50°09'47.00"N 16°16'28.00"E
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Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Dlouhá Ves
Jámy
Lipovka
Litohrady
Lokot
Panská Habrová
Roveň
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1258
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Rychnov nad Kněžnou


V období 1.republiky sídlo politického a soudního okresu.


Sčítání lidu v roce 1930: 4 706 obyvatel (z toho 4 583 osob národnosti československé, 77 osob národnosti německé a 2 osoby národnosti židovské).


Posádka byla ustanovena v září 1936.


Jednotky nebo úřady umístněné v posádce:
I. prapor Pěšího pluku 30,


Severně od města byly v letech 1935-1936 postaveny kasárny.


Zdroj:
VÚA Praha, fond Posádková velitelství.
J.Fidler a V.Sluka, Encyklopedie branné moci Republiky československé 1920-38, Libri 2006, ISBN 80-7277-256-2
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Chapel of the Transfiguration of the Lord




The cemetery chapel, built in Neo-Romanesque-Byzantine style on the plan of a Greek cross, was built between 1865 and 1868. An older wooden tabernacle stood on its site. According to the project of A. Turek had it built by Count Hanuš Kolovrat. After 1970 the cemetery was closed.



Sources:
https://www.hrady.cz/kaple-promeneni-pane
pamatkovykatalog.cz
iispp.npu.cz

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Synagogue




Late Baroque (or also Classical) synagogue building from 1782 (also 1787), built on the site of an earlier Renaissance synagogue that burned down in 1779. It was rebuilt in 1913. During the occupation it was destroyed and after the war it was used as a warehouse and gas shop of the Benzina. In the 1990s it was renovated as the seat of the Jewish Museum of Podorlicka and the Karel Poláček Memorial.



Sources:
cs.wikipedia.org
https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/synagoga-12250859
https://www.hrady.cz/synagoga-rychnov-nad-kneznou
iispp.npu.cz

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Church of the Holy Trinity




The late Gothic church was built between 1594 and 1602 by Christopher Getengel of Neunberg. Probably in 1713, the main façade was presented in a roundel style, probably according to the design of Jan Blazej Santini-Aichl. In 1798 it was damaged by fire. According to the plan of arch. František Pavíček, a neo-Gothic nave was built between 1838 and 1843.



Sources:
cs.wikipedia.org
www.hrady.cz
https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/zamek-882307
iispp.npu.cz

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Old Square




There are several listed buildings in the Old Square, including the Town Hall. There is also a fountain, a crucifix with the Sorrowful Virgin Mary, and statues of St. John of Nepomuk and St. Florian.
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Monument to the Victims of the War of 1866




The Monument to the Victims of the War of 1866 is situated in the park, in the former cemetery near the Chapel of the Transfiguration. The memorial is in the shape of a four-sided conical spire placed on a pedestal.


The inscription on the monument reads:
Pilgrim herald
to all my countrymen
that we, the dead here
We lie as laws
have commanded us.


1866 Built by the Kolovrat retired soldiers' association in Rychnov n. Kn. with supporters 1891


Names of the fallen:



Tomáš Dománek Morava 1866 Killed in battle
Galeo Gubola Poland 1866 Killed in action
Pavel Javorsky Poland 1866 Killed in action
Martin Jindrasek Poland 1866 Killed in action
Jan Koživ Poland 1866 Killed in action
Luioo Lonoo Trevir 1866 Killed in action
Matej Niverkal Austria 1866 Killed in action
Konstantin Popricz Poland 1866 Killed in action
Matěj Soukup Lomnice 1866 Killed in action
Antonín Štefek Habrová 1866 Killed in action
Frantisek Steindl Styria 1866 Killed in action
Frantisek Zavadil 1866 Killed in action


Sources:
evidencevh.army.cz
https://www.drobnepamatky.cz/node/21747

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Fountain




A sandstone fountain with a square stone basin, in the middle of which stands a simple column decorated with gargoyles in the shape of fish. It was created in 1841 and further modified in 1896



Sources:
www.hrady.cz

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