JÁCHYMOV – gateway to the Ore Mountains

BASIC INFORMATION

BASIC INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTHOR

BASIC INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY

Geography of the area

SETTLEMENTS BELONGING TO JÁCHYMOV

ZÁLESÍ

NOVÉ MĚSTO

POPOV - originally Pfaffengrünn

VRŠEK

SUCHÁ

JÁCHYMOV HAMLETS

MARIÁNSKÁ

SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS IN JÁCHYMOV

Church monuments

Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Suchá near Jáchymov

Wayside ShrineFormer Execution Cross in Jáchymov

EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF THE SAVIOR

PROCESSIONS TO MARIAN SHRINES AND CHAPELS ALONG THE WAY

MARIASORG MONASTERY (MARIÁNSKÁ)

ALL SAINTS CHURCH

DEANERY CHURCH OF SAINT JACHIM

CHAPEL OF SAINT PROKOP

CHAPEL OF SAINT ANNE

CALVARY CHAPEL - RECESSED

BAROQUE COLUMN OF THE HOLY TRINITY

STATUE OF ST. JOHN OF NEPOMUK

Chapel of Saint Barbara

THE LOST CHAPEL OF ST. JOHN OF NEPOMUK (Unterthal)

Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk

Jáchymov Labour Camps

CAMPS IN THE HORNÍ SLAVKOV REGION

CAMPS IN THE HORNÍ SLAVKOV REGION

CAMPS IN THE HORNÍ SLAVKOV REGION

CAMP VRŠEK (CODE NAME E)

 

VYKMANOV I (CODE DESIGNATION C) AND VYKMANOV II (CODE DESIGNATION L)

SVORNOST (CODE DESIGNATION K)

SVORNOST (CODE DESIGNATION K)

ROVNOST I AND ROVNOST II (CODE DESIGNATION P)

MARIÁNSKÁ (CODE DESIGNATION B)

BROTHERHOOD (CODE DESIGNATION M)

Mining Heritage Sites

SCHWEIZER VEIN (ELIÁŠ VALLEY)

ROVNOST MINE (WERNER SHAFT, ORIGINALLY RUDOLF II SHAFT)

COVERED HORSE-DRAWN NARROW-GAUGE LINE SVORNOST – JOSEF

HORSE GIN OF THE HELENA HUBER MINE (JOSEF MINE)

RED TOWER OF DEATH – VYKMANOV (DOLNÍ ŽĎÁR)

STAIRS OF TERROR (MAUTHAUSEN STAIRS)

ANTONÍN MINE (ST. ANTONI EISENSTEINZECHE)

KLEMENT MINE (GIFTKIES)

WATER WORKS OF THE JÁCHYMOV MINING REGION

ADIT NO. 1 – JÁCHYMOV

JOSEF MINE (HELENA HUBER, EMPEROR JOSEPH II.)

CENTRAL COMPRESSOR STATION ELIÁŠ

ADAM MINE (OCHSENBUSCH)

EVA APFELBAUM MINE

ELIÁŠ MINE AND ELIÁŠ VALLEY NEAR JÁCHYMOV

EDUARD MINE NEAR JÁCHYMOV

SVORNOST MINE IN JÁCHYMOV

BRATRSTVÍ MINE IN JÁCHYMOV

PALEČEK’S CASTLE MODEL AT ROVNOST NEAR JÁCHYMOV

PLAVNO MINE NEAR JÁCHYMOV

PANORAMA MINE IN JÁCHYMOV

Monuments and Memorials

THE “NEW HISTORY” MONUMENT

MEMORIAL TO THE POLITICAL PRISONERS TORTURED TO DEATH

MEMORIAL TO LUDĚK RAUCH

SCOUT MEMORIAL MOUND

THE WAY OF THE CROSS TO FREEDOM

MEMORIAL TO THE DISCOVERY OF RADIUM

MEMORIAL ON THE PATH TO DÍVČÍ SKOK

MEMORIAL TO MARIE CURIE – SKŁODOWSKA

COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE TO JOHANNES MATHESIUS AT THE CHURCH OF THE SAVIOUR

COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE TO JOHANNES MATHESIUS AT THE TOWN HALL

MEMORIAL TO STEPHAN SCHLICK IN JÁCHYMOV

MONUMENT OF THE AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR IN JÁCHYMOV

 

MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF NAZISM AND THE DEATH MARCH IN JÁCHYMOV

MEMORIAL TO T. G. MASARYK IN JÁCHYMOV

Grave of the Victims of the Second World War in Jáchymov

Movable Heritage

THE STATUE OF THE MIRACULOUS VIRGIN MARY AND THE PILGRIMAGE TRADITION IN MARIÁNSKÁ

THE JOACHIMSTHALER THALERS AND THE MINTING REGAL

THE THREE-SIDED BOUNDARY STONE DREIHERRENSTEIN

THE LATIN LIBRARY IN JÁCHYMOV

HANDSTEIN – A MINING WORK OF ART

THE JÁCHYMOV PLAYING CARDS FROM THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY

SIGNIFICANT HOUSES OF THE TOWN

HOUSE NO. 282

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 11

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 10

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 292

COAL HOUSE NO. 117

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 126

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 270

MERCHANT HOUSE NO. 139

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 140 – SLAVIC HOUSE

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 131

HOUSE NO. 8 – THE SCHLIK HOUSE

HOUSE NO. 495

HOUSE NO. 133

HOUSE NO. 273 – THE RED HOUSE

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 146

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 4

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 134

MINT MASTERS’ HOUSE

HOUSE NO. 12

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 72

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 143

PATRICIAN HOUSE – MINCOVNÍ 33

HOUSE NO. 280

HOUSE NO. 127

VILLA CARMEN (NO. 334)

VILLA OLYMPIA (NO. 972)

HAVLÍČKOVA 467 – HALF-TIMBERED HOUSE

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 145

HOUSE NO. 283

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 73

PATRICIAN HOUSE NO. 18

Significant Buildings

KLÍNOVEC

RADIUM PALACE HOTEL

AQUACENTRE AGRICOLA

MINERS’ HOUSE

CULTURAL HOUSE

FOREST CAFÉ – BELVEDERE

FREUDENSTEIN CASTLE

PETER’S MILL

MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL

TOLAR SHOPPING CENTRE

TOWN HALL

STATE TOBACCO FACTORY

FRANZ JOSEPH EMPEROR SCHOOL

BREWERY

OLD MINT

THE FORTIFICATIONS

PRAHA – FORMER RADIUM-KURHAUS-DEPENDANCE

THE INVESTIGATION INSTITUTE

THE BRIDGES OVER THE VESEŘICE

THE MILLS OF JÁCHYMOV

THE GARNI HOTEL ASTORIA

THE URANIUM COLOUR AND RADIUM FACTORY

THE SANATORIUM OF ACADEMICIAN BĚHOUNEK

THE MINT

THE OLD TOWN HALL

THE KLÍNOVEC TELEVISION TRANSMITTER

THE MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT

PLACES OF INTEREST

MÜHLENTHAL (MILL VALLEY)

BRAUNSTEIN – MAIDEN’S LEAP

PFARRWIESE (PARISH MEADOW)

MEMORIAL TREES OF THE JÁCHYMOV REGION

THE IMPERIAL AVENUE

ELIÁŠ VALLEY

BRAUTBETT – THE BRIDE’S BED

THE CEMETERY OF JÁCHYMOV

THE GRAVES OF JÁCHYMOV

THE EXECUTION SITE

JÁCHYMOV CHRONOLOGY

PERIOD 1300–1549

PERIOD 1551–1690

PERIOD 1701–1850

PERIOD 1851–1950

PERIOD 1951–2016

PERIOD 2016–2024

VARIOUS TEXTS

RAILWAY OSTROV – JÁCHYMOV

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

FOUNDATION OF THE SETTLEMENT

EVENTS OF 1938–1945

FIRE OF 31 MARCH 1873

JÁCHYMOV AND RELIGION

MINERS’ UPRISINGS

1981 – YEAR OF DISASTERS

THE COEXISTENCE OF CZECHS AND GERMANS

THE MINING PERIODS OF JÁCHYMOV

THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO

THE POLITICAL DISTRICT OF JÁCHYMOV

THE OLDEST PHARMACY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

THE BEGINNINGS OF MINING IN THE ORE MOUNTAINS

INDUSTRY IN JÁCHYMOV

COAT OF ARMS, NAME AND PATRONS OF THE TOWN

MIRACLES OF THE VIRGIN MARY AT MARIÁNSKÁ

EDUCATION IN JÁCHYMOV

STREAMS OF JÁCHYMOV

REMAINS OF JOACHIM ANDREAS VON SCHLIK

MINTING AND MINT MASTERS

FOUNDING FATHERS

LEGAL SYSTEM

PERSONALITIES OF JÁCHYMOV – LOCALS AND VISITORS                         

THE SCHLIK FAMILY

 

OTTO HAHN (1879–1968)

FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (1759–1805)

TOMÁŠ GARRIGUE MASARYK (1850–1937)

MARTIN LUTHER (1483–1546)

JOSEPH II. (1741–1790)

EDUARD BENEŠ (1884–1948)

FRANTIŠEK BĚHOUNEK (1898–1973)

MARIE CURIE-SKLODOWSKA (1867–1934)

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1749–1832)

ALBERICH HEIDEMANN (1808–1898)

JAKOB SCHEDLICH (1591–1669)

SAMUEL FISCHER (1547–1600)

ERWIN MANFRED HERMANN SCHNEIDER (1906–1987)

ANDREW (ANDREAS) WIEDEMANN (†1591)

CARL ANTON SIEGL (1851–1943)

JOHANN RICHTER (1537–1616)

JOHANN MAJOR (1533–1600)

MAXIMILIAN HÜTTISCH (1911–1988)

JOHANN CRIGINGER (1521–1571)

HEINRICH VON KÖNNERITZ (1483–1551)

HLOUŠEK JAN, RNDr. (1950–2014)

JOHANNES MATHESIUS (1504–1565)

GEORGIUS AGRICOLA (1494–1555)

VENCESLAUS PAYER (1488–1537)

LEOPOLD GOTTLIEB (1852–1912)

ANTON PETER BÖHM (c. 1785–c. 1870)

JOHANNES SYLVIUS EGRANUS (1480–1535)

NIKOLAUS HERMAN (1480 or 1500–1561)

JOSEF ŠTĚP (1863–1926)

MAGNUS HUNDT (1449–1519)

JOHANN NEEFE (1499–1574)

LAZAR ERCKER OF SCHRECKENFELS (1528/1530–1594)

HANS ELDER WILDT (before 1561 – after 1606)

FRANTIŠEK KRÁSENSKÝ SJ (1925–2005)

DOMINIK CARDINAL DUKA OP (1943–2025)

FRANZ WILHELM TIPPMANN (1786–1857)

JAN URBAN (1921–2003)

GREGOR LINDNER (1831–1917)

KARL VIKTOR KNIGHT VON HANSGIRG (1823–1877)

Oldřich Ježek (1931–2020)