Date made: 2011-11-27
Kadan is a city in western Bohemia, Lying about 50 km east of the famous spa town of Karlovy Vary.
The first evidence of the existence in the Middle Ages the town of Kadan comes from breakthroughs Xi and XII century. During this time the chin on the river Ohře established trade settlement Kadan. At the turn of the seventies and eighties the twelfth century village took over the hospital order of knights Joanitów, who took her under the letter of 23 April 1186 r. On the initiative of the King – Wenceslaus I, or Przemysl Otakar II – Kadan was promoted to the rank of a royal town. It was built here, the royal palace and the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy koświołem. Michael. Joanici hospital retained its rights to the parish in a new city, and built a church. Virgin Mary (now St.. Cross), assigned later to the deanery.
During the reign of King, and later Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (1346-1378) the city experienced a great flowering, which contributed to a recovery from a devastating fire in 1362 r. The emperor 1366 granted the town the right to complete autonomy. During his first stay in Kadani emperor confirmed Kadaňanům 29 May 1367 the right to hold an annual market day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. (14 September). When I stayed here for the second time, allowed 8 September 1374 residents of the city Kadan the establishment of vineyards around the town, how it could make residents Pragi.Syn and successor Charles, Wacława IV (1378 – 1419) confirmed the privileges granted by his father and gave the judiciary the city and the county gave to the jurisdiction kadańskiego Burgrave. Spring 1421 r. the city was conquered by the people of Prague and became part of the Prague City Connection. About 8 September 1421 there was an attack on Kadan II made by the armies of the Second Crusade. Residents Kadani defended valiantly, but they could not resist the power of the enemy.
In the second half of the fifteenth century was marked by the impact of a noble family of Lobkowicz. On 10 August 1469 was appointed captain kadańskim John Hasištejnský of Lobkowic, who from the day 25 October 1469 became almost fifty years master of the whole city. That mighty noble Kadan owes Franciscan monastery buildings, where he was buried.
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| apparatus: | Canon 500D |
| lens: | Falcon 8mm/F:3,5 |
| exposure: | 8, 1/100 , ISO100 |
| type: | Spherical panorama |
| HDR: | so, fusion |
| location: | Kádár (Czech Republic) |