Date made: 2011-11-27
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.
In the twenties of the sixteenth century began to penetrate to the ideas of the German Reformation Kadani, which was conceived by Martin Luther. At the end of June 1534 Kadan has become a meeting place for the Roman Emperor and Czech King Ferdinand I of the leading personalities of the Holy Roman Empire policies aiming to conclude a political agreement, which entered into history as “room kadański”. After the outbreak of the uprising against the Habsburgs Czech (1618) koszło in looting of churches, which belonged to ??the Catholic Church of Rome. After the defeat of the Czech state in the Battle of White Mountain 8. November 1620 in the city and surrounding area were confiscation of property and violent rekatolizacja mostly Lutheran population. During the Thirty Years' War (1618 – 1648) Kadan was raked several times by foreign and national armies. War of the Austrian Succession in the middle of the seventeenth century brought new difficulties to the city. On 14 October 1742 in the Franciscan monastery on the outskirts Kadani a battle between French troops and hostile Hungarian and Croatian Empress Maria Theresa, in which the French were defeated. In 1746 the town was again burnt. After the fire a number of private and public buildings Kadani were restored and rebuilt the efforts of a local architect Johann Christoph Kosch. On 2 May 1750, Empress Maria Theresa ordered to rebuild the deserted castle barracks kadański. His reconstruction of the military continued to 1755 year. On 14 October 1779 a visit to the free royal city of Kadan by Emperor Joseph II.
In the years 1803 – 1823 existed at the College Pijarów, former Franciscan monastery, first in the history of high school Kadani. City Kadan on 1 February 1850 became the official seat of the county, and thus the political center of the circle covering the area of the Ore Mountains to the Jeseň in the mountains Doupovskich. In 1904 Kadan year joined the local rail network, turn creates buštěhradską (Prague – Chomutov – Cheb).
On 4 Brand 1919 in a tragic incident between the Czechoslovak army and the German population, who demonstrated for their right to self-determination. The result was 25 killed and several dozen wounded.
In the parliamentary elections in 1935 the landslide took place Sudeten German Party. Kadan was occupied by German troops on 5 October 1938 year and became part of the new territorial unit of the German Reich – Sudeten province. Many Sudeten Germans electoral victory 1938 year got drunk. The Jewish synagogue was burned, and many Jewish families then were inhumane death in concentration camps. At the end of the war, economic situation worsened. On 8 May 1945 r. to Kadani Red Army. Region returned to its former connections with the Czech Republic. Kadan was introduced in the administration of the Czech Republic. Tens of thousands of German inhabitants were expelled or displaced Kadani to divided into occupation zones of Germany defeated.
Kadan and District Kadański was gradually colonized by new residents from all over the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and a fellow of Volyn and Vienna. Attempts to restore democratic Czechoslovakia collapsed completely in 1948 year, when the state was dominated by the Communist Party. Only since the 1989 the city is trying to recreate a society of free citizens.
After a year 1990 there has been a significant change not only in the historical center, but also objects outside the. The adjustment also passed Hall, including its tower. In parterze, who formerly served as a warehouse built exhibition space, where from 1993 year there are regular exhibitions. The trusts from January 2002 r. operates City Gallery Karel Havlicka and is a center of information Kadan.
Other important monuments include the: Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Fourteen. Helpers, parish (deanery) Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross, Monastery of St.. Families Elizabethan and St Elizabeth, former hospital church p.w. Truncated St. John the Baptist, zinc in cadence, Nostalgie i bramy, Fortifications, Town hall.
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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) |