Most is in this archive for its events: 1 published here, with their dates.
What this page is
This page gathers what Cultural Heritage Online documents in Most, Czech Republic: the entries are the ones already published, each with its own sources, its position and its photographs. It is the shortest way to everything we hold in the city, and it is updated as the archive grows.
Why visit
Most is the Bohemian town whose historic centre was almost entirely demolished in the 1970s and 1980s for coal mining: the Church of the Assumption was moved to a new site in 1975 and the castle of Hněvín still stands on the hill above. It is the birthplace of Florian Leopold Gassmann, born here on 3 May 1729, one of the principal composers of dramma giocoso immediately before Mozart.
Origins and history
The settlement belonged to the Hrabišic family until 1228, when its last owner, Kojata IV, died childless and left it by will to the Order of the Holy Sepulchre; the records of 1238 show it already in the hands of the Přemyslids, and the oldest town seal dates from 1257. In 1422 King Sigismund pledged the town and Hněvín castle to the Wettins of Meissen; they held it until October 1455, when George of Poděbrady took it, and the Czech–Saxon agreements of Cheb in 1459 made Saxony renounce its claims. After a wave of fires between 1455 and 1515 the centre was rebuilt and modernised. In the 1970s and 1980s the historic town was almost completely demolished because of coal mining.
Key facts
- Country: Czech Republic
- Region: Ústí nad Labem Region
- Places in this archive: 0
- Centre of the documented entries: 50.5031°N, 13.6367°E
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Sources
The dates and the titles above are our own record. The history on this page rests on the two sources listed.
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