History
History of the town
Domažlice, 1000 years of history The environs near Domažlice were inhabited as early as the 13th century B.C. In the 9th - 10th centuries, the boundary of the Bohemian state was being formed and the site called Tuhošť was founded near the present town. The oldest historical reference of the marke ...
The Square and Historical Houses
The square in Domažlice is renowned for its leaning tower, which is today a part of the dean´s Church of The Virgin Mary and the historical arcaded houses. Photos of this tower are published in almost all of the picture books about the Czech Republic. In an existing illuststraion from 1592 the ar ...
The Medieval fortifications and tower
During the reign of Přemysl Otakar II (1253-1278) Domažlice became a royal town and the oldest wall of the town´s fortifications, consisting of a moat and twenty half-round towers, was constructed. In the 15th - 16th centuries the fortifications were completed with a ring of ramparts, square bast ...
The Battle of Domažlice
As an introduction, briefly to the circumstances and events which had preceded the Battle of Domažlice. Economic difficulties grew up in the society despite the external glossy appearance of the reign of Charles IV and the first signs of crisis manifested themselves the most markedly in the behav ...