24 Sights in Pilsen, Czechia (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Pilsen, Czechia. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 24 sights are available in Pilsen, Czechia.
Sightseeing Tours in PilsenActivities in Pilsen1. Chlum
Chlum (416 m) is a mountain located on the northeastern edge of the regional capital of Plzeň. The peak lies in the cadastral area of Doubravka, part of the northern slope in the cadastral area of Bukovec. Below the hill, in the Ejpovice tunnel, passes the Prague-Plzeň railway line. The slope in the west and northeast descends smoothly to the Berounka River, which is approximately 800 metres away, while in the north-west the Berounka River recedes to more than 2 km from the summit. Together with Krkavec and Radyně, it borders the Pilsen Basin, it is the highest point of the city of Pilsen. The name Chlum was given to the hills with a forested top.
2. Pomník generála Pattona
The monument to General Patton is a sculpture erected in the Sady Pětatřicátníků in Pilsen. It commemorates General George S. Patton, who commanded the U.S. Army that liberated the city from Nazi occupation in May 1945. The authors of the statue are Václav Zůna, Lubomír Čermák and Tomáš Beneš. Their creation has a height of ten meters and a weight of ten tons. It is made of corten, a group of steel alloys from which tank armor was produced. The realization of the monument took approximately one year. The production of the monument itself was provided by the Vítkovice Ironworks in the form of a sponsorship gift.
3. Arboretum Sofronka
The Sofronka Arboretum on the northern outskirts of Bolevec in Pilsen was established in 1956 as a detached workplace of the Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, which is a state-funded organization based in Prague-Zbraslav (Strnady) and established by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. In the autumn of 2009, the Research Institute abolished this workplace and handed it over to the Public Property Administration of the City of Pilsen as a department for education, public, science and research. The current head of the arboretum is Ing. Jan Kaňák, Ph.D.
4. Památník obětem zla
Meditation Garden in Pilsen - The memorial to the victims of evil was created in Pilsen -Dises thanks to the political prisoner Luboš Hruška, who converted his originally fruit garden into an ornamental park and later to the memorial to the victims of evil. In the natural area with a number of garden tree species there is a sandstone of the Cross from the academic sculptor Roman Podrázský and the Chapel of Maximilian Kolbe. The current owner of the memorial is the Bishopric of Pilsen, to which Mr. Hruška donated it in 1995.
5. svatý Mikuláš
The Church of St. Nicholas is a church in Pilsen, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1406 in the historical fortress of Mitrvald of the Lords of Litice. A significant change took place in 1599, when the presbytery and the chapel of St. Anne were vaulted. Further modifications of the church were carried out in the Baroque period in 1739–1744, when a new portal and a side aisle were built. Even in the 19th century, the church did not remain unchanged. The last modification included the completion of the sacristy.
6. Pomník Obětem 1. a 2. světové války
Milan Rastislav Štefánik was a Slovak politician, diplomat, aviator and astronomer. During World War I, he served at the same time as a general in the French Army and as Minister of War for Czechoslovakia. As one of the leading members of the Czechoslovak National Council, he contributed decisively to the cause of Czechoslovak sovereignty, since the status of Czech- and Slovak-populated territories was one of those in question until shortly before the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1918.
7. Patton Memorial Pilsen Museum
Patton Memorial Pilsen – The U.S. Army Memorial 1945 is a museum in Pilsen inaugurated on May 5, 2005 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Pilsen and southwestern Bohemia in 1945 and the end of World War II in Europe. The memorial is located in the building of the Peklo House of Culture, 10 Pobřežní Street, where the editorial office of Masaryk's magazine Nová doba used to be before the First World War and where Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk lectured several times.
8. St. Mary's plague column
The Marian (plague) column stands on the central Pilsen Republic Square, in its southwest corner, in front of the Imperial House. The column was erected by the town council in 1681 as a thank you for the end of the plague epidemic in the early Baroque style. Its highlight is the statue, a free replica of the Gothic sculpture of the Pilsen Madonna. The Marian Column has been protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic since 1958.
9. svatý Jiří
The church of St. George in Pilsen-Doubravce is probably the oldest church preserved in the territory of today's Pilsen. It is located in the town district of Doubravka on the shore at the confluence of the rivers Berounka and áslava near the extinct medieval village Týnec. It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. The church surrounds the cemetery with several valuable tombstones and Baroque bone.
10. Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla - Velké divadlo
The Grand Theatre is the main stage of the Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre in Pilsen and an important cultural monument. The building was built in the Neo-Renaissance style between 1897 and 1902 according to the design of architect Antonín Balšánek. Between 1981 and 1985, an extensive reconstruction was carried out under the leadership of architect Pavel Němeček. The building was declared a cultural monument.
11. Techmania Science Center
Techmania Science Center is one of the first science centers in the Czech Republic and an important institution of informal education. The project was established in 2005 by the Škoda Transportation joint-stock company and the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. The intention has been to build up a modern, interactive center in the industrial estate of the Škoda company.
12. Cathedral of St. Bartholomew
The Cathedral of St. Bartholomew, originally the Church of St. Bartholomew, is a Gothic church located on the Main Square in Plzeň, Czech Republic. It was probably established together with the city around the year 1295. The church became a cathedral in 1993, when the Plzeň diocese was created. It was designated a national cultural monument of the Czech Republic in 1995.
13. Kolomazná pec
Kolomazná furnace is a unique technical monument, located in the Branty Foam in Pilsen-Bolevec on the northern edge of the Kamenný Pond Nature Reserve. It is one of the best -preserved Pecs of its kind in Central Europe and probably the only one in the Czech Republic so far, although in the late Middle Ages and modern times these were relatively frequent facilities.
14. Muzeum církevního umění plzeňské diecéze
The Museum of West Bohemia in Pilsen is one of the largest museum institutes in the Czech Republic in terms of the extent of its historical, decorative arts and natural history collections. At the same time, it is a centre of scientific work in a number of scientific disciplines. The main building of the museum is located in Kopeckého sady 2 in Pilsen.
15. Church of St Anne
The Orthodox Church of St. Anne and St. Rose of Lima is a newly consecrated church in Pilsen, Czech Republic. It is located in Bezručova Street No. 463. The church is registered on the list of immovable monuments as part of the premises of the former Dominican convent. At present, the church is used by the Czech Orthodox Church.
16. Franciscan Monastery, Plzeň
The Franciscan Monastery is located near the Main Square in Plzeň, Czech Republic. Originally belonging to the Minorites, the later Franciscan monastery was founded at the end of the 13th century. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Chapterhouse and Chapel of St. Barbara also belong to the monastery complex.
17. Nejsvětějšího Jména Ježíš
The Church of the Holy Name Jesus is a Baroque church in Pilsen. It is one of the four churches in the Czech Republic with this patrocinium, but the only one with the name of the Jesus. Its owner was never a church, but he always belonged to his private hands. This building is a protected immovable cultural monument.
Wikipedia: Kostel Nejsvětějšího Jména Ježíš (Plzeň) (CS), Website, Facebook
18. Old Synagogue
The Old Synagogue in Pilsen has been standing in the courtyard of house No. 80/5 in Smetana Park since 1859. It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. Right next to the Old Synagogue building is the Auxiliary Synagogue with a memorial to the victims of the Shoah, the Garden of Memories.
19. Železničář
The railwayman is a statue in the entrance hall of the main railway station in Pilsen. Next to the staircase, it forms a pair with a statue of the Metal Worker. The statue made of patinated plaster dates back to 1956. The authors of the statue are Václav (Vyacheslav) Irmanov and Karel Čermák.
20. Pecihrádek
Pecihrádek is a well-preserved late medieval fortress. It lies on a promontory above the Berounka River opposite the Church of St. George on the outskirts of the Bolevec district in Pilsen, in the cadastral area of Bolevec. Its remains are protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
21. Škoda 706 RTHP
The Škoda 706 RTH is a utility vehicle from the Škoda 706 series, on the chassis of which a superstructure used for various purposes was produced. There were, for example, assembly vehicles for public transport, tankers – sprinkler trucks, tank fire fighting trucks, etc.
22. Kovodělník
The Metalworker is a sculpture in the entrance hall of the main railway station in Pilsen. On the sides of the staircase they form a pair with a statue of the Railwayman. The bronze statue dates back to 1956. The author of the statue is Ladislav Novák.
23. Nanebevzetí Panny Marie
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is part of the former Franciscan monastery and is one of the oldest in Pilsen. Today, together with the former Franciscan monastery, it is protected as an immovable cultural monument.
24. Korandův sbor
Parish congregation of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in Pilsen – Koranda's congregation is a congregation of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in Pilsen. The choir falls under the West Bohemian Seniorate.
Wikipedia: Farní sbor Českobratrské církve evangelické v Plzni - Korandův sbor (CS), Website
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