On Mar 2, 3:42 pm, o...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Mar 1, 12:09 am, KLa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> > I read that Moravia was affected by the Mongol invasion of 1241-42.
> > Even though they were passing through from Poland on the way to
> > Hungary, they apparently still did damage. Does anyone know what were
> > the casualty figures (for lack of a better term) among the population,
> > and who were brought in to help replenish it?
>
> Svat=FD Host=FDn, Holy Host=FDn,http://www.hostyn.cz/cizi/english.htm
> is the most frequently visited pilgrimage shrine in Moravia and after
> Velehrad the most memorable one. For three centuries now thousands of
> pilgrims have been converging on Host=FDn mountain (735 meter above sea
> level) with its sanctuary of Our Lady (a Basilica minor) to seek and
> find there a refuge from their troubles and needs.
> Several archeological surveys of the location have shown traces of
> habitation from as far back as the Late Stone Age. The remnants of a
> fortification (with a cir***ference of more than 1.800 meters) of the
> La Tene culture of the Celts are conspicuous there. Recent research
> has vindicated the assumption that Host=FDn was the second Celtic
> oppidum in Moravia (the first being Star=E9 Hradisko near Protivanov).
> Above the main altar of the Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady is
> located a life size statue of the Virgin Mary. The Child Jesus, whom
> she is holding in her embrace, is aiming bolts of lightening at the
> Tatars depicted beneath the statue. These cruel marauders, who were
> threatening Europe during the 13th century, invaded Moravia in 1241,
> murdering and plundering. The people sought refuge in the forests and
> mountains to save their lives and whatever property they could bring
> with them. According to legend, those who found refuge on Host=FDn were
> saved through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, when the encampment
> of the marauders was destroyed by fire caused by lightning. Another
> legend tells of a visit to Host=FDn by the Apostles of the Slavs, Sts.
> Cyril and Methodius, who are said to have destroyed a pagan place of
> wor****p there and erected a chapel in honor of Mary.
> Written records concerning Host=FDn come chiefly from the Jesuit
> Bohuslav Balb=EDn. In the book, Sacri pulveres, of 1669 by George
> Crugerius, we read that the people saved from the Tatar invasion
> erected a statue of the Guardian Virgin Mary on Host=FDn mountain out of
> gratitude. Until the Thirty Years' War there was a small church on
> Host=FDn mountain which was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. On the orders
> of the non-Catholic rulers of the domain the church was destroyed.
> The present basilica has its origins in a magnificent edifice, which
> was built at the expense of Jan of Rottal and his heirs. Its
> cornerstone was laid in 1721. The completed edifice was solemnly
> consecrated by Bishop Ferdinand Julius Trojer of Olomouc on July 28,
> 1748. This church was destroyed several times and the entire mountain
> of Host=FDn was abandoned completely. By imperial decree of Joseph II in
> 1784 the sanctuary was declared superfluous and pilgrimages were
> prohibited. During the first half of the 19th century the faithful
> began a fund-raising campaign in order to restore the church, which,
> as a result, was consecrated anew in 1845.
>
> O.K.
Stramberk
http://www.stramberk.cz/index_en.php
A small mountain town in the middle of the =A9trambersk=E1 vrchovina
(Highland), stretching across slopes of Z=E1meck=FD kopec, Kotou=E8,
B=EDl=
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hora, Libot=EDnsk=E9 vrchy and =C8erven=FD k=E1men, along the foothills of
t=
he
Beskydy Mts., called "Moravian Bethlehem" for their picturesqueness.
=A9tramberk was founded by the Moravian margrave Jan Jind=F8ich
Lucembursk=FD (1322-1375), son of the Czech King Jan Lucembursk=FD
(1296-1346), younger brother of the Roman emperor and Czech king Karel
IV (1316-1378), on December 4, 1359 by giving the settlement (first
recorded in 1211) surrounding the castle the statute of a town.
The left side of the coat of arms of the town is that of an ancient
Czech family, the Bene=B9ovice (founded in the 11th century) - a curled
silver arrow in a red field, the right side the coat of arms of
Moravia - a silver and red chequered eagle in a blue ****eld.
A dominant feature of both town and environs are the ruins of the
Castle Strallenberg with its cylindrical tower called Tr=FAba. Unique in
its architecture is a set of Wallahian timbered cottages from the 18th
and 19th century, now most of these are under urban conservation.
Another famous feature of the town are the so called "=A9trambersk=E9
u=B9i" (=A9tramberk=B4s ears), a certain type of ginger snack, shaped like
ears. In memory of a legendary victory by the Christians of =A9tramberk
over the Mongolian army on May 8, 1241, the day of the Ascension of
Christ.
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