DISCOVER PARDUBICKO www.TOPardubicko.cz Welcome to Pardubicko – Obsah the Czech Gingerbread Heart! Immerse yourself in its gripping Our Pardubicko story and discover the Polabská 1 landscape, which is as flat 2 History of Pardubicko as a table! Pardubicko offers Significant Sights plenty of interesting stories Famous Natives and Personalities of people whose lives are 3 Traditions of Pardubicko linked to this countryside. Traditional Cuisine It has become the home of Horses in Pardubicko horses, a land of famous Sport in Pardubicko Spa in Pardubicko pioneers, a place that Industry in Pardubicko witnessed many historical events and also a place 4 Pardubicko Today full of smells and tastes 20th Century Architecture Museums and Galleries so typical for Pardubice Nature and Relaxation gingerbread and other regional dishes! Taste a piece of Pardubicko, the place where everyone will have a good time! 1 • Our PardubickO Choltice Chateau Lázně Bohdaneč Kunětická hora 1 OUR PARDUBICKO The sweet smell of honey with cinnamon The rich history has left a number of of the Pardubice Steeplechase, the as well as the thunder of hooves, all this cultural sights in Pardubicko. Let‘s popular sports and social event? and even more characterizes Pardubicko – mention the Gothic-Renaissance castle the most fertile part of Polabí. Pardubicko and the historical centre in Pardubice, Simply, a horse mane can accompany you is a diverse area. It has something for the castle and at the same time the almost anywhere in Pardubicko. It can be history, sports and even nature lovers! highest peak in the area, Kunětická at horse races, upon a visit to the National It is an area of deciduous parks, rivers, hora, or a magical Baroque chateau Stud in Kladruby nad Labem or in the and picturesque ponds. Here you can in Choltice. The Kladruby nad Labem Hippologic Museum in Slatiňany. It is find several protected areas, such as, for National Stud holds an exceptional definitely not by chance that you will find example, the Platan park and hundred- position. It is famous for the Old enough places in Pardubicko where it is year-old oak trees in Choltice or the Kladruber breed of horses. Horses in possible to spend a wonderful holiday in mysterious countryside surrounding general rank among the attributes of the saddle. Local riding paths and circuits Lázně Bohdaneč– the only spa town the whole area. Who would not know cover a large part of this area. in the region. the one-hundred-year-old tradition 2 • History of Pardubicko Bohdaneč ponds Pardubice Chateau Opatovice Canal 2 HISTORY OF PARDUBICKO Pardubicko is a diverse area, each of The extant pond system in Bohdanečsko 1491 and 1548 in the era of Vilém and its parts being remarkable for its own is a legacy of family skilfulness. Bohda- his sons, Vojtěch and Jan. Vilém of specific history. The main city of the neč itself, which is an important spa Pernštejn also bought Kladruby in 1500 area is Pardubice. This city, the first venue today, gained its Renaissance and a few years later he also added written reference to which dates back appearance in the period of Vilém of Holice and Přelouč to his dominion. to 1295, is connected with the lords Pernštejn. The nearby Opatovice canal, of Hostýň, later Pardubice, among a cultural medieval water monument, The famous era of the family ended in which belonged the famous Arnošt of was enlarged by Vilém of Pernštejn to 1560 when their indebted dominion was Pardubice. The advisor and archbishop supply the extensive pond network – sold to Emperor Ferdinand I. The Thirty of Charles IV inherited the city in 1340. this function is used still today. Traces Years‘ War came. An interesting fact is An important historical milestone is of the Pernštejn family were also that the population of Pardubice fell by the arrival of the Pernštejn family. The noticeable in the nearby Kunětická one half even though the city successfully greatest development of the city took hora castle. The largest reconstruc- resisted the pressure of Swedish troops. place between the years 1491 and 1560. tion of the whole area took place in DISCOVER PARDUBICKO 2 • History of Pardubicko Automatic Mills Pardubice Steeplechase Dr. Emil Holub African Museum Synthesia a.s. Pardubice main station Jiří Potůček The 19th and 20th centuries were a River. Automatic mills were designed by spa in Bohdaneč was an important The importance of Pardubice grew The flourishing of the area was stopped The Pardubice area started to develop significant new chapter in Pardubice Josef Gočár for the brothers Egon and milestone. The Kunětická hora Castle even more after the establishment of by the German occupation, which also again after World War II. The University history. The boom it enjoyed was brought Karl Winternitz. Not surprisingly, a year awaited reconstruction for a long time. the Czechoslovak Republic. It was also led to the rise of a strong local resistance of Chemistry (since 1994 Pardubice about primarily by construction of the after the end of their operation in 2013, The plundered building quickly became thanks to the establishment of the movement in the whole area and region. University) was founded in 1950, at the railway. The first train arrived in Pardu- the Mills were put on the list of national dilapidated, which was accelerated by the electrotechnical facility Telegrafia and A parachute group, Silver A, significantly beginning of the 1950s the trolley bus bice in August 1845 and thanks to the cultural sights of the Czech Republic. plundering of its high-quality stonework. Explosia Semtín, a factory producing influenced the local resistance move- transport system was established, and railway connection Pardubice became explosives. The chemicals and electro- ment. Its members found help and in 1958 a new post-war Functionalist an industrial city. As a result of industrial In 1874, the first Pardubice Steeplechase, Pardubice and the whole area also technical industry flourished. Semtex shelter here during the preparations for train station was opened in Pardubice. development, extensive regulation of today a horse race known worldwide, was became well known thanks to the aviator production is known worldwide still the assassination of R. Heydrich. One the river took place. At the beginning of run. Přelouč was agriculturally the most Jan Kašpar. He managed to take off in today. Both culture and sport developed member of the parachute group, Jiří Today’s Pardubicko is undergoing a new the 20th century a hydroelectric power important town in Pardubicko. Holice is a plane called Blériot in 1910, and a during the inter-war period. The tennis Potůček, was hid in a fish tank near Renaissance. Building reconstruction, plant, which besides others powered the famous for the personality which enriched year later he undertook an historical tournament Pardubická juniorka, as well Lázně Bohdaneč from where he delivered entrepreneurial creativity, the main- Winternitz Mills, was built together with the world with his scientific expeditions flight from Pardubice to Prague. as the speedway race Golden Helmet, messages via the Libuše transmitter to taining of traditions, a broad range of regulation measures on the Chrudimka to Africa. The establishment of the peat started to be held in Pardubice. London. cultural and social events, university life. DISCOVER PARDUBICKO 2 • History of Pardubicko / SIGNIFICANT SIGHTS Pernštýnské náměstí Church of St. Nicholas, Veliny Pardubice Chateau, The Knight Halls Příhrádek Kladruby nad Labem national stud farm Significant Sights There are not many industrial cities of Gočár is most remarkable in Lázně massive wooden bell tower, can be found The collection of national cultural and dominion administration, offices and the performances and fairs are held here in where you can find such a well preserved Bohdaneč. Masarykovo náměstí with in Sezemice. Holice is proud of its Museum technical sights is worth seeing when prison in front of the gate, forms a link summer. The game reserve in front of the historical centre with original cobble- the town hall represents a natural town of Dr. Emil Holub and the beautiful village travelling through Pardubicko. The first between the castle and the city centre. castle contains bison, a herd of deer as stone pavements as in Pardubice. The centre. The most important buildings of Veliny is famous for its dominant Church of them is Pardubice Castle, originally well as wild boar. city conservation area includes a range of are the Gočár pavilion, the Škroup guest of St. Nicholas. The square with the sump- a tower building from the 13th century Kunětická hora Castle is the dominant beautiful buildings such as Pernštýnské house, and the Gočár water tank. The tuous Citizens’ credit union and the site that at the turn of the 15th and the feature of the area. Originally a royal The National Stud in Kladruby nad Labem náměstí with its town houses and Church of St. Maria Magdaléna, house where Jesuit Koniáš ordered “heretical“ 16th centuries went through its largest castle, it was an important strategic point is known worldwide thanks to its horse burgher houses, the Baroque house no. 112, the oldest building in the town, books be burnt, which is marked on reconstruction thanks to the lords in East Bohemia. The castle tower is the breeding. The unique population of noble called U Jonáše and the 60m tall domi- and Bohdaneč cemetery, called bohda- the pavement, the Romanesque Parish of Pernštejn. Here you can find the highest place in the surroundings and Old Kladruber white horses together with nant feature of the city – Green Gate. nečský Slavín, also cannot be omitted. Church of St. James, the Jewish ceme- first nude in the history of Czech art, offers beautiful views of the countryside. the whole stud was declared a national tery and the former synagogue catches Fortuna Volubilis, the Knight Halls with The castle is one of the most popular cultural heritage.