Boskovice
Boskovice is a town in the Czech Republic.Location
The town is in the Drahanská Highlands, about north of Brno, the most important city of Moravia.History
Boskovice was probably founded in the 11th century and received its town charter in the 14th century. It used to have one of the largest Jewish communities in Moravia.
Until 1918, Boskowitz - Boskovice was part of the Austrian monarchy, head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.
In 1918, Boskovice became part of independent Czechoslovakia. The period of German occupation lasted from March 1939 until May 1945. During this time, Boskovice was administered as a part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.Monuments
The large Jewish community lived in a Jewish town from which several houses were preserved, a synagogue, a Jewish cemetery and one original gate.Cultural activities
- Unijazz Praha - a festival held regularly every year in July
- Hradhouse Festival - a dance festival held regularly every year, usually in August
Notable people
- Moses Sofer, one of the leading Orthodox rabbis of European Jewry
- Hirsch Bär Fassel, rabbi and philosopher
- Hermann Wassertrilling, Austrian Hebraist
- Solomon H. Sonneschein, Hungarian-American rabbi
- Karel Absolon, archaeologist, paleontologist, and speleologist
- Otakar Kubín, painter and sculptor
- Hermann Ungar, Czech-Jewish writer
- Josef Augusta, paleontologist and geologist
- Tomáš Špidlík, prelate of the Catholic Church
- Josef Koudelka, photographer
Boskovice is twinned with:
