Recreation center and camp Motýlek - Svojanov

Moravská Třebová was founded in the middle of the 13th century. The first written mention concerns the local bailiff (official) and is contained in a document from 1270.

The founder of the future town, Boreš of Rýzmburk, was one of the important species of the Czech King Wenceslas I. After clearing the forest and measuring the town, the incoming settlers began building simple houses, probably made of wood. Medieval houses and the then walls have not been preserved, but we can get an idea of ​​the city from its floor plan. The square with perpendicular streets is a typical work of the 13th century.

The only irregularity in the checkerboard floor plan of the city can be found in its southeast corner. Here, probably since the very foundation of the city, the castle of an aristocratic administrator. It was built into the perimeter walls and was separated from the city by a deep moat. We can only guess what its medieval appearance and fortifications looked like. In any case, it occupied a strategically advantageous place on a slight hill above the Třebůvka river, around which a trade route led. The valley narrowed here and it was necessary to go around it and go around the steep slope of the opposite hill.

Fragments of pottery found during archaeological research prove that this place was inhabited by people in prehistoric times. In the late Bronze Age, they settled here and surrounded their settlement with a moat.

Ladislav Velen basically completed the development of the chateau. Coincidentally, he inherited extensive estates in southern and northern Moravia from his father and uncle (Jan of Boskovice) and thus became the second richest nobleman in the country at the age of ten. In his youth he studied in Germany (Heidelberg), Switzerland (Geneva) and later also in Italy. The reputation of the Renaissance man was confirmed by his active knowledge of four languages ​​(Czech, German, Latin and Italian). It was one of the customs of the nobility at that time to show their nobility and position properly, Ladislav was no exception. That is why the old Boskovice chateau soon became small and had three wings of new buildings built on the site of the former moat in the spirit of contemporary Roman architecture. A substantial part of this building still stands today and is one of the most magnificent buildings of its time in Central Europe.

According to some researchers, the designer of the whole work could have been Giovanni Maria Filippi, who worked in the imperial service at Prague Castle (Matthias Gate). All the work was led by another Italian - Giovanni Motalla from Bonamonte, who settled in Třebová for many years and worked there on various contracts for the city council. The construction probably took place in the years 1611 to 1616, but Ladislav Velen probably did not see its final completion and the work was completed by Charles of Liechtenstein. Ladislav Velen concentrated a number of scholars, artists, stonemasons and alchemists (eg ME Bonacina) on his estate in Moravská Třebová, supported the publishing activities of the Unity of Brethren, financed a number of cultural activities and also knew JA Komenský, who dedicated his famous map of Moravia. All this contributed to the fact that Moravská Třebová was called Moravian Athens.

However, the heyday ended with the Battle of Bílá Hora, Ladislav Velen, as the leader of the Moravian estates, had to emigrate to Silesia, and all his property was confiscated and fell into the possession of his former friend Karel of Liechtenstein.

1270 - the first written mention of the city, Boreš of Rýzmburka had found the city ever before this year, at this time there was a castle on the hill (Třebovské hradisko)

1325 - lords of Lipá. After the extinction of the ancestral branch of the Rýzmburk family, the manor fell as a death to Jan of Luxembourg, who immediately stopped it from Jan Železný of Lipá.

1365 - Jan Jindřich bought the town and the manor - the wording of the registration indicates that the castle was already in the town

1408 - Lords of Kunštátu

1422 - burgraves Bock of the Kunštátu issued castle Silesian army

1464 - in the minutes of the estate Zdenek Postupic talking about the castle in Třebová

1485 - bought the estate of Ladislav Boskovic that its new headquarters devoted special attention - made several structural modifications, expanded the eastern palace, built a chapel

1589 - inherited the estate of Ladislav Velen Žerotína and began building unique front of the castle

1611-1620 - built a massive wide-wing storey building with arcaded walkways decorated with quoins, plinths and window sills are decorated with reliefs semifigures and fanciful heads. We are considering designing the participation of GM Fillipiho, architect Rudolf II, who disappeared after embezzlement from Prague to Moravia. The builder, however, was G. Motalla of Bonamonne

1628 - Motalla after interruption of construction confiscation continues to work, but have to Lichtenstein

1634 - barely finished castle was plundered by the Swedes

1840 - after the fire was most of the early Renaissance (Boskovice) Castle demolished, the remaining east wing was repaired Empire

1945 - nationalization lock

90. 20 years. Wed - Transfer of ownership to the castle, the castle began to reconstruct and make tourists. In the castle there is the Municipal Library and Art School.

Javoříčko - Javoříčské cave

JAVOŘÍČKO:

Javoříčko located in a mountain valley Moravian Highlands, located about 14 km west of Litovle, northwest of the village stream flows Javoříčko, along whose shores were both original homes. They stood up to 5. May 1945 when the bloody tragedy changed the development of the village. The German army burned and destroyed everything that generations of diligent hands bring and murdered the lives of men from the village. There were obscured 38 men, the youngest had 15 years old, the oldest 76.

Women and children had to leave the settlement, cattle drive out of the stables.

Today it is in these places built memorial - sacred place this horrific event. This monument is standing on a pedestal monolithic sculpture of six characters embodying victory. The authors are Jan Triska sculptor and architect Miroslav Putna. The memorial was created in 1955 and in 1978 the monument was declared a national monument.

Javoříčská CAVE: TZ 139

At a distance of about 1 km from the village are very nice and rich stalactite cave. A substantial part of the cave was discovered in 1938, other cuts were gradually explored, especially in the fifties. Currently, it is known through 3,5 km of tunnels, which 788 meters are open to the public. Cave stalactites and stalagmites provide a wide variety of shapes and colors - you'll find interesting giant stalagmites, eccentric krápníčky, straws or six-foot "curtain". The richness of decoration stands out in two large areas - Detritus Cave and the Cave of Giants.