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Max Švabinský's Birthplace

Max Švabinský's Birthplace

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Since time immemorial, the house on Jánská Street was the rear wing of houses whose fronts face the parallel Kovářská Street. From the 17th century soap-making workshops operated here for generations – the soap makers Martin Pryčaj, František Vybíral, Josef Zeman and František Maturek are recorded, and in 1870 the house was inherited by Maturek's daughter, Mrs Thierry by marriage.

In the rear wing facing Jánská Street, Max Švabinský, later a National Artist, was born here on 17 September 1873. The family moved away in his early childhood – first to the Matouš house at the edge of Vodní Street, then to the Hütter family by the Morava river and finally to the old Franciscan monastery, still known as Octárna today.

Švabinský returned to Jánská Street as a pupil of the elementary school. It was located opposite his birthplace in the building of the former Liechtenstein singing seminary, which the town bought on condition that it would serve education. For many years the Božena Němcová school was based there.

The building is part of the Kroměříž urban heritage reserve.

Interesting places nearby

Liechtenstein Seminary

Jánská ulice 27/12, 767 01 Kroměříž

A late 17th-century Baroque building in Jánská street where, for two centuries, the Piarists brought up choirboys supported by a foundation of Bishop Liechtenstein.

Piarist Grammar School Building

Pilařova 8/2, 767 01 Kroměříž

The Baroque building of the former Piarist grammar school on the corner of Pilařova and Jánská streets, built in 1694–1698 to a design by Giovanni Pietro Tencalla.

Academy – cafe&coctail bar

Kovářská 13/12a, 767 01 Kroměříž

Café and cocktail bar on Kovářská Street in the centre of Kroměříž. Italian coffee, homemade cakes including gluten-free ones, seasonal cocktails and a wide choice of rums and gins.

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