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Princely House

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The house stands next to the former bishop's mint. It is first mentioned in writing only in 1621, but it stood here earlier, as shown by its Renaissance portal from the end of the 16th century. It was home to officials of the prince-bishop – hence the name Princely House (Knížecí dům).

On the opposite side of the street stood Heppner's inn, a social centre of Kroměříž in the revolutionary years. In 1847 the first Czech beseda (social evening) was held there, at which Tyl's song Kde domov můj (Where Is My Home, today the Czech national anthem) was sung for the first time in Kroměříž. During the Kroměříž Diet its members met here; on 14 December 1848 a large Serbian delegation met the Slavic deputies in Heppner's hall. After the Slavic Congress in Prague it was the most important political meeting of the Slavs of that time. On the Czech side it was attended by Palacký, Rieger, Havlíček, Tyl, Tomek, Brauner, Presl and others.

The house is part of the Kroměříž Urban Heritage Reserve.

Trips around this place

Interesting places nearby

Restaurace Sladovna

Na Sladovnách 1576/1, 767 01 Kroměříž

A restaurant on Na Sladovnách Street serving modern and traditional Czech cuisine from regional ingredients, with a weekday lunch menu and beer from the Záhlinice brewery.

Maximilian Fountain

Na Kopečku 20, 767 01 Kroměříž

A Classicist building with a fountain from 1838, part of the Maximilian waterworks that brought water to the town from springs on the slope of Barbořina Hill. It is also known as Max's Waterworks.

Bishop's Brewery

Na kopečku 1537, 767 01 Kroměříž

The former bishop's brewery at Na Kopečku below the Mill Gate, whose history goes back to the 16th century. Beer was brewed here for the bishop's court and the villages of his estates.