Welcome to the Town of
Zdar nad Sazavou

Western Moravia Region of Czech Republic

(approx. 138 kilometers from Prague)

West-Moravian Zdar nad Sazavou (Saar an der Sazawa) town is situated at the frontier of Moravia and Bohemia in the centre of the Zdarske vrchy (protected landscape area) in Ceskomoravska Vysocina (Bohemian-Moravian Highland) region of Czech Republic. Town has about 24000 inhabitants. History of the town is closely associated with the development of the Cistercian monastery in Zdar and dates back to the 2nd half of the 13th century. It is an industrial town developed from a settlement of miners and charcoal-burners near the banks of the Sazava river. The settlement early became a small market town and in 1607, Cardinal Frantisek of Dietrichstejn promoted the small town of Zdar to a town and granted it new privileges. The heart of the town is a square with the town hall. The dominant feature of Zdar nad Sazavou is Zelena hora - the forested hill with the Church of St. John of Nepomuk.

The Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk on Zelena hora (Green Hill) is a unique architectural monument, which (as the first building in the Czech Republic) was included on the Word Heritage of UNESCO in December 1994. The church at Green Hill is the masterpiece of Jan Blazej Santini-Aichel, famous Italian architect born in Prague. This Santini's unique work of art and indisputably the most original and individual building is designed in the Baroque-Gothic style. The construction was started in 1719 and finished in 1722. In the same year it was consecrated as well. The church was built in honour of John of Nepomuk (Jan Nepomucky in Czech, originally Jan of Pomuk) the new national saint of Bohemia...

Czech Travel Accommodation in Zdar nad Sazavou

Hotel Jehla, Hotel Fit, Talsky Mlyn Hotel, Grunt Hotel, Na Stezce Pension B&B, Hotel H, U Labute Hotel, Penzion V Kapli Bed & Breakfast, Morava Boarding House

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