Turnov was founded around 1250 by Jaroslav and Havel of Markvartice on a spur of rock overlooking the Jizera River. A Dominican cloister was founded by Saint Zdislava, wife of Sir Havel. During the later medieval period, Turnov came into the possession of the Wartenberg and Smiřický noble houses.
Oct 22, 2019 · The town of Turnov was founded around the year 1250 by Jaroslav and Havel of the Markvartic family. It is located on the Jizera River where ...
It is also known as Turnovo, Tsarevgrad or Turnov, and is a city with over 7000 years of history. Constituent assembly in Turnovo Tarnovo by Felix Kanitz ...
Muzeum Českého ráje (The Museum of Bohemian Paradise) in Turnov was established in 1886 and was one of the first Czech museums outside Prague.
It was 1953 when 127 jewelry makers from Turnov started to work together in one jewelry workshop in order to continue the traditional production of garnet ...
Aug 21, 2018 · 1647 The Jews built a new synagogue and a Jewish school next to it in what is now Krajířova Street (on a different site than where the synagogue ...
Turnov contributed two prominent historians to the modern Czech humanities – Josef Pekař and Josef Vítězslav Šimák and philosopher Jan Patočka. The exposition ...
Aug 6, 2023 · The town was founded in the 13th century by Jaroslav and Havel from the Markvartic family on a headland above Jizera river.
history. This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Turnov (Turnau) in Bohemia, Czech Republic. The History of Jews in Turnov.
The first aim of this project was to uncover the history of the cemetery, and to list and translate the 568 tombstones of the Jewish cemetery in Turnov.