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Jihlava / Iglau - north-west of Brno / Brünn

by globetrott

Jihlava / Iglau is a rather big town , about 60km north-west of Brno / Brünn, and not far from the highway to Prague.One of my grandmothers came from Milicov - close to Jihlava / Iglau.For that reason I came there already once in communiste times, about 1978 in order to search for relatives. We stayed in a hotel in Jihlava and I was really impressed by the great town-square of the 1st city I could explore in Tschechoslovakia.When I returned in summer 2004 I have to admit, it was nice, especially the old tower of the wall, but on the total - and after having seen so many much more beautiful towns in Czechia - I was a bit disappointed...Jihlava / Iglau might be a good place for a stop-over, when you are in the area around Brno or visit Telc, Znojmo etc.

TELC / Teltsch

by globetrott

Telc / Teltsch is a small village of only 6000 inhabitants, 75 Km west of Brno / Brünn.The UNESCO declared the town-square of Telc to be a "World heritage" , as it consists only of beautiful and unique baroque buildings.You need about 10 minutes to walk from the big parking to the historic town-square of Telc.You will walk by a lovely lake and see the monastery of Telc first.Then you enter a gate and will get into a completely different world, full of great baroque buildings !The town-square - called namesti Zachariase z Hradce / Zarachias von Neuhaus-Platz - is made like a giant triangle.In 1530 the town burned down and had to be rebuilt completely new. This is one of the reasons , why all of the buildings seem to be built by the same architect, although they are all different .It is absolutely worth to walk to the very end of the town-square, far behind the plague-column.There, at the...