Model of the square
A square, in Czech lands often called “rynk”, has always been a centre of a town. Since the founding of the town, the best places of the square belonged to the most famous and richest citizens. The shape of the square used to be most often a triangle, square or rectangle. Although the square was the most important part of a town, a level of hygiene and a nice look started to be taken as an important thing not until 15th century. This is the period of time when paving appeared.
Map of Boskovice
The old map that you can see in this picture shows Boskovice during the late 19th century. We can see two important buildings on the square – town hall and church. The source of the water was a fountain which was in the middle of the square.
The typical look of the Late medieval house is a multi-storey building
There were several sections – cellar, ground floor which served as a place for pub, shop or craft, and living rooms which were located on the first floor. It was possible to go through the town during rain and not to be wet, because arcades were parts of houses.
A preserved ground floor of one of the houses in Boskovice.
Drawing depicting Boskovice in 1728, which was used as an example for woodcarver Jiří Vraj who created the model of the city.
One of the oldest photographs depicting the local square. You can see there a religious celebration.
As you can see, discounts have always been a part of the business.
Due to historical photos we know which kinds of shops were located on the square during the first half of the 20th century. We can see there a shoe shop Baťa, clothes shop, bank and tobacco shop.
….and there is a draper, chemist and pub.
History of a house - oral history.
Archiv pomocného historického materiálu MRB
České město ve středověku
http://oldmaps.geolab.cz/map_viewer.pl?lang=cs&map_root=1vm&map_region=…
Veduta města Boskovice z roku 1728. AMB, fond V 3, Knihovna Mitrovského, Hofferiana, sbírka vedut moravských měst. Boskovice. http://veduta-art.cz/?part1=mapy-veduty&part2=21-Hofferiana&part3=66-Bo…
