Jihlava - Jihlava

Iglau-Jesuitenkirche-Rathaus2.jpg
Jihlava - Iglau
Region (kraj)Kraj Vysočina
Residents
51.216 (2020)
height
523 m
no tourist info on Wikidata: Add tourist information
location
Location map of the Czech Republic
Reddot.svg
Jihlava

Jihlava (German: Iglau) is a city in Moravia and capital of the administrative region Vysočina.

background

getting there

Map of Jihlava

By plane

Jihlava is about halfway between Prague and Brno and thus the airports of both cities are about the same distance from Jihlava. However, there is a much better range of scheduled flights from Prague Airport.

By train

Despite its importance, the city can only be reached by regional trains. There are a few direct trains from Pilsen and Ceske Budejovice; Coming from Znojmo you usually have to change in Okřišky, coming from Prague or Brno in Havličkův Brod.

By bus

In the street

  • The D1 Prague-Brno motorway (E50, E65) passes the city about 10 km north, exit 112 Pávov / Jihlava. The feeder road to the city is also expanded like a motorway.
  • Fernstrasse 38 / E59 Havličkův Brod - Jihlava - Znojmo - Vienna: From Vienna via A22-S3-B303 and the border crossing at Kleinhaugsdorf via Znojmo. The road is largely a two-lane country road with through-town roads, but has already been expanded as an expressway in some areas with bypasses and viaducts.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

St. Jacob's Church

The historic city center has been an urban monument reserve since 1982.

Churches

  • 1  St. Jacob's Church (kostel sv. Jakuba). St. Jakobskirche in the encyclopedia WikipediaSt. Jakobskirche in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsSt. Jakobskirche (Q12030751) in the Wikidata database.A Gothic three-aisled hall church with two towers is the main church of the city; Founded in 1243. Large bell in the south tower (approx. 7400 kg, 1564).
  • 2  Jesuit Church of St. Ignatius (kostel sv. Ignáce s jezuitskou kolejí, seminářem a gymnáziem), next to the town hall. Jesuit Church of St. Ignatius in the Wikipedia encyclopediaJesuit Church of St. Ignatius in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsJesuit Church of St. Ignatius (Q12030735) in the Wikidata database.With two towers including a Jesuit college (), built 1680-1727 by Jacopo Braschi. In the nave, flat side chapels and oratories in Jesuit style on both sides.
  • 3  Former Dominican monastery with Holy Cross Church (Kostel Povýšení svatého Kříže) Former Dominican monastery with Holy Cross Church in the Wikipedia encyclopediaFormer Dominican monastery with Holy Cross Church in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsFormer Dominican monastery with Holy Cross Church (Q17516241) in the Wikidata database
  • 4  Church of the Assumption (klášter minoritský s kostelem Panny Marie). Church of the Assumption in the Wikipedia encyclopediaChurch of the Assumption in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsChurch of the Assumption (Q12030332) in the Wikidata database.Monastery church of the former Minorite monastery near the Mother of God Gate, 13th century, three-aisled choir and ribbed vault.
  • 5  Church of St. John the Baptist (Kostel sv. Jana Křtitele) Church of St. John the Baptist in the Wikipedia encyclopediaChurch of St. John the Baptist in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryChurch of St. John the Baptist (Q12030782) in the Wikidata database
  • 6  Mount of Olives and Holy Spirit Chapel (kostel sv. Ducha) Mount of Olives and Holy Spirit Chapel in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMount of Olives and Holy Spirit Chapel in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryMount of Olives and Holy Spirit Chapel (Q17977) in the Wikidata database
  • 7  Evangelical Paulus Church (Kostel apoštola Pavla) Evangelical Pauluskirche in the encyclopedia WikipediaEvangelical Pauluskirche in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsEvangelical Pauluskirche (Q27530928) in the Wikidata database

Buildings

Ringplatz with St. Ignatius Church, Town Hall and Neptune Fountain
  • 8  Ring seat (Masarykovo náměstí). Ring place in the encyclopedia WikipediaRing space in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsRingplatz (Q12035993) in the Wikidata database.Ensemble of several town houses with arcades from the 13th-16th centuries Century, the square has an area of ​​almost 37 hectares. 36,653 square meters).
  • 9  town hall (radnice). Town hall in the encyclopedia WikipediaCity hall in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsCity Hall (Q24707779) in the Wikidata database.16th Century.
Mother of God Gate
  • City walls, 14th century, largely preserved. Of the original five city gates, only this is left 10 Mother of God GateMother of God Gate in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMother of God Gate in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMother of God Gate (Q17516239) in the Wikidata database (Brána Matky Boží), the symbol of the city.

Monuments

  • 11  Mariensäule (plague column), at the Ringplatz. Mariensäule (plague column) in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMarian column (plague column) (Q37323022) in the Wikidata database.Erected 1686–1691 in place of the medieval pillory out of gratitude for overcoming the plague; Jacopo and Agostino Braschi. The Marian column is lined with statues of St. Francis Xaverius, St. Joseph, St. Sebastian and St. James by the baroque artist Antonio Laghi.
  • 12 Fountain of NeptuneFountain of Neptune in the Wikipedia encyclopediaNeptune Fountain in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryFountain of Neptune (Q37322852) in the Wikidata database and 13 Amphitrite fountainAmphitrite fountain in the Wikipedia encyclopediaAmphitrite fountain in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAmphitrite well (Q37323320) in the Wikidata database at the Ringplatz.

Museums

  • 14  Gustav Mahler House (měšťanský dům), Znojemská ul. 4. Gustav Mahler House in the Wikipedia encyclopediaGustav Mahler House (Q17516240) in the Wikidata database.Gustav Mahler's childhood home.

various

  • 15  catacombs. Catacombs in the Wikipedia encyclopediaCatacombs in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryCatacombs (Q3488058) in the Wikidata database.50,000 square meters and a length of approx. 25 km, the second largest underground labyrinth system in the Czech Republic after Znojmo. From the 14th century, the tunnels were cut in two to three storeys at a depth of 2 to 14 m in the rock below the city.
  • 16  Jewish Cemetery. Jewish cemetery in the Wikipedia encyclopediaJewish cemetery in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsJewish cemetery (Q10287457) in the Wikidata database.With some monumental tombstones, including the tombstone of Gustav Mahler's parents.

activities

shop

  • Big Tesco supermarket, on Brnĕnská.

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

health

Practical advice

trips

literature

Web links

Article draftThe main parts of this article are still very short and many parts are still in the drafting phase. If you know anything on the subject be brave and edit and expand it so that it becomes a good article. If the article is currently being written to a large extent by other authors, don't be put off and just help.