Boskovice

The town is in the Drahanská Highlands, about 30 to 40 kilometres (19 to 25 mi) north of Brno, the most important city of Moravia.

Boskovice was probably founded in the 11th century and received its town charter in the 14th century. It used to have one of the largest Jewish communities in Moravia.

Until 1918, Boskowitz - Boskovice (Boskowiz in 1850[2]) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.[3]

In 1918, Boskovice became part of independent Czechoslovakia. The period of German occupation lasted from March 1939 until May 1945. During this time, Boskovice was administered as a part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

• Ruin of a 13th-century Gothic castle
• St. Jacob's church
• The Empire Chateau
• The Jewish cemetery of Boskovice which belongs to the largest ones in the Czech Republic, founded in the 17th century
• The Big Synagogue

The large Jewish community lived in a Jewish town from which several houses were preserved, a synagogue, a Jewish cemetery and one original gate.

• Unijazz Praha - a festival held regularly every year in July
• Hradhouse Festival - a dance festival held regularly every year, usually in August

• Moses Sofer (1762–1839), one of the leading Orthodox rabbis of European Jewry
• Hirsch Bär Fassel (1802–1883), rabbi and philosopher
• Hermann Wassertrilling (18??–1887), Austrian Hebraist
• Solomon H. Sonneschein (1839–1908), Hungarian-American rabbi
• Karel Absolon (1877–1960), archaeologist, paleontologist, and speleologist
• Otakar Kubín (1883–1969), painter and sculptor
• Hermann Ungar (1893–1929), Czech-Jewish writer
• Josef Augusta (1903–1968), paleontologist and geologist
• Tomáš Špidlík (1919–2010), prelate of the Catholic Church
• Josef Koudelka (1938), photographer

Boskovice is twinned with:[4]

• Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland
• Levice, Slovakia
• Frasnes-lez-Anvaing, Belgium
• Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  Boskovice Castle
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  Entry gate to Boskovice Castle
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  Boskovice Chateau
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  Tower of the old town hall
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  St. James church
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  Museum
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  The greenhouse in the chateau
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  Riding hall
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  Synagogue
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  Jewish cemetery
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  Jewish house
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  Jewish gate
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  A view at the eastern part of the town
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  Water reservoir
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  River Bělá
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  Breed of horses

• Frankenstein's Aunt

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boskovice.

• Municipal website (in Czech)
• Short history of Boskovice
• Boskovice - castle, chateau, The Residence - history, photos, plans
• Vocal quartet FÓR