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Town monument zone
The Town Monument Zone in Chrudim
Chrudim can be characterised as one of the highest quality and largest Town Monument Zones in Eastern Bohemia. Expansive complexes of monuments sit in the area of the town, monuments which are very demanding to regenerate from both the technical and financial perspective. The Town Monument Zone was declared in 1990 and has a well-preserved medieval structure that features monumentally significant development with old ramparts. The historic core has retained the position of town centre.
The Town Monument Zone covers an area of 52 ha. There are 98 monuments or properties listed in the register of immovable cultural monuments in the area of the town, 60 of which are owned by the Town of Chrudim.
The Town of Chrudim was nominated by the Association of Historic Seats of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia for the title of "Historic Town of the Year 2002" in a competition to find the best preparation and implementation of the Programme of Regeneration for Town Monument Reserves and Town Monument Zones.
1. The Wiesner House
 
- Masaryk Square No. 55/IV
- Neuperský dvůr is one of the oldest and best known buildings in Jánské District. The house was always occupied by noble families, and it received its name from the Neuperský family who lived there around 1643. In 1871, the house was bought by František Wiesner, the founder of the Wiesner Machine Engineering, later Transporta, company. At his instigation, the building was given its present appearance by František Schmoranz.
2. The Regional Museum
  
 
- Široká Street No. 85/IV a 86/IV
- The Museum was one of the largest cultural investment projects which resulted in the most impressive construction in the history of the town. Based on the plan of architect J. Vejrych, the first neo-renaissance wing was built in 1898, as an Industrial Museum for Eastern Bohemia and later the national history and district museum. In 1901 a new pseudo-Baroque wing was added, which among other things includes a large beautiful hall used for concerts and other social events.
3. The former Koželužský mill - Cloth milling machine
 
- Čs. partyzánů Street No. 4/IV
- The water wheel on the nearby mill was inaugurated on October 28, 2001.
4. The birthplace of Josef Ressel
 
- Široká Street No. 124/I
- A statue to a native of Chrudim, Josef Ressel (1793 - 1857), who is known for his invention of the ship propeller, was erected in front of the museum building in 1924. Josef Ressel´s birthplace, bearing a plaque, can be found in Široká Street.
5. The Khomovský House
6. Old Town Hall
 
- Ressel Square No. 1/I
- The main part of which, the vaulting and the passage through to Fortenská Street, date from around 1560, its Baroque appearance from 1721. The Town Hall was burned down in 1806. When it was rebuilt, the statues of Justice and Mercy were added. The clock was installed in 1836. Punishment by torture used to be carried out in its deep cellars. At various times the cellars were used for prisoners and also to house the town archives, and for a short time also for storing the ammunition of the local garrison. The bell in the tower would announce various proclamations or verdicts of the court. It was the seat of the district court between 1850 - 1927. Take note of the Latin inscription: "This house hates injustice, loves peace, punishes crimes, preserves law and order, and pays homage to honest people."
7. The Pardubice gate
 
- Fortenská Street No. 43/I
- The Pardubice gate is one of the two preserved medieval entrances to the town and was already called old in 1439.
8. The Plaque colum of the Christ´s tranfiguration with fountain
 
- Ressel Square
- Column was erected 1719 - 1732 in gratitude to God because the town escaped the plague of 1713. It was the work of architect Giovanni Santini, Italian sculptor Giovanni Battista Bulla, and Chrudim sculptors Jan Pavel Čechpauer and Ignác Rohrbach.
9. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
  
- Ressel Square
- Church is the dominant feature of the centre and the town. It is believed to have originated in the mid-14th century and its present appearance dates from 1857 - 1880. From a number of interesting facts from the history of this archdeacon cathedral let us mention that prior to the demolition of the fortifications on the east side of the town, one of the towns fortification moats went directly under the presbytery and the main altar.
10. The Capuchin Monastery and garden
  
- Školní Square No. 11/II
- Monastery was founded in 1656. The last monks departed after February 1948. There are several legends connected with the monastery, the best known being that of a monk who was decapitated by a jealous husband.
11. The powder mill bastion
 
- The bastion is in the northeast corner of the town fortifications. It was built in 1435 and was designed for soldiers bearing firearms, thus making it the most recent part of the fortifications. The reconstruction was completed in 2005. At present, it houses an exhibition about the history of the town fortifications.
12. The Church of St. Michael
  
- Tyrš Square
- Church was built in 1519 - 1521 and was earlier surrounded by a graveyard. It was restored during the First World War and it is said that the Archduke Ferdinand d´Este helped finance the project.
13. The New Town Fountain
  
- Žižka Square
- Fountain was built using funds donated by citizens in 1873 and taking material from discarded breastwork of the main church and from a fountain in Heřmanův Městec. The pedestals of statues of St. Ann, Our Lady, St. George, St. Joachim, St. Francis of Seraphim, Saint Eustace, and St. John of Nepomuk carry the emblems of the donators.
14. The house Na Puši
- Žižka Square No. 104/II
- The Na Puši Water Tower was built into the medieval ramparts and bulwarks and for centruies it was part of the water supply system. A water wheel was used to bring water up to be then piped through a distribution system throughout the down.
15. U Vodárny Square
 
- The former waterworks (No. 111/II) were built in 1670 for the purpose of pumping water up to the higher situated parts of the town. A working replica of a water wheel has now been installed there.
16. The Mydlářovský House
  
- Břetislavova Street No. 74/I
- This house is to be found right next to the square at the top of Břetislavova Street and is one of the most prominent buildings in Chrudim. It was given its Renaissance appearance in 1573 - 1577 by a weatlhy citizen named Matěj Mydlář. The building now houses a unique museum of puppets. The attention of every visitor will certainly be arrested straight away by the reliefs on the facade illustrating piety, justice, thrift, strength, peace, war, love, watchfulness and power, as well as by the tower in the form of a minaret.
17. The Rozvodovský house
 
- Ressel Square No. 76/I
- Rozvodovský house with its impressive Empire facade brings to mind the time when its arcades extended along the whole southern side of the square.
18. The birthplace of Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek
 
- Štěpánkova Street No. 89/I
19. The Mouse hole - Ramparts
 
- Štěpánkova Street No. 85/I
- The dark gate, called "Mouse Hole", which back in 1439 was termed "new". It was widened in 1841 and made accessible from below by way of steps and a stone bridge.
20. Labore et Favore
 
- Koželužská Street No. 106/III
21. The Karel Pippich Theatre
 
- Čs. Partyzánů Street 6/IV
- The new municipal theatre from 1934 (the work of Jindřich Freiwald and Jaroslav Böhm) is the illustration of a modern functionalist building. It was built on a site called Roština where the river originally divided into two arms.
22. The Church of St. Catherine
- Havlíčkova Street
- This church was built in the 15th century and reconstructed in 1536 - 1561. On August 6, 1850 a catastrophic fire broke out nearby which, within two days, destroyed 278 buildings in the Catherine and Jánský District due to a combination of unfavourable circumstances. Repairs to the burned out church carried out between 1851 and 1857 unfortunately did not restore the beautiful pyramid roof.
23. The Kotěra´s Villa
 
- Fibichova Street No. 27/III
- The Kotěra´s Villa, designed by architect Jan Kotěra, was built in 1907.
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