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Jan Amos Komenský

John Amos Comenius

(SE Moravia 1592 - Amsterdam 1670)
Moravian teacher, educator, philosopher and writer
(Wikipedia)

Josef Strachovský & O. Fiedler
1910

Description

Stone statue of Comenius with in his left hand a book titled didactica.

In Kunvald the Unity of the Brethen was founded. Comenius was the last bishop of the Brethren. In the original congregation building is now a museum for the of Unity of the Brethen and John Amos Comenius. The statue was sculptured by O. Fiedler and J. Svoboda after a model by J. Strachovsky in 1910.

Inscription(s)

Jan Amos
Komenský
pruní povĕdĕl,
"že učiti se mají
všichni všemu
jazykem mateřským,

školu povznesl
na dínu lidskosti,

"didaktikou" ukázal
jak rozsvĕcovati
svĕtlo rozumu.

V tĕchto Místech bylo Pohřebištĕ A
Farní Sbor Nejstarší Osady
ČESKÝCH BRATŘI".

Je jichž Pruním Biskupem Byl Matĕj z Kunvaldu (1442-1500)
A Posledním J.A. Komenský. Arciučitel Narodů.
"Postaveno Pĕčí Orčanů Kunvaldských" 1910.

(Translation wanted)

Signature

o fiedler

Artists

O. Fiedler
Josef Strachovský (Kutná Hora 1850 - Vinohrady 1913), Czech sculptor (Wikimedia).

Location (N 50°7'17" - E 16°30'8") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpa001; Photograph: 3 September 2012
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