History of Prachatice

Foundation of the Town on the Trade Path	The Decline In 17th Century
14th century	18th Century
Trade With Salt	19th Century
Culture Development	20th Century
15th century - the Hussite Wars	Today - an Urban Restoration Area
Development in 16th century

     In 1719 after the death of Princess Marie Arnostka,the last of the Eggenberks,the whole dominion of Cesky Krumlov including Prachatice was taken over by Adam Frantisek of Schwarzenberk.
     The political and economical situation was also presented in the sphere of the citizen entreprise.The consequence of it was the very weak ability to reconstruct (or build) new houses.So hardly any of the citizen houses was reconstucted in the Baroque style.So among the building monuments of 18th century on the territory of the town can be found only Baroque chapels of St.Jan Nepomucky (by the Lowe Gate) and of St.Antonin Paduansky and of St.Jan Nepomucky (in the space in front of the former Upper Gate).

(Text: Mgr.Jana Koutná using the article of Jan Himler:Prachatice,in: Zprávy památkové péče Praha 1950)