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Nepomuk (Czech pronunciation:; German: Pomuk) is a town in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. It is known as the birthplace of Saint John of Nepomuk, who was born here around 1340 and whose statue can be seen on the town square.
John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (Czech: Jan Nepomucký; German: Johannes Nepomuk; Latin: Ioannes Nepomucenus) (c. 1345 – 20 March 1393) was a saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia.
St. John of Nepomuk (born c. 1345, Nepomuk, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]—died March 20, 1393, Prague; canonized 1729; feast day May 16) was one of the patron saints of the Czechs who was murdered during the bitter conflict of church and state that plagued Bohemia in the latter 14th century.
The birthplace of the saint, a large Baroque church designed by the famous Baroque architect Kilian Ignatius Dientzenhofer and the Baroque chateau of Zelená Hora - all this can be admired in Nepomuk, a town situated south of Plzeň in West Bohemia.
The Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk (Czech: Poutní kostel svatého Jana Nepomuckého) at Zelená hora (meaning "Green Hill", German: Grünberg) is a religious building at the edge of Žďár nad Sázavou, Czech Republic, near the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia.
The pilgrimage town of Nepomuk, birthplace of the best-known saint of the Czech Baroque, St. John of Nepomuk, offers a wide variety of experiences. You can visit one of the 4 local museums, see the Church of St. John of Nepomuk, or take a stroll down the Municipal Educational Trail or the Zelená Hora Educational Trail.
May 7, 2019 · Rough Guides Editors. updated 05.07.2019. Share. As you shuffle along with your fellow tourists round the chancel of Prague’s main cathedral, there’s not a lot to see beyond the remains of a few medieval Czech kings with unpronounceable names – Břetislav, Spytihněv, Bořivoj.
