Husův sad, Urban park in Moravská Ostrava, Czech Republic
Husův sad is a park on the site of the former Moravská Ostrava municipal cemetery, bounded by Českobratrská, Dvořákova, Přívozská and Milíčova streets. At its former eastern wall in Dvořákova street stands the Neo-Gothic Chapel of St. Anne, built in 1899–1900 with money from a public collection. The grounds also hold memorials to the fallen of the Battle of Zborov (1927) and of World War II, and a fountain.
The cemetery was founded around 1660 outside the Přívozská Gate, initially for victims of epidemics. From 1784 to 1875 it served as Moravská Ostrava's main municipal cemetery, including a Jewish section. Burials ended in the 1880s and the site became a park in the 1890s. The Neo-Gothic Chapel of St. Anne was built in 1899–1900 with funds from a public collection, commemorating the assassinated Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
The park is named after Jan Hus, the reformer burned at Constance in 1415. Near the former eastern cemetery wall on Dvořákova Street stands the Neo-Gothic Chapel of St. Anne, built in 1899–1900 with money raised by public collection as a memorial to the assassinated Empress Elisabeth of Austria. A memorial to the fallen of the 1927 Battle of Zborov also stands in the grounds.
The park is bounded by Českobratrská, Dvořákova, Přívozská and Milíčova streets on the edge of the historic centre, so it works as a pedestrian shortcut between them. The Neo-Gothic Chapel of St. Anne stands by the former eastern cemetery wall in Dvořákova street. Memorials to the fallen of Zborov (1927) and of World War II, plus a fountain, are inside the grounds.
The park keeps the Neo-Gothic Chapel of St. Anne, built in 1899–1900 with money raised by public collection as a memorial to the assassinated Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It stands by the former eastern cemetery wall on Dvořákova Street.
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