Boskovice

The area of the historic town centre, Jewish quarter, château complex and castle ruin is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.

After 1848, The Jewish community of Boskovice has become a politically independent town with its own mayor.

[3][4] Until 1918, Boskowitz – Boskovice was part of Austria-Hungary, head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.

[8] Boskovice is connected with Skalice nad Svitavou with a short railway of local importance.

It is a music festival that aims to draw the public's attention to the existence of this monument and to help save it.

The Jewish ghetto is located next to the historic centre on an area of around 5 hectares (12 acres).

In the early 18th century, several outbuildings were added, but it was soon abandoned, and in the 1830s the castle was dismantled for the construction of buildings in the town.

A technical monument is a 26-metre (85 ft) deep well powered by a wooden pedal wheel, the only functional in the country.

[12] The Boskovice Château was originally a Dominican monastery, rebuilt in 1819–1826 into an Empire style residence.

The château complex includes a large Neoclassical greenhouse from 1826–1829, a unique building of its type, and a neo-Gothic riding hall.

Today this simple Baroque building houses the Boskovice Region Museum.

Boskovice Reservoir
Boskovice Castle
Synagogue
Boskovice Château
Church of Saint James the Great