PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nachtmannová, Alena
AU  - Razím, Vladislav
TI  - Early Termination of the Žebrák Town Walls
DP  - 2021 Jun 15
TA  - Památky středních Čech
PG  - 71--76
VI  - 35
IP  - 1
AID - 10.56112/psc.2021.1.07
IS  - 08621586
AB  - The town of Žebrák (Beroun region) is rather noteworthy for several events related to its medieval fortification. In 1377, the royal officials ruthlessly extracted stone for the construction of the town walls from the fields of the local pastor and destroyed them. When the walls were erected, partial urban changes provoked a quick response from the burghers who partly occupied the land of the same pastor. In 1532, Žebrák suffered from a severe night fire and King Ferdinand I, who spent a night there, escaped it at the last minute. The fire - as well as further disasters - caused such substantial damage to the fortification that it fell into disrepair before the end of the Thirty Years' War. Apparently, this type of municipal fortification deterioration was not unusual in the Czech lands.