SW corner of the Žižka square as viewed from the church tower.

Tábor is a city of the Czech Republic, in the South Bohemian Region. Population: 37,000. The name of the city translates to "camp" or "encampment" in the Czech language. National motto: Truth prevails (Czech: Pravda vítězí) Official language Czech Capital Praha (Prague) President Václav Klaus Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 114th 78,866 km² 2% Population  - Total (2003)  - Density Ranked 76th 10. ... South Bohemian Region (in Czech Jihočeský kraj) is an administrative unit (kraj) of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. ... The Czech language is one of the West Slavic languages, along with Slovak, Polish, Pomeranian, and Sorbian. ...

The town was founded in 1420 by the most radical wing of the Hussites, who soon became known as the Taborites. The town is iconic for the years in which it flourished as an egalitarian peasant commune. This spirit is celebrated in Smetana's Song of Freedom, made famous in the English-speaking world by Paul Robeson's recording in Czech and English. Events May 21 - Treaty of Troyes. ... The Hussites comprised an early Protestant Christian movement, followers of Jan Hus. ... A Taborite (Czech Táborita) was a member of religious protestant community of the Bohemian city of Tábor during the Hussite Wars in the 15th century The people joined local peasants to develop a communist-like society. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...

The town is situated on the summit of an isolated hill separated from the surrounding country by the Luznice stream and by an extensive pond, to which the Hussites gave the biblical name of Jordan. The historical importance of the city of Tabor only ceased when it was captured by King George of Podebrady in 1452. Lužnice (Lainsitz in German) is river in Czech Republic (204 km) starting in Austria (4 km). ... This article is about the Jordan River in western Asia. ... George of Kunštát and Podebrady, also known as Podebrad or Podiebrad (Czech: Jiří z Poděbrad), King of Bohemia (1458-1471), was the first King in Europe to renounce the Catholic faith when he adopted the religion of Jan Hus. ... Events October - English troops under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, land in Guyenne and retake most of the province without a fight. ...

Though a large part of the ancient fortifications has been demolished, Tabor (or Hradiste Hory Tabor, the castle of the Tabor Hill, as it was called in the Hussite period) has still preserved many memorials of its past fame. In the centre of the city is the Zizka Sqare. Only very narrow streets lead to it, to render the approach to it more difficult in time of war. First-time visitors may not even suspect that there is an ingenious labyrinth of tunnels under the houses and streets here. The townspeople dug cellars under their houses and these were subsequently interconnected; a section of the tunnel system is open to the public.

In the centre of the square is the statue of Jan Zizka, the greatest of the Hussite leaders. Here also is the Dean Church of Lord's Conversion on Mount Tabor, built in 1516 in the style of the Bohemian Renaissance, and the town hall, in connection with which a museum has been founded, which contains interesting memorials of the Hussite period, such as farm-carts which doubled as battle waggons. Some parts of the ancient fortifications and the ancient Kotnov tower still exist. Jan Zizka (or John Zizka from Trocnov, Czech: Jan Žižka z Trocnova) (c. ... Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ...

External links

• Official Website (http://old.tabor.cz/1ja/index.htm)
• The tunnels, with photo (http://old.tabor.cz/1ja/1historie/8.htm)