How do you perceive Jan Žižka’s personality when you are practically surrounded by him?

I am inspired a lot by Petr Čornej’s latest research and the results of his research. My colleagues and I try to present Žižka permanently in our permanent exhibition. Currently, we also have a medium-term exhibition that lasts until June next year. It is intended directly for children to understand Žižka’s time.

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We try to perceive him as a significant, perhaps one of the most significant personalities of our history, and at the same time in the context and significance in which he entered history – as an invincible military leader who was respected in this sense by the subordinates of his army. We also try to understand Žižka’s myth or a whole series of mythologies and instrumentalizations that have come in modern history.

Let’s speculate a little. What would the Hussite movement and our history look like in the 15th century if the didn’t Jan Žižka build the heads of the Hussites?

They would probably go in a different direction. Although there were a number of very capable hetmans in the Hussite wars, probably there would not have been such a number of successes in the first phase of the Hussite wars. The Hussite Camp would perhaps have fallen as early as 1420, thus this radical base of Hussites would not have been strong enough.

Sigismund of Luxemburg would probably have become king of Bohemia much earlier and there would have been no result, which was the Basel Compact, which in a weakened form mediated the program of the four articles of Prague.

What was Žižka’s great military strategy that he never lost a battle? It probably wasn’t just about charisma…

It was mainly about great experience and clairvoyance. He was able to make decisions quickly and decisively when the battle was going somewhere, it was necessary to change something and take action. At the same time, he was able to quickly estimate when he would take too many unnecessary risks. He didn’t get into encounters where he knew in advance that he wouldn’t stand a chance. Thus he avoided defeat.

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We must look at Jan Žižka mainly in the context of the time in which he lived. Tell me which questions around him are still unanswered or satisfactorily answered?

It is a whole series of issues, because we do not know his life without a gap. In the time before the Hussite revolution at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, it disappears from our horizon for 15 to 20 years. One big question arises here. It is assumed that he gained military experience abroad, but we do not know on which battlefields.

Another big question is how the turnaround happened, when Žižka was first a servant of Jindřich of Rožmberk, then declared hostility to him. Another question is the operation of the Lochk group of Matěj Řídje, of which he was a member.

We also do not know to what extent he participated in the Polish-Lithuanian War against the Teutonic Knights. We know that he was there and was by the side of Jan Sokol from Lamberk. However, we cannot satisfactorily and 100% prove that he fought directly at the Battle of Grunwald, although we can assume this with high probability.

This year, Petr Kolář surprised us with a new record called Tajný lísta, because he sang it only with acoustic accompaniment. “A person of my age simply does not like so much noise anymore. When we play in churches, the atmosphere is nicer and more open, and the text and message are heard more. I can’t imagine us making noise with electricity there.”

Why does the Secret Places tour take place mainly in churches? “The manager and I have been devising this concept for a long time. Even though I don’t usually go to church, I like them. In addition, I am baptized and the space breathes a certain calmness on me. A lot of people at concerts sit in the pews, so we try to get them singing and dancing too. I do it as a form of such humble entertainment.’

Part of the proceeds go towards repairs

His concerts helped a number of churches. “We always give part of the proceeds to the repairs of the given church. We choose places that are forgotten, that the church does not care about. Or they are in private hands and someone fixes them because they care. I had no idea that there were so many dilapidated little churches that needed to be repaired.”

“They are secret places for me, but actually also for the people who come there. Those places are often far from the city and you have to drive there. I always ask people at concerts if it meant anything to them. Most of the time, people will tell you that they do and that they are happy. A person goes abroad and discovers the world, and at the same time there is such beauty behind the hummocks.”

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The romance of the clip Secret places

The new record also includes the song of the same name, Secret places, for which the well-known singer shot a romantic video clip. There is a lot of nature, romance and fire in the clip.

“Water, air, fire are elements that influence us and give us something. One should take from it what is good for him. But who will actually tell you? One has to somehow mature for that, usually it is age. But the truth is that some don’t even grow up to it with age, because they don’t have a relationship with it,” adds Alex and a guest in the program.

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At first glance, it looks like a huge mitten, or mitten, with the inscription Fresh bag. It holds half a standard loaf of bread. “It’s a prototype. Two sizes should go into production, one for a classic oval loaf and one for a Šumava-type loaf and the like,” explains Roman Knížek, head of the textile evaluation department at the Faculty of Textiles of the Technical University in Liberec.

The bag has a rubber band, the opening folds over and the bread stays fresh. “It should last 5 to 9 days, it depends on the type of bread,” adds Roman Knížek

They tested the fresh bag with practical tests. They prepared a prototype, bought bread and tested it. About 4 prototypes were made before they got the right type of bag. “An optimal climate must be created there. When Mrs. Gaspárová approached me to develop a bag for the bread for her, I thought that it would be right away. I have a membrane like this in a drawer, we’ll take it out and do it. But the bread lasted in that bag like in any other bag, even a plastic one,” the scientist explains.

The membrane they used first was the most vapor permeable and that is not good for baked goods. The fourth type, with a minimally vapor-permeable membrane, proved to be ideal for baked goods. But the bag is not only made of membrane.

“There are three materials. The top that can be seen is just. Inside the bag is a membrane laminated to the warp knit. The warp knit is there for the reason that pastries and some breads have sharp crusts so they don’t damage the membrane,” explains Roman Knížek.

The fresh bag, i.e. bag for pastries, was created based on demand. “Ms. Gáspárová from the Invala company, which runs sheltered workshops, among other sewing workshops, turned to the experts from our department. In addition to sewing for third parties, they wanted to come to the market with some product of their own,” said university spokesman Radek Pirkl.

How many breads and rolls failed the test? Listen to the report by editor Tomáš Mařas.