The royal town of Litoměřice

Historical landmarks

• The Old Town Hall
• All Saints Church
• Art Gallery
• Baroque Mill
• Bastion called "Baba"
• Bishop's Residence
• Bridge Hill
• Buildings on Roosevelt Street
• City Wall Bastion
• City Walls and Bastions
• Courthouse and Prison
• Diocese Gallery and Museum
• Dlouhá Street and Dlouhá Gate
• Episcopal Litom??ice
• Executioner's House
• Fortifications and Parklands
• Fountains
• House "Na Vikárce"
• Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady
• Jesuit Observatory
• Jesuit Staircase
• K. H. Mácha Theatre
• Peace Square
• Plague Column
• The evangelical church
• The Gothic Twin
• The House "U Kalicha"
• The House of "At the Black Eagle"
• The Chapel of St. John the Baptist
• The Church of St. Jacob
• The Church of St. Ludmila
• The Church of St. Vojt?ch
• The Church of St. Wenceslas
• The Royal Castle

Bridge Hill

Many locals call it the Greasy Hill ("Mastná hora") but the correct name derives from the word "bridge" ("most" in Czech) because the hill was used in the 18th century to transport timber for the construction of the local Baroque bridge. In the Austro-Hungarian Empire, its official name was "Emperor Francis Joseph's Hill". After 1918 it was renamed as the Freedom Hill. In 1910, a tourist restaurant was built on the hill in the German Romantic style, from the initiative of the Movement for the Development of Litom??ice, esp. its director Vilhelm Maier. The tower had three functions: it was used as a fire-warning tower, military watchtower and a meteorological station. The project was designed by architect Viktor Kraus and the construction was carried out by Krause-Poselt constructions. In 1934 Krause-Poselt built an additional restaurant (with a terrace and a ball room) and a garden pavillion. After the war the building was owned by the city; in 1955 it was included into the state-run restaurant chain. In 1990 the city acquired the building in restitution and later sold it; the new owner initiated a restoration based on the original design.