Archiv města Hradec Králové

Archiv města Hradec Králové 

The first record dates from 1225. In 1851, Hradec Králové was declared an independent town. During the Nazi occupation, Hradec was transformed into the so-called Great Hradec Králové absorbing the adjacent small towns and suburbs. At the head of the city there was the city committee with the mayor. In 1945, the Revolutionary National Committee was established. Jewish settlement had existed there since the 14th century. The modern religious community was established in 1860, being restored after World War II. The first synagogue was built in the years 1888-1905, the new synagogue then in the years 1904-1905. Its interior was adapted for the State Scientific Library in 1960. In the city there is a cemetery founded in 1877. 

Archiv města Hradec Králové