#bohemia

Kingdom Come: Deliverance and its sequel are set in forty real places in Bohemia. The first game uses twelve of them, the sequel the other twenty eight, and no place appears in both. The two furthest apart are 78 km from each other.

Kutná Hora and its Sedlec Ossuary, the monastery at Sázava, Trosky Castle in the Bohemian Paradise, and villages as small as Mrchojedy, Vraník and Stará Lhota.

These are narrative location statements on Wikidata rather than filming locations, because a game is filmed nowhere. Every place links back to the record it came from.

On August 4, 1306, Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, the last ruler of the Přemyslid dynasty, was assassinated at the age of 16 in Olomouc, Moravia. His death brought an abrupt end to one of Central Europe’s oldest royal houses, which had ruled Bohemia for more than four centuries.

Wenceslaus had inherited the thrones of Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland, but his short reign was marked by political instability and struggles to maintain control over his territories. While preparing a military campaign to reclaim his influence in Poland, the young king was murdered under mysterious circumstances. The identity and motives of his assassin remain uncertain, though political rivals were suspected.

Blanche of Valois, Queen of Bohemia and the first wife of King Charles IV, died on August 1, 1348, during one of the most devastating periods in medieval history. Born into the powerful French royal House of Valois, Blanche was the daughter of Charles of Valois and a close relative of the French kings.

Blanche married the future Emperor Charles IV in 1329, helping strengthen political ties between France and the Luxembourg dynasty. As queen, she played an important role at the Bohemian court and was known for her intelligence, piety, and support of her husband’s ambitions.

Her death came shortly after the outbreak of the Black Death, which was spreading across Europe, though the exact cause of her death is uncertain. Blanche was only in her early thirties, leaving Charles IV a widower before he later remarried.

On July 30, 1419, Prague witnessed one of the most dramatic acts of political rebellion in medieval Europe: the First Defenestration of Prague. A group of Hussite reformers, angered by the persecution of their movement and the refusal of city officials to release imprisoned followers, marched to the New Town Hall demanding justice.

When negotiations failed, the crowd stormed the building and threw several Catholic city councillors out of the windows. The victims died from the fall or were killed by the angry mob below. The shocking event became a symbol of the deep religious and political tensions dividing Bohemia.

Postcard from the Czech Republic Karlštejnsko is a scenic region in Central Bohemia, centered around the 14th-century Karlštejn Castle, founded by Emperor Charles IV to protect imperial treasures. Located near Prague, this area offers hiking in the Czech Karst, views of the Berounka River, and nearby attractions such as the Great America quarry.   Multi-view Monday

On July 30, 1419, Prague erupted in violence during the First Defenestration of Prague. Led by the Hussite priest Jan Želivský, an angry crowd marched to the New Town Hall demanding the release of imprisoned Hussites. When their demands were refused—and according to some accounts, a stone was thrown from the building—the mob stormed the hall and hurled several royal officials and councilors from its upper windows to their deaths.

King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia was deeply shaken by the news. The slain officials were loyal representatives of his government, and the king reportedly flew into a violent rage upon learning what had happened. Already suffering from poor health and believed to have experienced earlier strokes, Wenceslaus suffered another stroke shortly afterward. He died on August 16, 1419, at the age of 58.