The present owner reconstructed House no. 220 in Pražská Street in 1994 and it became the symbol of close cooperation between the towns. The towns are connected by their common relationship to Master Jan Hus whose legacy has been present in German Kostnice since the period of Reformation (www.konstanz.de). On one of the houses, which is located near the gate zv. Schnetzor, there is placed his bust and in 1862 Kostnice citizens unveiled festively his monument so called Hus´s Stone, which has later become a place of pilgrimage. Several years later, to commemorate Jan Hus, the name of the street St. Pavel´s was changed into Hus´s Street and the house which is said he had lived in, was on the initiative of the Czech societies living in Germany embedded with the memorial plaque. In 1923 the Society of Hus´s Museum in Prague became the owner of the house. In 1965 there was opened the first exposition of Jan Hus, in 1980 The Hus Musem was opened here and in 2007 there was festively opened The Centre of German-Czech Meeting near the Hus´s Stone.
Mutual agreement on the partnership of the towns Tábor and Kostnice has deepened the cooperation of the Czech and German side. In 1993 the society “Partnership of Towns Tábor-Konstanz” enabled historical exploration and on 17th September 1994 they festively opened the reconstructed house for the public. It happened on the Monuments Open Door Day. There are other towns involved in the inspiring cross-border cooperation which are connected with the Hussite Movement and we recommend you to find more information on www.husitskmesta.net. It is worth reading.
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