Památník utonulým dětem - Památník utonulým dětem

Beautiful New Year's walk with a story

On May 26, 1936, eight cars with 95 coffin schoolchildren went on a trip to Pálava. The children were to board a rowboat and cross the Dyje. However, the vessel was rotten, 11 years old. The sides were rotten, the leaky bottom was clogged with rags, and the ferryman didn't pour water out. In addition, the then unregulated Dyje was heavily flooded, the level was a meter and a half above normal. Only 7 frightened children from the wild water dared to take the first transport, and 15 to the second. Ten meters from the shore, however, the barge tilted sharply, took in water, and they all fell into the water. The steep river pulled them to a nearby raft. Few could swim. 32 children did not survive, the last body was released by Dyje after ten months. František Belech, a coachman, also died during the rescue. Three very emotional funerals took place - on 28 and 30 May and 2 June. Five thousand people from Rakvice and the surrounding area took part in them. In September 1936, the head teacher Bohumil Horňanský and his two colleagues stood before the Brno court. They were acquitted the day later for their misfortune. The miller Josef Veverka, to whom the barge belonged, received 5 months unconditionally, twice as much as the ferryman Leopold Schuster, who operated the ferry. The monument dedicated to President T. G. Masaryk in Nové Mlýny commemorates the misfortune.

A memorial commemorating the tragic event of a school trip of children from nearby Rakvice. The whole event was devoted to one part of the program Fateful Moments from the production of Czech Television.

Memorial sad, surroundings pretty good, just him ... around the roads. One must be careful not to step 20cm by the road. People are not able to go a little further into the woods and do the need for the beaten paths. It is hard to say whether fishermen or cyclists do it, I think that neither one has anything to blame.

Quiet place at the old ferry. There was an accident in 1936. One generation of children died here. It's just a short stop on the way around.

Monument to the Tragedy of School Trip May 26, 1936 Nove Mlyny ? A place of reverence and the memory of the drowning of 31 children, of which 22 nurses and 9 boys aged 10-12 years from school in Rakvice and celedins with horses. children, 6 adults and a car with a couple of horses. zachraneni.Ostatni z tete pramice drowned ... ? It was supposed to be a school trip to Palavske hills with 106 children, who rode on 8 farm wagons drawn by horses ... On the way, the wagons were to be transported by barges from one bank across the river Dyje to the other bank ... ... This indelible tragedy is commemorated by a memorial in the local cemetery in Rakvice and left by the monument at Novy Mlyn, which was built here by President T.G. Masaryk.