Pamětní deska

On the morning of Monday, October 28, post office clerk František Miroslav Čapek received a telegram stating that an independent state had been declared in Prague. He announced the message to people already gathering in Přemysl Otakar II Square. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the interim committee was transformed into the National Committee, which consisted, among other things, of the later first Czech mayor Otakar Svoboda and the chief spokesman of the Czechs of Budweis, August Zátka. The members of the National Committee appeared to the district governor and subsequently also to the mayor Josef Taschek, to whom August Zátka announced that the National Committee was taking over the management of the city. The Czech inhabitants of the city, who gathered in the square in the number of several thousand, tore down the German street names and symbols of the Austrian state power. After two days of negotiations, the National Committee forced the mayor of Taschko and the entire existing municipal council to resign. On Wednesday, October 30, 1918, a twelve-member administrative commission headed by August Zátka took over the administration of the town until the next election. Eight Czech members were called to it by the National Committee, the remaining four were represented by local German-speaking residents. A commemorative plaque on the house in Kněžská Street draws attention to these events (and the meetings in this house). On Monday, October 28, the post office clerk František Miroslav Čapek captured a telegram about the fact that an independent state was declared in Prague. He reported it to the people who were already gathering in Přemysl Otakar II Square. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Interim Committee was transformed into a National Committee, which included, among others, the first Czech mayor Otakar Svoboda, or August Zátka's chief spokesman for Budějovice inhabitants. Members of the National Committee came to the district governor and then to Mayor Josef Taschk, whom August Zátka announced that the National Committee was taking over the city's administration. The Czech citizens of the city, who gathered together in the square in number of several thousand, withdrew the German street names and symbols of the Austrian state power. After a two-day meeting, the National Committee caused Mayor Taschka and the entire municipal council to resign. On Wednesday, October 30, 1918, the administration of the city was taken over by the twelve-member administrative committee headed by Auguste Zátka. Eight Czech members were called in the name of National board, the remaining four representing the local German-speaking inhabitants. All these events (as well as the meeting in this house) are highlighted in a memorial plaque at the Kněžská Street.