Royal field with the monument to Přemysl, the Ploughman is a Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 national cultural monument (declared as such in 1962). It is composed of the Royal field and the monument to Přemysl, the Ploughman

Premysl, the Ploughman

The Czechs name Přemysl, the Ploughman, as the mythical ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty, containing the line of princes and kings which ruled in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from 873 or earlier until the murder of Wenceslaus III in 1306.-Story:According to a legend, Přemysl was a peasant of...

erected on the Royal field. It is located near the village Stadice

Stadice

Stadice is a small village near Teplice in the northern part of the Czech Republic. It was the home of the legendary ruler Přemysl, the Ploughman...

, six kilometres southwest of Ústí nad Labem

Ústí nad Labem

Ústí nad Labem is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The city is the 7th-most populous in the country.Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and the Elbe Rivers, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction...

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Royal field

The Royal field is a historical place on which according to the legend Přemysl, the Ploughman

Premysl, the Ploughman

The Czechs name Přemysl, the Ploughman, as the mythical ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty, containing the line of princes and kings which ruled in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from 873 or earlier until the murder of Wenceslaus III in 1306.-Story:According to a legend, Přemysl was a peasant of...

 was called to became the ruler of the Czech state. Measurements of the Royal field served in the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

 as a basis of the Czech field pole .

Monument to Přemysl, the Ploughman

In 1841 count Nostitz erected on the Royal field the monument to Přemysl the Ploughman. The monument was proposed by architect F. Staumann. It is composed of a stone pedestal on the top of which a plough made of cast iron is situated. In the front and the back of the pedestal there are iron reliefs by Josef Max depicting encounter of Přemysl, the Ploughman with the delegation of princess Libuše

Libuše

Libuše, Libussa or, historically Lubossa, is a legendary ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty and the Czech people as whole. Libuše was the wisest of the three sisters and prophesied the foundation of Prague from her castle Libušín...

 and his arrival to Vyšehrad

Vyšehrad

Vyšehrad is a castle located in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. It was probably built in the 10th century, on a hill over the Vltava River...

. On the left side of the pedestal there is an inscription „ZDE OD PLUHU PŘEMYSL k WÉWODSTWJ POWOLÁN. WZDĚLANY MDCCCXLI.“ ("Here from the plough Přemysl called to rule. Done MDCCCXLI."). On the right side of the pedestal there was in 1945 added inscription „VLÁDA VRÁTILA SE DO RUKOU TVÝCH, Ó LIDE ČESKÝ. 1945“ ("The rule has returned to your hands, oh Czech people. 1945").