Personalities
Václav Vejmluva
Václav Vejmluva was born on September 19, 1670, into the family of Jan Vejmluva, a brewer in the brewery of the Cistercian monastery in Brno. At the age of 18, on January 1, 1689, he entered the novitiate at the Cistercian monastery of Žďár nad Sázavou.
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Jan Blažej Santini
The eldest son of master stonemason Santini-Aichel, Jan Blažej, was born in Prague on February 3, 1677. The firstborn son was likely expected to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, but a physical defect made it impossible for the boy to fulfill this task.
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Matěj Josef Sychra
A native of Ústí nad Orlicí, parish priest and writer. He studied at the Piarist grammar school in Prague, then at the Faculty of Arts. He was ordained a priest in 1801, then worked in Sebranice near Kunštát, Bystré near Polička, and Německá Bělá.
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Řehoř Theny
A native of Burgeis near Ötz, he probably came to Bohemia already as a trained sculptor. He first worked as a journeyman in the workshop of Matyáš Bernard Braun, then around 1728 he became an independent master, married and settled in Jaroměř.
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The Hafenbrändl Family
This family was engaged in glass manufacturing and between 1793 and 1861 contributed considerable sums of money to the repairs and liturgical equipment of the church at Zelená Hora. At their own expense, they also had the church windows glazed with glass from their glassworks when necessary.
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Bonifác Procházka
He was born in Ledeč nad Sázavou in 1754. He became a priest in the Cistercian monastery of Žďár nad Sázavou and was the youngest member of the community at the time of monastery's abolition. After leaving the monastery, he lived in Tišnov, then in Šebetov and in Letovice.
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