Josef Jindřich Šechtl: Lime of Liberty in front of the secondary school, 1925
Josef Jindřich Šechtl
Gallery: Photographs celebrating the centennial of the first Czechoslovak Republic, calendar for year 2018
The Lime of Liberty (lípa
Svobody) was planted as part of the tree festival of May 14, 1919
in front of the state secondary school (reálka) on what was then
called Rieger Square (now Křižík Square). The tree was planted in
the presence of pupils and students from local schools,
representatives of the town council, associations and companies,
and Sokol members and Czech legionnaires.