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Faust House

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Stately baroque mansion linked with 16th-century alchemists, the legend of Dr. Faust & black magic. People often mention house, roce, Faust, building, Prague, Karban, lived, acquired, time, legend,


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Karlovo nám. 502/40, 128 00 Nové Město, Czechia

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4.30 (257 reviews)

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  • 5/5 Мгер �. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Prague is a city of mystics and esoteric people, everything here is covered with aura of mystery and symbolism. One of the most mystical places is the House of Faust, which is located at the southern end of Charles Square. Local people say that in this pink three-story mansion, outwardly resembling a lush cake, once lived a famous magician and warlock - Dr. Johann Faust. According to the legends, Faust amused himself by summoning the devil himself. One of the legends of Prague says that it was in this house that Faust put his signature on the contract with the unclean. When the time came for the reckoning, a huge hole formed on the ceiling of the house, through which the soul of Faustus went straight to hell. In order to repair the hole, bricklayers were invited. But, for a very long time they could not do anything with the damn hole " Of course, this legend has nothing to do with reality. And Faust himself, if he was in this house, then stopped only just passing through. But this house knew a lot of other soothsayers and magicians: Prince Václav Przemysłowicz, who is fond of natural sciences and adored to put various experiences, the doctor Jan Kopp, the famous alchemist Edward Kelly, who devoted all his spare time to searching for the philosopher's stone and others. As they say, the legends about this house arose not from an empty place. In one way or another, many warlocks lived in this house, which made it unpopular with the Prawians. And, indeed, the townspeople were afraid of him, bypassed the third way. In 1838, an institute for deaf-mutes was opened here. A small room at this educational institution was occupied by Karel Jaenig - priest of one of the churches. He was a very strange man: he had an inexplicable weakness for the things of the dead, spent the night in a coffin, talked to skulls. People just shied away from the House of Faust and composed all new legends. During the Second World War, almost at its very end, a bomb ejected from the plane hit this house and did not explode, creating a huge hole - yes, it was in that very unfortunate place. Nowadays Faust's house belongs to the hospital, it has a pharmacy and a modern laboratory. (Original) Прага - это город мистиков и эзотериков, здесь все покрыто ореолам загадочности и символизма. Одним из самых мистических мест является Дом Фауста, который находится в южном окончании Карловой площади. Местный люд поговаривает, что в этом розовом трехэтажном особняке, внешними очертаниями напоминающий пышный торт, когда-то жил известный маг и чернокнижник - доктор Иоганн Фауст. Согласно легендам, Фауст развлекался тем, что вызывал самого дьявола. Одно из пражских сказаний гласит, что именно в этом доме Фауст поставил свою подпись на договоре с нечистым. Когда настало время расплаты, на потолке дома образовалась огромная дыра, через которую душа Фауста направилась прямиком в ад. Для того, чтобы заделать дыру были приглашены каменщики. Но, они очень долго ничего не могли поделать с проклятым отверстием👿 Конечно же эта легенда, не имеет ничего общего с реальностью. А сам Фауст если и был в этом доме, то останавливался лишь только проездом. Но, этот дом знал множество других прорицателей и магов: князя Вацлава Пржемышловича, увлекающегося естественными науками и обожавшего ставить различные опыты, врача Яна Коппа, известного алхимика Эдварда Келли, посвятившего все свое свободное время поискам философского камня и других. Как говорится, легенды об этом доме возникали не на пустом месте. Так или иначе в этом доме проживало немало чернокнижников, что сделало его непопулярным у пражан. И, действительно, горожане боялись его, обходили третьей дорогой. В 1838 году, тут открыли институт для глухонемых. Небольшую комнатку при этом учебном заведении занимал Карел Яэниг – священник одной из церквей. Это был весьма странный человек: он питал необъяснимую слабость к вещам покойников, ночевал в гробу, разговаривал с черепами. Народ просто шарахался от Дома Фауста и сочинял все новые легенды. В годы Второй Мировой войны, практически в самой ее завершении, бомба выброшенная с самолета, попала в этот дом и не взорвалась, образовав огромную пробоину - да-да именно в том самом злополучном месте. В наши дни Фаустов дом принадлежит больнице, в нем работает аптека и современная лаборатория.
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  • 5/5 Natalia D. 3 years ago on Google • 1397 reviews
    Faust’s House is a building in the Renaissance style with Baroque changes and a large garden. The house is famous for the legend according to which the German scientist Johann Faust lived here. It was in this house that the doctor put his famous signature. The history of the house has a lot in common with the legend. Alchemists and physicists have lived in the building for centuries. Currently, it belongs to a hospital.
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  • 5/5 Theodor �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The place of today's palace was once a pagan sacrifice. There was an important road running along the plot, connecting Prague Castle and Vyšehrad, and the coronation processions. In the records from 1378 there is mentioned for the first time a house owned by Jan Duke Opavský [1]. Since Jan Opavský joined the Catholic side, his property was probably confiscated as early as 1420. In 1432, Petr, the reeve of "Opava's house" was mentioned as the owner of the house. He was a supporter of the orphan troops, so his house became one of the targets of the attack of lord unity on 6 May 1434. In 1435 was originally commissioned by the princes of Opava to administer the house New Town scribe Prokop [1]. Finally, Wenceslas IV. Ratibořský handed over the house to the scribe Prokop in 1441, saying that he could hold it until all the costs he had paid to repair the house were reimbursed. In 1448 Prokop acquired the neighboring buildings (today no. 500 and 501) including the surrounding land. Before his death in 1482, he established the succession order. Whether it was observed cannot be ascertained because the earth's plates from that time were destroyed. In about 1501, the house became the property of Jaroslav Kapoun of Svojkov, but was beheaded in 1537 for capital crime [p 1] [2] The house was confiscated, but in 1542 the king gave it to Jaroslav's relative, Piram Kapoun of Svojkov. He sold it in 1543 to Dr. Jan Kop of Raumenthal, the doctor of Emperor Ferdinand I. But he lost his house because of his debts. In the fifties it was acquired by one of its creditors, Benjamin Ledčanský of Popice. After his death, the house was stopped by his brother Matouš Ledčanský of Popice Krištof Muchek of Bukov and in Osek, the imperial governor of the Kladsko county. Probably around 1587 the house was acquired by an English alchemist and mystic, and possibly by an English Queen Elizabeth I spy, Edward Kelley (or Edward Talbot), a collaborator of John Dee. The details of this change of ownership are unknown and the tenure is documented in writing only in 1595. Before his fall, he transferred the house to his sister-in-law, Lidmila Kelle, so he was not confiscated. In 1599, Edward Kelley's widow demanded financial compensation from the Czech Chamber.  Palace on Sadeler's Prospect from 1606 In 1597 the house was owned by Markéta Hozlaurová from Liběchov. She sold it to Jáchym Oldřich of Hradec, the Imperial Council. He stopped the house for debt to Martin Karban of Volšany. The Karban family seemed to have rebuilt the house. In 1617, Lukáš Karban sold it to the burgess Isaiah Shuller. In the contract, the house is referred to as "Kopovský's House," so-called. The beginning of the uprising of the Estates, however, made it impossible to write into the land plates. After the rebellion, Karban emigrated and Shuller tried to sell the house before the restored system of land. But the purchase was hampered by the intervention of the magistrate Michal Ritteršice of Rittersfeld, who took the house for an alleged military hospital and then acquired it. In the inheritance proceedings in 1635, the Royal Chamber did not recognize previous purchases because they were not registered in the land records, and declared the house a Karban confiscate. Anna, the widow of Michal Ritteršic, finally acquired a third of the house in 1637, and two thirds were sold to the daughters of Vojtěch Koutek Nečanský near Minic. Anna Švarcbachová then bought the shares of the co-owners. Her children sold the house in 1663 to the family of Knight Albrecht of Netvorský of Birch. In 1721 the house was purchased by Ferdinand Antonín Mladota from Solopysk. After the death of Ferdinand Antonín Mladota, the house passed into possession of his two sons, František and Václav. Finally, in 1768 the Archbishopric of Prague bought the western part of the building and in 1786. The last of the Mladot family František fell into debt and in 1800 the house was acquired by creditors. In 1810 the house was bought by a businessman Jakub Cop. According to a gneiss gut from 1816, most of the house was rented to the military charioteer headquarters. John of Nepomuk on Skalka. Cop died in 1830 and the heirs sold in 1838 to the Private Institute for the Deaf-Mute. In 1856 it was proposed to demolish the ground-floor buildings on the east and south sides and to build new two-story buildings in their place. The construction was realized by the builder Josef Maličký in the following year. In 1902 she bought the Všeo building (Original) Na místě dnešního paláce bylo kdysi pohanské obětiště. Podél pozemku probíhala významná cesta, která spojovala Pražský hrad a Vyšehrad a kudy se ubíraly i korunovační průvody. V záznamech z roku 1378 je zde poprvé zmiňován dům v držení Jana vévody Opavského[1]. Protože se Jan Opavský přidal na katolickou stranu, byl mu majetek patrně zabaven hned v roce 1420. V roce 1432 se uvádí jako držitel domu Petr, rychtář „z domu Opavského“. Ten byl stoupencem sirotčího vojska, takže se jeho dům stal jedním z cílů útoku panské jednoty dne 6. května 1434. V roce 1435 byl původně pověřen opavskými knížaty správou domu novoměstský písař Prokop[1]. Nakonec Václav IV. Ratibořský listem z roku 1441 dům písaři Prokopovi předal s tím, že jej může držet do doby, než mu budou nahrazeny veškeré náklady, které na opravy domu vynaložil. V roce 1448 získal Prokop ještě sousední budovy (dnes č. p. 500 a 501) včetně okolních pozemků. Před svou smrtí v roce 1482 stanovil dědické pořadí. Zda bylo dodrženo nelze zjistit, protože zemské desky z té doby byly zničeny. Asi v roce 1501 se dům stává majetkem Jaroslava Kapouna ze Svojkova, který byl ale sťat v roce 1537 pro hrdelní zločin[p 1][2] Dům byl zabaven, ale král jej v roce 1542 daroval Jaroslavovu příbuznému Piramu Kapounovi ze Svojkova. Ten jej hned v roce 1543 prodal doktoru Janu Kopovi z Raumenthalu, lékaři císaře Ferdinanda I. Ten ale pro své dluhy o dům přišel. V padesátých letech jej získal jeden z jeho věřitelů, Benjamin Ledčanský z Popic. Po jeho smrti dům zastavil jeho bratr Matouš Ledčanský z Popic Krištofovi Muchkovi z Bukova a na Oseku, císařskému hejtmanovi Kladského hrabství. Patrně kolem roku 1587 dům získal anglický alchymista a mystik, a také možná špión anglické královny Alžběty I., Edward Kelley (či Edward Talbot), spolupracovník Johna Dee. Detaily této změny vlastnictví nejsou známy a písemně je držba doložena až zápisem v roce 1595. Před svým pádem dům převedl na svou švagrovou, Lidmilu Kelleovou, takže nebyl zkonfiskován. Ještě v roce 1599 se vdova po Edwardu Kelleym dožaduje finanční kompenzace od české komory.  Palác na Sadelerově prospektu z roku 1606 V roce 1597 vlastnila dům Markéta Hozlaurová z Liběchova. Ta jej prodala Jáchymovi Oldřichovi z Hradce, císařskému radovi. Ten pro dluhy zastavil dům Martinovi Karbanovi z Volšan. Rodina Karbanů dům podle všeho přestavěla. V roce 1617 jej Lukáš Karban prodával měšťanu Izaiášovi Šullerovi. Ve smlouvě je dům označen jako „dům tak řečený Kopovský“. Začátek stavovského povstání ale zápis do zemských desk znemožnil. Po povstání Karban emigroval a Šuller se pokoušel prodat dům ještě před Obnoveným zřízením zemským. Koupě byla ale překažena zásahem rychtáře Michala Ritteršice z Rittersfeldu, který dům zabral pro údajný vojenský špitál a poté získal do vlastnictví. Při dědickém řízení v roce 1635 královská komora neuznala předešlé koupě, protože nebyly zapsány v zemských deskách, a dům prohlásila za Karbanovský konfiskát. Anna, vdova po Michalu Ritteršicovi, získala nakonec v roce 1637 třetinu domu, dvě třetiny byly prodány dcerám Vojtěcha Koutka Nečanského u Minic. Anna Švarcbachová pak podíly spolumajitelek odkoupila. Její děti prodaly dům v roce 1663 rodině rytíře Albrechta Netvorského z Břízy. V roce 1721 dům koupil Ferdinand Antonín Mladota ze Solopysk. Po smrti Ferdinanda Antonína Mladoty přešel dům v držení jeho dvou synů Františka a Václava. Nakonec v roce 1768 koupilo pražské arcibiskupství západní část budovy a v roce 1786. Poslední z Mladotů František upadl do dluhů a v roce 1800 dům získali věřitelé. V roce 1810 dům koupil obchodník Jakub Cop. Podle berní ruly z roku 1816 mělo většinu domu pronajato vojenské vozatajské velitelství, část využívlal farář sousedního kostela sv. Jana Nepomuckého na Skalce. Cop zemřel v roce 1830 a dědicové prodali v roce 1838 Soukromému ústavu pro hluchoněmé. V roce 1856 bylo navrženo zbořit přízemní objekty na východní a jižní straně a na jejich místě zbudovat nové dvoupatrové. Stavba byla realizována stavitelem Josefem Maličkým v roce následujícím. V roce 1902 zakoupila objekt Všeo
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  • 4/5 George O. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Such a nice house and such a terrible reputation ... Who is not afraid to enter there (can buy there in advance against diarrhea). (Original) Takovej pěknej barák a taková strašná pověst ...Kdo se nebojí ať tam vstoupí ( může si tam předem koupit něco proti průjmu ).
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  • 5/5 Miluse S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful historical monument (Original) Nádherná historická památka
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  • 4/5 Karen T. 1 year ago on Google • 379 reviews
    According to the legend the alchemist asked a devil to make true his wishes. And when he got old devil came to take him to the hell. From that time no one wanted to visit the Faust house. One student didn’t have a roof and decided to stay over in the Faust house. In the Faust’s office he found a coin and spent it on food. He came home again and found out that there was fire in the chimney and a new coin on the table. He became rich. Soon he demanded more and started to read Faust’s books to find out the secret. After that evening the man disappeared. In the Faust’s office there was a big hole in the ceiling and blood dripped from it

  • 4/5 John K. 3 months ago on Google • 308 reviews New
    it is used as a gateway to the hospital grounds

  • 4/5 anis f. 5 years ago on Google • 37 reviews
    Mainly an educational portion of Charles university.
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  • 5/5 Анна �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) That's really really just a mystical corner of Prague (Original) Вот уж действительно и просто мистический уголок Праги
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  • 4/5 Luis 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice palace, in which it is said that the character that Goethe was inspired to write his Faust lived. (Original) Bonito palacio, en el que según se cuenta vivía el personaje en el que se inspiró Goethe para escribir su Fausto.
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  • 4/5 Sara F. 4 years ago on Google • 96 reviews
    Interesting stories

  • 4/5 Syed Faheem A. 1 year ago on Google • 81 reviews
    Historical place. Although I was with group. Not able to enter inside.

  • 5/5 JEB E. 5 years ago on Google • 55 reviews
    A mysterious place of legend plus beautiful architecture!

  • 1/5 z “Ozzy” z. 4 years ago on Google • 18 reviews
    Was closed. One star.

  • 5/5 Badria H. 4 years ago on Google • 13 reviews
    If u want to enjoy a Nice chill night out with Friends, you should go there. Real clean toilets and very friendly staff. Just thumps up! Best bar in Prague ! :D

  • 5/5 Pavel U. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) krasny barak (Original) krasny barak

  • 5/5 Klára V. 5 years ago on Google
    read something about czech history and u will got amazed =)

  • 3/5 Hana Klapova N. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nothing much. (Original) Nic moc.

  • 4/5 Romain S. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very correct, if you are not afraid of adventure! (Original) Très correct, si vous n'avez pas peur de l'aventure !

  • 5/5 Lenka T. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) An interesting place worth visiting (Original) Zajímavé místo, stojí za návštěvu

  • 5/5 Reifen M. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Super location :) (Original) Super locația :)

  • 5/5 Alexandr S. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Dixieland plays every second Wednesday! (Original) Každou 2. středu hraje dixieland!

  • 5/5 Jindřich P. 1 year ago on Google
    based house

  • 5/5 chiara c. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful baroque building cloaked in the legend of doctor Faust (Original) Bellissimo edificio barocco ammantato dalla leggenda del doctor Faust

  • 5/5 Tomáš M. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful place (Original) Nádherné místo

  • 5/5 Josef D. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful house (Original) Krásný dům

  • 5/5 Денис �. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) For lovers, but I liked it. (Original) На любителей, но мне понравилось.

  • 5/5 Сергей �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Funny house. Right at the entrance, a passerby out of the blue dropped and broke his phone (Original) Забавный домик. Прямо у входа прохожий на ровном месте выронил и разбил телефон

  • 4/5 Hamish I. 4 years ago on Google
    Great place

  • 4/5 Ashley M. 4 years ago on Google
    Normal )

  • 5/5 Patrik K. 4 years ago on Google
    super

  • 3/5 Маринела �. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) This otherwise majestic building seemed a bit deserted and lonely to me .... And yet if you want to see it ... a little story about it ... Faust's house / but Faust never lived here / is located in the southern part of Charles Park in Nove Mesto ... It acquired this name when Goethe's book "Faust" was published in 1808. Prague residents decided that given the reportage of the building it is very likely that Dr. Faust himself lived here. ..A ,, reasons ,,, there are many reasons for this. already from chemical and physical experiments ..., that's why the common people considered him a servant of Satan or a magician .... Much later a rich mansion was built on the site, it changed many owners / but still alchemists /..1590 Kelly is an English alchemist 1724 Ferdinand Mladost, his sons inherited his passion for science and alchemical experts. 1903 in order to finally remove the notoriety of the house, the Prague authorities decided to turn it into a hospital. The last perhaps interesting incident is from the end of the Second World War. On February 14, 1945 a bomb fell in the building but it did not explode. (Original) Малко запустяла и самота ми се стори тази иначе величествена постройка....И все пак ако искате да я видите...малко история за нея...Къщата на Фауст/но Фауст никога не е живял тук/ се намира в южната част на Карловия парк в Нове место...Тя се е сдобила с това име когато през 1808 година излиза книгата на Гьоте ,, Фауст,,.Пражани решават, че предвид репотацията на сградата е много вероятно тук да е живял самият доктор Фауст....А ,,основания,,, за това има не малко.В продължение на няколко века около къщата витаят всякакви слухове и тайнства още от времето на първата кралска династия Пржемислови и по точно принц Вацлав, който се интересувал от природни науки и най-вече от химически и физически експерименти..., затова простолюдието го е смятало за слуга на Сатаната или магьосник.... Много по късно на място е пострено богато имение,то е сменило много собственици/но все алхимици /...1590г Едуард Кели английски алхимик 1724г Фердинанд Младост , неговите синове наследили страстта му към науката и алхимичните експерти. 1903г. за да се премахне най после лошата слава на къщата пражките власти решават тя да се превърне в болница. Последната може би интересна случка е от края на Втората световна война.На 14.02.1945г пада бомба в сградата но тя не избухва.

  • 5/5 Luděk F. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Absolutely super place, great coffee and more ..... (Original) Naprosto super místo, skvělá káva a další.....

  • 5/5 Jana C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I go this way to work. (Original) Chodím tudy do práce.

  • 3/5 Alžběta J. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I didn't see the devil, just a few teachers ... (Original) Neviděla jsem čerta, jen několik vyučujících...

  • 5/5 Marcela J. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful. Easy to find (Original) Krásný. Lehko najdete

  • 5/5 Josef K. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful space (Original) Krásný prostor

  • 3/5 Dallmayrdeu 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Not very clean and the house is old needs to be renovated (Original) Není moc čisto a dům je starý potřeboval by zrenovovat

  • 4/5 M. Z. 4 years ago on Google
    😊

  • 3/5 Dana M. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Only Faust's House written outside (Original) Pouze venku napsáno Faustův dům

  • 5/5 MILAN R. 4 years ago on Google • 9 reviews
    Nice architecture

  • 5/5 O S. 4 years ago on Google
    Very beautiful.

  • 5/5 MrBashmat 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Mystical house (Original) Містичний будинок

  • 4/5 Arkadiusz S. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Paradoxically, there is a pharmacy in the building 😉 (Original) Paradoksalnie w budynku jest apteka 😉


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Vast castle complex with buildings revealing architecture from Roman-style to Gothic & 20th century.
4.70 (164.8K reviews)
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Charles Bridge
Bridge
Landmark stone bridge linking Prague's Old & New Towns, with street artists & entertainers.
4.80 (157.4K reviews)
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Old Town Square
Plaza
Oldest square in the historic center with 10th-century origins, site of many Gothic buildings.
4.80 (101.4K reviews)
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St. Vitus Cathedral
Cathedral
Gothic resting place of saints including Vitus, Wenceslas & Adalbert as well as the state treasury.
4.80 (78.8K reviews)
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Wenceslas Square
Plaza
Half-mile long, 14th-century square with National Museum, St. Wenceslas statue, shops & hotels.
4.50 (65.7K reviews)
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