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Hlavní mĕsto Slovanský ostrov, Nové Město
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Ľudovít ŠtúrUhrovec 1815 - Modra 1856Slovak revolutionary, philosopher, politician and writer (Wikipedia) |
Jozef Pospíšil
1936 |
Red marble commemorative plaque featuring a bronze relief portrait and an extensive text in Slovak about Ľudovít Štúr and his speech in 1848 at the Slavic Congress held on this island. It was donated to the City of Prague by the Slovak student societies in Prague in 1936
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ĽUDOVÍT ŠTÚR narodil sa 29. x. 1815 v uhrovci, zomrel 12. i. 1856 v modre. na tomto ostrove bol r. 1848 pamät- ný slovanský sjazd, na ktorom ľudovít štúr zástupca slovákov manifestoval za slovanskú spolupatričnosť. tu povedal tieto historické slová: „náš cieľ mal byť zachovať rakúsku ríšu? náš cieľ je zachovať seba. nás najprv musíme slúžiť sebe, potom iným. dosiaľ rakú- sko stálo a my sme hynuli. čo by nám povedal svet, keby sme nestáli o nič iné ako o zacho- vanie rakúska? pádom rakúska nepadáme my. štúr už pripravoval, čo sa vykonalo až svetovou vojnou. na večnú pamäť venovaly slovanskej prahe z príležitosti osláv 100 vý ročia štúrovho vystúpenia spolky sloven ského študentstva v prahe detvan, považan a janošíkov kruh, s. československou jedno tou a ústredným štúrovým jub. výborom v bánovciach r. 1936. |
ĽUDOVÍT ŠTÚR Born 29 October 1815 in Uhrovec, died 12 January 1856 in Modra. On this island, in 1848, the memorable Slav Congress was held, at which Ľudovít Štúr, as the representative of the Slovaks, proclaimed the idea of Slavic solidarity. Here he spoke these historic words: "Our aim should not be to preserve the Austrian Empire. Our aim is to preserve ourselves. We must first serve ourselves, and only then others. Until now Austria has endured while we have perished. What would the world say of us if we cared for nothing except the preservation of Austria? With the fall of Austria, we do not fall." Štúr was already preparing what was accomplished only through the World War. Dedicated to Slavic Prague on the occasion of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Štúr's appearance at the Congress by the Slovak student associations in Prague Detvan, Považan and Janošík Circle, together with the Czechoslovak Unity Society and the Central Štúr Jubilee Committee in Bánovce, 1936. |
