F-540 Miroslav Tyrš

(*17.9. 1832 - †8.8.1884) Czech critic, aesthete, professor of art history at Charles University and the Czech Technical University, the chairman of the Umělecká beseda artists forum and a member of the jury that chose the sculptural decorations of the National Theatre. He contributed to the establishment of the organised physical fitness movement in Bohemia, especially the Sokol organisation. The quotes from this native of Děčín include: “Jump or climb over obstacles, but never slip under them“.