City of Ledec

Ledec nad Sázavou or Ledetsch an der Sasau is a town in the Vysocina Region, Czech Republic. The Sázava River flows through the town. 1807: Born Abraham Herrmann (1807-1868). 1837: Marriage Abraham Herrmann (1807-1868) and Theresia Herrmann-Stern (1801-1875). 1837: Born Marie Mahler-Herrmann (1837-1889) (Mother Gustav Mahler). 1857: Marriage Bernard Mahler (1827-1889) and Marie Mahler-Herrmann (1837-1889). 1875: Dead Theresia Herrmann-Stern (1801-1875). Ledec nad Sazavou. City of Ledec […]

City of Kaliste

Kaliste is situated on de border between Bohemia and Moravia (in the Vysocina Region). Bohemia and Moravia were part of the Austria-Hungary Empire. Vysocina region and Vysocina maps Gustav Mahler. Map. City of Kaliste. Map. City of Kaliste. 1 = 1860-1860 House Gustav Mahler Kaliste – House No. 9 (Birthplace). 2 = The site where Simon Mahler (1793-1865)‘s distillery stood […]

City of Jihlava (Iglau)

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City of Humpolec

Humpolec (Gumpolds, Humpoletz) is a town in the Vyso?ina Region of the Czech Republic. It is situated south-east of the Czech capital Prague, roughly halfway between Prague and Brno, on the northwestern edge of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands (?eskomoravská vrchovina). Humpolec was first mentioned in 1178. A silver mining town in the 13th-15th century, Humpolec became […]

City of Hodonin

Hodonin (Goding, Mahren) is a town on the River Morava in the southeast of Moravia, in the Czech Republic. It lies in the South Moravian Region. Hodonín was first mentioned in 1046. In 1228 it became a town. In 1850 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of independent Czechoslovakia, was born here. At the end […]

City of Havlickuv Brod

Havlickuv Brod (Havliekuv Brod, Nemecky Brod, Deutsch-Brod, Deutschbrot). Simon Mahler (1793-1865) lived here. He moved here from Kaliste in 1860. Gustav Mahler and his parents moved in 1860 to Jihlava. Marie Mahler-Bondy (1801-1883) lived here. Leopold Mahler (1829-1897) died here. Josef Mahler (1830-1899) died here. Roberto Mahler (1881-1953) lived here. Havlí?k?v Brod, N?mecký Brod until 1945, is […]

City of Chmelna

Vysocina region. Vlasim municipally. Origin Mahler family. Chmelná is a village in the Central Bohemian region, and is part of the district Benesov. Chmelná has 125 people. The ancestors of Gustav Mahler lived on both sides of the river Sázava. The surname “Mahler” is seen for the first time in the conscription of Jews in the year […]

City of Cheb

Cheb (Eger) is a city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, with about 33,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Oh?e (also called Eger in German), at the foot of one of the spurs of the Smr?iny and near the border with Germany. Prior to 1945, which saw the expulsion of […]

City of Cechtice

?echtice (Czehtitz) is a regional intersection where Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) (from Jihlava) and Emil Freund (1858-1928) (from Zeliv) waited for stagecoaches to Ledec (Mahler family) and Vlasim (Mahler family, Gustav Frank (1859-1923)). Transfer site is At the Golden Prague pub. Map City of Cechtice area. City of Cechtice. City of Cechtice. City of Cechtice. City of Cechtice. City of Cechtice.

City of Caslav

Mahler used to visit the surroundings of Caslav (Easlav, Caslau) until the death of both of his parents in 1889.  Cáslav is a town in eastern part of Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The history of Cáslav begins after the year 800 with the founding of a citadel and settlement called Hrádek. Near […]