Tyl used several pen names that were often derived from the name of his home town Kutná Hora, for example Horský, Horník, Kutnohorský and Vítek.
The town began in 1142 with the settlement of the first Cistercian monastery in Bohemia, Sedlec Monastery, brought from the Imperial immediate Cistercian Waldsassen Abbey.
In contrast silver was mined in Europe throughout the Middle Ages, with very large deposits discovered at Kutná Hora in Bohemia in 1298 that lasted until the end of the period.
Kutná Hora | Andělská Hora | Světlá Hora | Andělská Hora (Karlovy Vary District) | Tent roofs atop St. Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora | La Hora | Kutna, India | Jelení hora |
Pavel Spongopaeus Jistebnický (born 1550–1560 in Jistebnice u Tábora – died 1619 in Kutná Hora) was a Czech composer of the Renaissance and early Baroque era.
In addition, Prague, Most, Kutná Hora and Annaberg (the latter two then silver-mining centres) were among the richest cities of Central Europe and it is likely that only the best architects were invited to work there.