STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1296, sig. 109-4/1050

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English Translation

5.sheet on the report of the Primator Deputy for the period from 1/12.194l to 31/1.42. THE PRIMATOR-STELL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAIN STATE PRAG. In the course of the development of the administration, decisive steps have been taken, at the suggestion of Mr Oberlandrat, to establish a tourist attraction of the capital Prague. The negotiations on the acquisition of a suitable director of this office are in full swing. As the provisional seat of this office, the business premises of the Wagons lits sleeping car company on the ditch are envisaged. The construction work of the city is still severely throttled. It took a lot of effort to reach the completion of the wooden replacement bridge at the Janatschek Bridge, which could be handed over to traffic at the beginning of December and which has so far proved its worth very well. However, the main load sample is not to be expected until this spring during the large ice cast. In the matter of the removal of Prague's monuments, remarkable progress has been made. Following a decision by the Deputy Lord Imperial Protector, the Wilson Monument has been removed, and the presence of which repeatedly felt that Germanism was rightly violated. Likewise, the order has now been given to eliminate the Palacky Monument and the Rieger Monument. Following Prof. Speer's visit to Prague and certain remarks on this occasion, the Planning Commission also suggested that the lookout tower on the Laurenziberg be removed immediately. In the meantime, I have started negotiations with the association, which is responsible for conservation, and has advised him to transfer the tower to the city, but to dissolve itself.