10 years of the Ostrava NPÚ in the restored building - guided tours
Two commented tours on September 9 and 18, 2025, at 5:00 PM will commemorate the ten years of the Ostrava branch of the National Heritage Institute in the building located at Odboje 1. Originally the District Social and Health Institute, it served various healthcare institutions. Ten years ago, a complete restoration successfully returned the building's heritage values. Experts from the survey department, Romana Rosová and Martin Strakoš, will guide visitors through normally inaccessible areas and public spaces.
The guides will remind us of the history and the demanding restoration process. The building from 1934 contains numerous original elements. The refurbishment of window and door fittings, restoration and supplementation of cladding, pavements, and floors made of cast terrazzo, stair railings, window and door hardware, as well as cast-iron radiators from the time of the building's construction, can be considered particularly successful.
The priority of the restoration was to preserve all original constructions, elements, and details, or to supplement them with copies. The spatial solution respects the original layout to the maximum extent possible. However, the wing of the archaeological depository, which was added later on, was completely reconstructed. Visitors will have the opportunity to glimpse not only into the exhibition spaces, library, or hall but also into normally inaccessible areas, such as archaeological depositories.
History of the Building
The architectural competition for the construction of the building was won in 1931 by architect Karel Roštík, who then developed the implementation project together with Jaroslav Stockar-Bernkopf. The building was opened in 1934. Various healthcare and social institutions operated here, for example, the Czechoslovak Red Cross or the Masaryk League Against Tuberculosis. Its further fate was tumultuous. In 1939, the main building was occupied by the Gestapo. During the war, it was damaged by bombing and subsequently misused by the Soviet and Czechoslovak armies. After the war, the District National Health Institute moved into the building. At the beginning of the 21st century, the building was used for healthcare purposes – it housed the hospital's administration and doctors' offices. In 2009, the National Heritage Institute took over the building, which began its heritage restoration in 2013.
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The guides will remind us of the history and the demanding restoration process. The building from 1934 contains numerous original elements. The refurbishment of window and door fittings, restoration and supplementation of cladding, pavements, and floors made of cast terrazzo, stair railings, window and door hardware, as well as cast-iron radiators from the time of the building's construction, can be considered particularly successful.
The priority of the restoration was to preserve all original constructions, elements, and details, or to supplement them with copies. The spatial solution respects the original layout to the maximum extent possible. However, the wing of the archaeological depository, which was added later on, was completely reconstructed. Visitors will have the opportunity to glimpse not only into the exhibition spaces, library, or hall but also into normally inaccessible areas, such as archaeological depositories.
History of the Building
The architectural competition for the construction of the building was won in 1931 by architect Karel Roštík, who then developed the implementation project together with Jaroslav Stockar-Bernkopf. The building was opened in 1934. Various healthcare and social institutions operated here, for example, the Czechoslovak Red Cross or the Masaryk League Against Tuberculosis. Its further fate was tumultuous. In 1939, the main building was occupied by the Gestapo. During the war, it was damaged by bombing and subsequently misused by the Soviet and Czechoslovak armies. After the war, the District National Health Institute moved into the building. At the beginning of the 21st century, the building was used for healthcare purposes – it housed the hospital's administration and doctors' offices. In 2009, the National Heritage Institute took over the building, which began its heritage restoration in 2013.
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