Plague house in Krupka.

The Czech lands often fell victim to the plague. In 1679, the plague from Vienna spread to Bohemia. Prague was hit by a strong wave of plague, where in 1680 the Krup burgher Tobias Behr became infected, who then dragged the disease to Krupka. His entire family succumbed to the plague. Thieves who robbed an empty house spread the infection throughout Krupka. About a third of the population died then. In 1717, the inhabitants of the city had the…