Sušice walls.

Looking into the past, we find that everything here started with panning for gold. It is said that the name of the city probably comes from the drying of gold-bearing sand. Whether this was actually the case remains a mystery. Until 1273, the village belonged to the Bavarian family of Bogen. In this year, King Přemysl Otakar II acquired the village. and promoted Sušice to a city. However, the order to build the walls was given only by John of Luxembourg. The ramparts were completed in…