Saint John of Nepomuk, built in 1750–1755, is a part of the former monastery of the Merciful Brothers. The Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius was founded together with the Capuchin monastery. In the early 20th century, it was neo-Baroque rebuilt and consecrated to Saints Cyril and Methodius. The former Old Synagogue was originally a yeshiva, rebuilt into a synagogue with Empire style elements in the 1830s. Today it is privately owned and inaccessible. The former New Synagogue was built opposite the old one in 1904, originally in Art Nouveau style. After the World War II, it was sold to Czechoslovak Hussite Church and arranged as a prayer house of this church, which it is to this day. Other Jewish monuments in the city are several old preserved houses, the new cemetery established in 1908, and the remains of the old cemetery, the surface of which was devastated during the war. Notable people John Filipec (c. 1431–1509), bishop and diplomat Meir Eisenstadt (c. 1670–1744), author of rabbinic literature Jonathan Eybeschutz (1690–1764), rabbi Moses Sofer (1762–1839), rabbi Gideon Brecher (1797–1873), Austrian physician and writer Moritz Steinschneider (1816–1907), bibliographer, orientalist Ignaz Brüll (1846–1907), Austrian pianist and composer Rosa Sonneschein (1847–1932), journalist and editor Nathan Porges (1848–1924), rabbi Konrad Loewe (1856–1912), Austrian actor and playwright Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), German philosopher Ondřej Přikryl (1862–1936), writer and politician; mayor of Prostějov in 1914–1919 Rudolf Alfred Höger (1877–1930), Austrian painter Carmen Cartellieri (1891–1954), Austrian actress Jiří Wolker (1900–1924), poet, journalist and playwright Edvard Valenta (1901–1978), journalist and writer Lola Beer Ebner (1910–1997), Israeli fashion designer Otto Wichterle (1913–1998), chemist, inventor of contact lens Otakar Hořínek (1929–2015), sports shooter, Olympic medalist Antonín Přidal (1935–2017), translator and writer Milena Dvorská (1938–2009), actress Oldřich Machač (1946–2011), ice hockey player Nina Škottová (1946–2018), politician Rostislav Václavíček (born 1946), footballer Vlastimil Petržela (born 1953), football player and manager Luděk Mikloško (born 1961), footballer Petr Hořava (born 1963), physicist Paulina Porizkova (born 1965), Swedish-American model and actress Karel Nováček (born 1965), tennis player Robert Změlík (born 1969), decathlete, Olympic winner Radoslav Látal (born 1970, football player and manager Gabriela Míčová (born 1975), actress Lukáš Krajíček (born 1983), ice hockey player Petra Cetkovská (born 1985), tennis player Petra Kvitová (born 1990), tennis player; lives here Twin towns – sister cities Prostějov is twinned with: Środa Wielkopolska, Poland Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia References External links Jewish history Populated places in Prostějov District Cities and towns