the museum building is decorated by a mosaic allegory of the seasons by Jano Köhler from 1905. The building is a cultural monument. The museum also manages the Moravian Slovakia Museum's Gallery. The gallery seats in the Baroque building of a former armory from 1721–1723. The synagogue was built in 1875. In 1904, it was rebuilt and the neo-Romanesque façade was added. It was burned down in 1944 and reconstructed after the World War II. Nowadays, the former synagogue serves as a library. Uherské Hradiště railway station won the Building of the Year award after its reconstruction in 2004, and in 2011 was chosen as the "most beautiful Czech railway station". Notable people Adolf Jellinek (1821–1893), rabbi Ernst Sträussler (1872–1959), neuropathologist Božena Benešová (1873–1936), novelist and poet Jindřich Prucha (1886–1914), painter Anton Gala (1891–1977), Slovak ophthalmologist; studied here Jan Antonín Baťa (1898–1965), businessman Otakar Borůvka (1899–1995), mathematician, studied here Zdeněk Chalabala (1899–1962), conductor Věra Suková (1931–1982), tennis player Paul Speckmann (born 1963), American singer and musician; lives here Petr Nečas (born 1964), politician and former Prime Minister Ladislav Kohn (born 1975), ice hockey player Radim Bičánek (born 1975), ice hockey player Tatana Sterba (born 1976), Swiss DJ Michal Tabara (born 1979), tennis player Twin towns – sister cities Uherské Hradiště is twinned with: Bridgwater, England, United Kingdom Krosno, Poland Mayen, Germany Sárvár, Hungary Skalica, Slovakia References External links Populated places in Uherské Hradiště District Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Moravian Slovakia Shtetls