There used to be a feudal pub called Beseda on the first floor of the former burgess brewery. T. G. Masaryk delivered his election speech on 16^thFebruary 1891 in its hall – in this time he was a university professor yet. He was standing as a candidate to the Imperial council  and was a representative of several south-bohemian towns including Strakonice. In the end of the year he succeeded in the election to the Provincial congress as well and he defended interests of our town till 1893. A memorial plaque reminds the day when the future first president of Czechoslovakia had his speech.