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Vysočany
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Vysočany | |
| settlement_type | Administrative District of Prague | |
| image_skyline | Prague Vysocany Town Hall.jpg | |
| image_caption | Prague 9 town hall in Vysočany | |
| image_shield | Praha 9 - Znak.jpg | |
| etymology | ||
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | Czech Republic | |
| subdivision_type2 | Region | |
| subdivision_name2 | Prague | |
| subdivision_name4 | ||
| image_map | Praha KÚ Vysočany.png | |
| map_caption | Location of Vysočany in Prague | |
| coordinates | ||
| coordinates_footnotes | ||
| established_date | 1902 | |
| area_total_km2 | 6.07 | |
| area_water_sq_mi | ||
| elevation_ft | ||
| population_as_of | 2021 | |
| population_footnotes | ||
| population_total | 17465 | |
| population_density_km2 | auto | |
| population_demonym | ||
| timezone1 | CET | |
| utc_offset1 | +1 | |
| timezone1_DST | CEST | |
| utc_offset1_DST | +2 | |
| postal_code_type | Postal code | |
| postal_code | 190 00 | |
| <!-- website, footnotes --> | website | http://www.praha9.cz |
the district of Prague
Vysočany (German: Wissotschan) is a part of Prague in the Prague 9 administrative district (partly in Prague 3), Czech Republic. It lays in the eastern part of Prague around the valley with Rokytka river.History
- The first recorded information about Vysočany is from 1115 when the duke Vladislav I. gave Vysočany vineyards to Kladruby monastery.
- In 1896 - Emil Kolben - important Czech engineer and entrepreneur (former employee and friend of Thomas Edison) founded its factory which later became the famous ČKD. This strongly influenced Vysočany as a heavily industrial district of Prague.
- In the year 1902 - the emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria awarded Vysočany with the title of city and the right to use its coat of arms.
- 1911 - Vysočany Town Hall was built
- In 1922 - Vysočany became part of Prague.
- In 1939 - after the Nazi invasion of Prague. The majority of industrial production had to be refocused on military production to support Nazi-Germany war
- In 1942 - several families from Vysočany were involved in the Operation Anthropoid (assassination of Reinhard Heydrich)
- In 1945 - during the end of World War II the district was heavily damaged during the Bombing of Prague. The targets were factories which were forced to produce military material.
- In 1968 - after the invasion of Russian armies - there was a special convention of the Czechoslovak Communist Party held in Vysočany which strongly condemned the invasion of the Soviet armies.
- Since 1990s - the new era after Velvet Revolution saw Vysočany transforming from heavily industrial district to new modern residential part of Prague. Big part of construction is focused on the "brown-fields" after former factories.
Infrastructure
- Vysočany has 2 metro stations on the line B: Vysočanská and Kolbenova.
- 2 train stations (Praha-Vysočany and Praha-Libeň).
- The oldest airport in Prague Kbely lies partly in Vysočany.
Demographics
Interesting facts
- The tallest residential building in the Czech Republic Rezidence Eliška is in Vysočany.
- Vineyard Máchalka is the only one left in the almost 1000-year history of vine production in Vysočany. It was renewed in 1998.
- Part of the Pragovka factory was rebuilt to an artist/community center
- The largest flea market in Prague is in Vysočany district in the U Elektry street.
- O2 Arena (Prague) with the shopping mall Galerie Harfa and Harfa Business District is generally considered as Vysočany although officially lies in Libeň district.
References
References
- (2021-03-27). "Results of the 2021 Census - Open data". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
- (2015-12-21). "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Praha". Czech Statistical Office.
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