Vysočany

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Vysočany
Administrative District of Prague
Prague 9 town hall in Vysočany
Prague 9 town hall in Vysočany
Coat of arms of Vysočany
Coat of arms
Location of Vysočany in Prague
Location of Vysočany in Prague
Coordinates: 50°6′45″N 14°29′43″E / 50.11250°N 14.49528°E / 50.11250; 14.49528
CountryCzech Republic
RegionPrague
Area
 • Total
6.07 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
17,465
 • Density2,900/km2 (7,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
190 00
Websitehttp://www.praha9.cz

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

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Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,766—    
18802,334+32.2%
18903,329+42.6%
19004,406+32.4%
19106,896+56.5%
YearPop.±%
19218,554+24.0%
193015,762+84.3%
195018,207+15.5%
196117,202−5.5%
197013,018−24.3%
YearPop.±%
198010,352−20.5%
19918,203−20.8%
20018,019−2.2%
201115,219+89.8%
202117,465+14.8%
Source: Censuses[2][1]

Interesting facts

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b "Results of the 2021 Census - Open data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  2. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Praha" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
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