Vysočany Explained
| Vysočany |
| Other Name: | Wissotschan (German) |
| Settlement Type: | District of Prague
Administrative District of Prague |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Czech Republic |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Prague |
| Coordinates: | 50.1106°N 14.5°W |
| Established Date: | 1902 |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.06 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 15214 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 190 00 |
| Website: | http://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 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 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
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.
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