Prague 21

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Prague 21
Újezd ​​nad Lesy
Coat of arms of Újezd ​​nad Lesy Location of Prague 21
Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Hlavní město Praha
Municipality : Praha
Area : 1014 ha
Geographic location : 50 ° 5 '  N , 14 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 4 '33 "  N , 14 ° 39' 34"  E
Residents : 10,758 (December 31, 2015)
Postal code : 190 16
structure
Status: District ( městská část )
administration
Mayor : Karel Hanzlík (as of 2016)
Address: Staroklánovická 260
190 16, Prague 9
Website : www.praha21.cz

Prague 21 or Újezd ​​nad Lesy is an administrative district and a district of the Czech capital Prague . The Prague 21 administrative district is located on the eastern edge of the city and includes the Prague 21 district as well as the districts of Běchovice , Klánovice and Koloděje .

The Prague 21 district is the easternmost part of Prague and is identical to the cadastral municipality of Újezd ​​nad Lesy.

history

Újezd ​​nad Lesy passed under the name Viesd in 1309 from the property of a Vítek ze Švábenic to the Zderaz monastery . The document is the first written mention of the place. In 1395 the royal mintmaster of Kutná Hora , Martin Rotlev, bought the place. In 1645, towards the end of the Thirty Years War , Újezd ​​was burned down by Swedish soldiers. The place remained uninhabited for a long time until Alois I Joseph von Liechtenstein gave land to ten German families who settled here in 1783. The place was administratively attached to Koloděje .

In 1921 Újezd ​​became an independent municipality. In 1974 the municipality was annexed to Prague.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History on the website of the district