Beroun

Beroun
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Historical part of the country :	Bohemia
Region :	Středočeský kraj
District :	Beroun
Area :	3143.9669 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 58 ' N , 14 ° 4' E Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '51 " N , 14 ° 4' 26" E
Height:	235 m nm
Residents :	19,510 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	266 01
License plate :	S.
traffic
Street:	D5 : Prague - Pilsen
Railway connection:	Prague – Plzeň ; Rakovník – Beroun ; Beroun – Rudná u Prahy
Next international airport :	Prague airport
structure
Status:	city
Districts:	7th
administration
Mayor :	Ivan Kůs (as of 2016)
Address:	Husovo nám. 68 ; 266 43 Beroun
Municipality number:	531057
Website :	www.mesto-beroun.cz
Location of Beroun in the Beroun district

Beroun

Jan-Hus-Platz with Pilsner Tor

Prague gate

town hall

Beroun (German Beraun , older also Bern ) is a royal city in the region of Central Bohemia , at the confluence of the Litavka in the Berounka , 30 kilometers west of Prague , with 17,646 inhabitants (2005). To the west of the city rises the Děd (492 m) and immediately southwest of the old town the Městská hora (290 m).

history

The first settlement in the area of today's city is mentioned from the year 1088, then in 1295 a fortified royal city stood here, among whose inhabitants there were many German merchants. On April 1st, 1421, 15 days after the conquest of Komotau , Beraun was conquered by the Hussite troops under Jan Žižka . Since then, the city has been mostly Czech. After the confiscation of the city's goods in 1547 and even more so after the Thirty Years' War , its importance declined. After the Podbrdsko district was merged with the Vltavsko district , Beroun became the seat of the new Berauner district in 1714 . The district seat was moved from Beroun to Prague in 1791 . Only after 1860, when ore and limestone were found in the area and the textile industry settled in Beroun, did the city grow again.

In August 2002, Beroun was hit by a flood. Since 1997 there has been a craft and ceramics market in Beroun on the main square in May and September. The market is the largest of its kind in the Czech Republic; it consists of 200 stands and has around 25,000 visitors.

City structure

The city of Beroun consists of the seven districts Beroun-Centrum, Beroun-Hostim, Beroun-Jarov, Beroun-Město, Beroun-Zavadilka, Beroun-Závodí and Beroun-Zdejcina . The cadastral districts are Beroun, Hostim u Berouna, Jarov u Berouna and Zdejcina. The 29 basic settlement units are: Beroun-historické jádro I, Beroun-historické jádro II, Beroun-historické jádro III, Hostim, Jarov, K Vinici, Lištice, Na lukách, Na ostrově, Na Veselé, Plzeňské předměstí p II, Podzeňské Hlinkami, Pod Městskou horou, Pod Ostrým, Pod Šibencem, Pod Velkým Kosovem, Ratinka, Sídliště Hlinky, U dálnice, U hýskovské silnice, U Litavky I, U Máchovny, V Pánvích, Vrchyad, Za Městavcou.

Attractions

Muzeum Českého krasu v Berouně (Museum of the Bohemian Karst )
city wall
Plzeňská brána (Pilsen Gate)
Pražská brána (Prague Gate)
Church of St. Jacob
Zábranský kostel (Church “Outside the Gates”)
Jewish Cemetery
Marketplace
Beroun Town Hall
Duslova vila

Town twinning

Condega ( Nicaragua )
Goslar ( Germany )
Rijswijk ( Netherlands ) In 2017, Rijswijk made attempts to end the partnership
Brzeg ( Poland )

Personalities

Josef Jungmann (1773–1847), writer and researcher in linguistics
Alois Herout (1860–1943), author of Czech shorthand and school books
Theodor Krauss (1864–1924), homeopath and alternative medicine
Jan Preisler (1872–1918), painter
Václav Talich (1883–1961), conductor
František Branislav (1900–1968), poet and man of letters
Marta Krásová (1901–1970), opera singer
František Hampl (1901–1977), editor
Jan Schneeweis (1904–1995), composer
Heda Průchová (1904–1997), fairy tale writer, storyteller, columnist
Viktor Palivec (1908–1989), historian
František Nepil (1929–1995), writer
Miloslav Richter (* 1955), composer, clarinetist, musicologist and music teacher
Monica Sweetheart (* 1981), porn actress
Tomáš Macháč (* 2000), tennis player

traffic

Beroun is on the D5 motorway , which leads from Prague to the German border at Rozvadov (Roßhaupt). In addition, the city lies on the Prague - Plzeň railway line and is the terminus of lines 6 and 7 of Esko Prague .