Petřín
| Petřín | ||
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 Petrin from the Old Town Bridge Tower seen |
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| height | 327 m nm | |
| location | Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 5 '1 " N , 14 ° 23' 43" E | |
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The Petřín ( German Laurenziberg ) is a 327 m high hill in the western center of the Czech capital Prague . It lies on the left bank of the Vltava .
description
The almost completely forested hill is one of the preferred local recreation areas for the population of Prague. There are numerous historical buildings and sights on it. The small St. Laurentius Church was built here in the Middle Ages and was redesigned in the Baroque style in the 18th century. During the reign of Charles IV , the hunger wall , a Gothic bulwark, was built.
On the occasion of the anniversary exhibition in 1891, a funicular and a historical mirror labyrinth were added. Both are still in operation or can be viewed. The Petřín lookout tower (stairs with a height difference of 60 meters) was also built for the same reason. It is a scaled-down replica of the Paris Eiffel Tower and is considered a landmark of the city that can be seen from afar. This tower allows a comprehensive view of Prague and the wider area.
The Laurenziberg is mentioned in Franz Kafka's short story Description of a Struggle as well as in Milan Kundera's novel The unbearable lightness of being .
Attractions
- Hunger wall ( Hladová Zeď )
- City fortifications with bastions No. IV (St. Karl), No. V (St. Laurentius) and No. VI (St. Adalbert)
- Strahov Monastery ( Strahovský klášter )
- Petřín Lookout Tower ( Petřínská rozhledna )
- Štefánik Observatory ( Štefánikova hvězdárna )
- The Munich history painter Josef Holzmaier created the frescoes of the Way of the Cross ( Křížová cesta ) based on Joseph von Führich's
- Restaurant Nebozízek ( Restaurace Nebozízek )
- Kinsky Garden, Rose Garden, Seminar Garden, Strahow Garden and Vrtba Garden
- Monument to Karel Hynek Mácha
- Memorial to the victims of communism
- St. Lawrence Church
- Archangel Saint Michael Church (wooden church in the Bojk style, was brought here from Carpathian Ukraine in 1929 )
- Strahov Stadium
traffic
The Petřín funicular, which opened in 1891, still operates as a connection between the Lesser Town of Prague and the highest point of the hill near the hill in the western city center .
Web links
- Pictures of Petřín and the lookout tower
- Cable car to Mount Laurenzi (Prague public transport company)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holzmaier, Josef . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 421 .
- ↑ pravoslavnacirkev.cz ( Memento of the original of July 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
