Ruzyně
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Hlavní město Praha | ||
| Municipality : | Prague | ||
| Administrative district : | Prague 6 | ||
| Area : | 1500 ha | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 6 ' N , 14 ° 18' E | ||
| Residents : | 7,595 (December 31, 2015) | ||
| Postal code : | 161 00 | ||
Ruzyně is a cadastral municipality on the northwestern edge of the Czech capital Prague . It belongs to the Prague 6 district . The international airport of Prague is located in Ruzyně .
location
Ruzyně borders within the urban area in the east on Přední Kopanina , Liboc and Břevnov and in the south on Řepy and Zličín . It borders Hostivice to the west and Dobrovíz and Kněževes to the north . The Litovický potok flows through Ruzyně and is dammed in the Jiviny retention basin between Řepy and Ruzyně.
history
Ruzyně was mentioned for the first time in the founding deed of Břevnov Monastery in 993. The village belonged to the monastery until 1420, after which it became the property of the Prague citizens and, in the 16th century, the Prague burgraves . The municipality of Ruzyně was incorporated into Prague in 1960 and had almost 5700 inhabitants at that time.
Significant places
- In the area of Ruzyně is the White Mountain , the scene of the battle of 1620 .
- There is a tolerance cemetery in Ruzyně .
- On November 17, 1939, 9 student leaders were shot by SS units in the Ruzyně barracks as part of the Prague Special Operation .
- There is a prison in Ruzyně that was established in 1935 and expanded in 1950. This prison is known from the time of the show trials in the 1950s and later, when many dissidents were held here.
traffic
The Václav Havel Airport Prague , which was opened in 1937 and was called Prague-Ruzyně Airport until 2012, is located in the cadastral area .
The Praha-Ruzyně station, which was put into operation by the Buschtěhrad Railway in 1867, is located on the Praha – Rakovník line .
In Ruzyně, the D7 motorway connects to the not yet completed Prague motorway ring.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Area and inhabitants of the Prague cadastral parishes - Český statistický úřad
- ↑ History of Ruzyně Šestka , news from Prague 6 (Czech)
- ↑ Vazební věznice Praha-Ruzyně , online at: ruzyne.vscr.cz / ... ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2007 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.
