Sedlec (Prague)
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Hlavní město Praha | ||
| Municipality : | Praha | ||
| Area : | 145.5483 ha | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 8 ' N , 14 ° 24' E | ||
| Height: | 190 m nm | ||
| Residents : | 893 (October 16, 2006) | ||
| Postal code : | 165 00 | ||
| License plate : | A. | ||
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| Street: | Prague - Roztoky | ||
| Railway connection: | Prague – Děčín | ||
| Next international airport : | Prague airport | ||
Sedlec (German Selz ) is a district of the Czech capital Prague . It is located six kilometers north of the city center of Prague and belongs partly to the districts of Praha 6 and Praha-Suchdol in the 6th district .
geography
Sedlec is located on the left bank of the Vltava in the Prague plateau ( Pražská plošina ). The Palírka (267 m) rises to the southeast. State road II / 242 leads through Sedlec from Prague to Roztoky , from which road II / 241 to Statenice branches off in the southern part of the village . The Prague – Děčín railway runs along the Vltava .
Neighboring towns are Nový Suchdol, Za Hájem, Tříkrálka, Zámky, Roztoky and Brnky in the north, Čimice in the northeast, Bohnice in the east, Podhoří, Bosna and Troja in the southeast, Baba and Podbaba in the south, Lysolaje in the southwest, Výhledy and Bidovec in the west Nový Suchdol and Starý Suchdol in the north-west.
history
Sedlec was founded in the 10th century by the Přemyslids on the road between Prague and Levý Hradec . In 999, Duke Boleslav II dedicated the village to the newly built Benedictine monastery Insula . In the 14th century Sedlec belonged to the property of the Prague Propstei, then the Strahov Monastery . During the Hussite Wars , the property became the property of Prague's Old Town . Later, the Church of St. Maria auf der Lache ( kostel Panny Marie na Louži ) in Prague's Old Town, the Tyn Church and the Prague Provost took turns as owners of the property. In 1725, the landlord, the Prague citizen and change owner, Franz Joseph Moser, had the Chapel of the Holy Trinity built. At the same time, Moser donated 100 guilders to maintain the service, which was only held at the church festival and at the request of the authorities. The Poor Institute was founded in 1833. The other tenants included u. a. the chronicler JB Labler and the Prague Mayor František Václav Pštross.
In 1843 Gut Selz had a usable area of 129 yoke 696 square fathoms . The Tyn Church was the owner of the property administered by the Prague Church Office. The hunting area belonged to the reservation of the captain general of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Archduke Karl , and was temporarily leased. The village of the same name as well as four Podhoří houses were subordinate to the estate. The village of Selz / Sedletz was north of Welwarner Strasse and consisted of 17 houses with 152 Czech-speaking residents, including two Protestant families. There was a public chapel of St. Trinity and an inn. The residents lived from agriculture and horticulture, the fruit trade and fishing. The parish was Bohnitz . Until the middle of the 19th century, Selz was a country estate.
After the abolition of patrimonial formed Sedlec / Selz in 1850 a district of the municipality Lysolaje in the district and judicial district Smíchov . The railway connection between Prague, Bodenbach and Dresden established by the Imperial and Royal Northern State Railway at that time brought more and more visitors from Prague to the scenic area in the Vltava Valley and Sedlec developed into a summer resort with hotels and inns. At the end of the 19th century, the first industrial companies settled in Sedlec. From 1908 the U Slona inn was shaped like an elephant. At the beginning of the 20th century the village was called Sedlec t. Selc , since 1924 it has had the official name Sedlec. In 1922 Sedlec was incorporated into Prague as part of the creation of a "Greater Prague" and from 1927 belonged to the Prague XIX district.
In 1947 the village was assigned to the new Prague 6 district as part of the reorganization of the administrative districts in Prague . In the second half of the 20th century, a complex of cold stores was built in the industrial area, which became the largest plant in Sedlec.
On October 30, 1975, a 120-person Yugoslav DC-9 from Tivat crashed into the allotment garden colony between Suchdol and Sedlec while approaching Prague Airport . 71 passengers and four crew members died. Five garden houses burned down, another ten were destroyed by the aircraft debris.
In 1990, as part of a restructuring of the Prague administrative districts, the districts Suchdol and Sedlec became the district of Praha-Suchdol . In 1991 there were 779 inhabitants in Sedlec. In the 2001 census, 739 people lived in Sedlec's 182 houses. On January 1, 2005 Sedlec was divided, with the Dolní Sedlec part on the Vltava river with Sedlec and the industrial area A (Sedlec-průmyslový obvod A) added to the Prague 6 district.
In future, the Prague ring road D 0 will cross the Vltava north of Sedlec in the Sedlecké Skály natural monument.
Tavern Elephant
A special tourist attraction was the Elefant inn from 1908 onwards. The iron structure was built by Jan Kieswetter based on a design by the sculptor Karel Novák for the First Prague Citizens' Brewery in Holešovice as an advertisement for the exhibition of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry at the Prague Exhibition Center . The figure carrying the patron saint of brewers and three beer barrels provided space for a tap, lab and dance inside. After the exhibition was over, the Sedlec innkeeper Šenk bought the elephant and had it moved to the garden of his inn "Zum Löwen" for 15,000 crowns.
Josef Pivoňka leased the elephant in 1914 and moved it to the garden of his Hotel California. After the First World War he bought it and ran it as the U Slona restaurant ( Eng . "To the elephant"). During the Second World War, when Vlasov soldiers were quartered in the Hotel California and used the elephant as a target, the former tourist attraction began to decline.
In the 1950s, the rump collapsed. Since the ruins of the elephant with the protruding iron girders lay on the railway line, their decay was also noticed by numerous travelers to Prague. Pivoňka had some repairs done; However, he lacked the means to restore it and a request for support from the local council was unsuccessful. When Pivoňka died in 1969 at the age of 92, the decision was made to demolish the former landmark. In 1974 the wreckage of the elephant was cleared away.
Local division
The Sedlec district forms a cadastral district; it is divided into the four settlement units Budovec, Sedlec-průmyslový obvod B, Sedlec-průmyslový obvod A and Starý Sedlec A. The former two are part of the Praha-Suchdol district , the others of the Prague 6 district.
Attractions
- baroque chapel of St. Trinity, it was built in 1725 at the expense of the Prague citizen and exchange master Franz Joseph Moser
- Sedlecké Skály natural monument, rock formation north of the village on the Vltava
- Podhoří natural monument, rock formation east of the village on the opposite bank of the Vltava
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi/730041/Sedlec
- ↑ Johann Gottfried Sommer The Kingdom of Bohemia, Vol. 13 Rakonitzer Kreis, 1845 pp. 174-175
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-casti-obce/400505/Cast-obce-Sedlec