Smíchov
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Hlavní město Praha | ||
| Municipality : | Praha | ||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 5 ′ N , 14 ° 24 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | 36,165 (October 16, 2006) | ||
Smíchov (German Smichow ) is a district of Prague and belongs to one of the largest administrative districts of the Czech capital, the urban district Praha 5 . Smíchov is located south of the Malá Strana ( Lesser Town ) district on the western bank of the Vltava . In 1922 the city of Smíchov was incorporated into Prague.
overview
The original village of Smíchov, then a workers' and industrial district with textile factories, breweries, the Moritz Resek porcelain and doll factory and a railway wagon and tram factory , became an office and shopping center after the political change. The area of the Staropramen brewery remains as a contemporary witness . The center and traffic junction is the Anděl (Engel) office and shopping complex, which owes its name to a wall fresco on the facade of an old house that fell victim to the construction boom in the 1980s. The editorial offices of Dnes , Lidové noviny and the radio station Expres are located in the Anděl Media Center .
traffic
In long-distance traffic there is a connection via the long-distance and regional train station Praha-Smíchov (on the railway line Praha-Smíchov-Hostivice ) and a smaller bus station. There is a direct connection to both local public transport via metro line B and the tram.
Attractions
- Vila Bertramka with the Mozart Museum
- Kinsky summer gardens
- Klamovka Park
- Monastery Church of Saint Gabriel ( Sv. Gabriela )
- the Malvazinky cemetery with the grave of Karel Gott
- two of Prague's Jewish cemeteries : the Old and New Prague-Smíchov Jewish Cemeteries
- old Lesser Town cemetery
- Mövenpick inclined elevator
Personalities
Sons and daughters
Sorted by year of birth
- Johannes Karasek (1764–1809), leader of a band of robbers in Northern Bohemia and Upper Lusatia
- Siegfried Kapper (1820–1879), Jewish writer, translator and doctor
- Anton David (1849-1924), politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (SDAP)
- Karl Kreibich (1869–1932), dermatologist, university lecturer in Graz and Prague
- Josef von Geitler (1870–1923), physicist
- Alfred Grund (1875–1914), geographer and geologist
- Rudolf Lochner (1875–1978), educator, university professor in Celle and Lüneburg
- Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871–1951), representative of Décadence
- Josef Čtyřoký (1906–1985), football player
- Winnie Markus (1921–2002), actress
- Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi (* 1932), Austrian journalist
- Madeleine Albright (* 1937), American politician
Personalities connected to Smíchov
- Josepha Duschk (1754–1824), singer, and Franz Xaver Duschk (1731–1799), composer, both owners of Vila Bertramka
- Karl Egon Ebert (1801–1882 in Smichow), German-Bohemian poet
- Karel Gott (1939–2019), Czech singer and composer lived in Smíchov
- Karel Hoffmann (1872–1936), Czech violinist and music teacher; he grew up in Smíchov, attended elementary school there and contributed to the family's earnings as a violinist in a band.
- Zdenko Lobkowitz (1858–1933), adjutant general of Emperor Karl I , had his retirement home in Smichov from 1918 to 1933.
Trivia
The idea of selling the now well-known ready-made fruit yoghurt mixes as convenience food in small containers was first developed by the Radlitz steam dairy in Smíchov in 1933 and began a worldwide triumph from here.
See also
Web links
- Smichow . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 18, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, p. 549 .
- Map of the district
- Smíchov - from abandoned stepchild to Goldmarie
Individual evidence
- ↑ The first fruit yoghurt in the world - 75 years of the Radlitzer JOVO. April 26, 2008, accessed June 22, 2020 .