Zbraslav
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Zbraslav | |
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Municipal District of Prague Cadastral Area of Prague | |
 Zbraslav from the right bank of the Vltava | |
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UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| Postal code | 156 00 |
| Website | http://www.mc-zbraslav.cz |
Zbraslav (Czech pronunciation: .
The former independent municipality of Zbraslav is now one of two cadastral areas in the Prague-Zbraslav Municipal District. The other is Lahovice.
History
Zbraslav was founded in 1118. In the 13th century, the king Wenceslaus II of Bohemia founded here a very influential Cistercian abbey which was called Aula regia in Latin. The medieval monastery became the burial place of Bohemian kings. The Madonna of Zbraslav (a masterpiece of Bohemian Gothic fine art) was painted for this monastery in the 1340s.
In 1935,
Communists
before 1948.
In 1924,
National Gallery in Prague
in the building of former monastery.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1869 | 2,925 | — |
| 1880 | 2,868 | −1.9% |
| 1890 | 3,195 | +11.4% |
| 1900 | 3,286 | +2.8% |
| 1910 | 3,604 | +9.7% |
| 1921 | 3,727 | +3.4% |
| 1930 | 4,887 | +31.1% |
| 1950 | 5,534 | +13.2% |
| 1961 | 6,006 | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 6,226 | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 7,181 | +15.3% |
| 1991 | 7,530 | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 7,838 | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 9,995 | +27.5% |
| 2021 | 10,140 | +1.5% |
| Source: Censuses[1][2] | ||
Notable people
- Petr Žitavský (1270–1339), abbot of the Zbraslav Monastery, politician and author of the Zbraslav Chronicle
- Vladislav Vančura (1891–1942), novelist; lived here from 1921
- Jaromír Vejvoda (1902–1988), songwriter; his home is now a restaurant called Škoda Lásky with paraphernalia relating to him
References
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Praha" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 21 December 2015. pp. 7–8.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 27 March 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zbraslav.
- Unofficial Zbraslav page (in Czech)
- Official page of the Prague-Zbraslav Municipal District
- Zbraslav and history (in Czech)
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