Divoká Šárka (; Wild
Šárka) is a
nature reserve on the northwestern outskirts of
Prague, the capital city of the
Czech Republic.
Around the 6th century the
Slavs
Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, main ...
came to this area. In the 7th to 9th centuries above the Džbán gorge was a Slavic settlement, with an area of approximately 20
ha (3 ha fortified settlement).
A
gorge
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
in the area is named after the female warrior
Šárka, who, according to
Ancient Bohemian Legends, threw herself to her death from its cliffs after betraying her lover
Ctirad
Ctirad () (Polish: Czcirad) is a Slavic origin male given name derived from the elements: čest / chest "honour" and rad "care, joy".
Maybe, it means "he honours advice" or "worshiping advice".
Name Days
Czech: ''16 January''
Nicknames
Cti ...
during the
Maidens' War.
It is the closest site to the city where the
black woodpecker
The black woodpecker (''Dryocopus martius'') is a large woodpecker that lives in mature forests across the northern Palearctic. It is the sole representative of its genus in that region. Its range is expanding. The black woodpecker is easily the ...
lives.
Czech Society for Ornithology: Birding in Prague
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There is a lak
Džbán
(The Pitcher) on the border of the Divoká Šárka reserve area and a public swimming pool located in the middle of the reserve. The water of the pool is supplied by clean and fresh water from the Šárka spring creek that passes through the park and the lake.
Photo
Image:23.06.2012 Divoka Sarka Czech (27).JPG, View in Divoká Šárka
Image:23.06.2012 Divoka Sarka Czech (28).JPG, View in Divoká Šárka
Image:Praha, Vodní nádrž Džbán 01.jpg, The Džbán reservoir
Image:Praha, Vokovice, Divoká Šárka X.JPG, Restaurant Dívčí skok (''A girl jump'')
Image:Praha, Vokovice, Divoká Šárka, skály u Džbánu.jpg, Džbán gorge in Divoká Šárka
Image:Divoká Šárka.jpg, Divoká Šárka. June 2019
References
External links
Divoká Šárka travel guide from expats.cz
Geography of Prague
Nature reserves in the Czech Republic
Tourist attractions in Prague
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