Praskačka is a municipality and village in
Hradec Králové District
Hradec Králové District ( cs, okres Hradec Králové) is a district (''okres'') within Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czec ...
in the
Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region ( cs, Královéhradecký kraj, ; pl, Kraj hradecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec K ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The villages of Krásnice, Sedlice, Vlčkovice and Žižkovec are administrative parts of Praskačka.
Geography
Praskačka is located about southwest of
Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...
. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the
East Elbe Table
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...
.
History
The village was founded shourtly before 1465 and was owned by the monastery in
Opatovice. The first written mention of Praskačka is from 1465, when King
George of Poděbrady
George of Kunštát and Poděbrady (23 April 1420 – 22 March 1471), also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad ( cs, Jiří z Poděbrad; german: Georg von Podiebrad), was the sixteenth King of Bohemia, who ruled in 1458–1471. He was a leader of the ...
handed over the village to his sons.
Demographics
Transport
The
D11 motorway runs through the municipality. Its intersection with the
D35 motorway is also located here.
Praskačka is located on the railway line from Hradec Králové to
Chlumec nad Cidlinou
Chlumec nad Cidlinou (; german: Chlumetz an der Zidlina) is a town in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,600 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The town is made up of town parts of Chlume ...
.
Sport
The municipality is known for its
greyhound racing track, which is the only one in the Czech Republic which meets the international standards.
Sights
The main landmark of Praskačka is the Church of the Holy Trinity. It dates from 1848.
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Notable people
*Bohumil Kubišta
Bohumil Kubišta (21 August 1884 in Vlčkovice, Bohemia – 27 November 1918 in Prague)Chilvers, Ian, and John Glaves-Smith. "Kubišta, Bohumil." in ''A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art''. Oxford University Press, 2009. Oxford Reference ...
(1884–1918), painter
References
External links
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Villages in Hradec Králové District