Zbraslav (; german: Königsaal; Latin ''Aula Regia'') is a municipal district and cadastral area of

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. The southernmost district of Prague, it lies on the

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River in the national administrative district of

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. The former independent municipality of Zbraslav is now one of two cadastral areas in the Prague-Zbraslav Municipal District. The other is

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History

Zbraslav was founded in 1118. In the 13th century, the king

Wenceslaus II of Bohemia Wenceslaus II Přemyslid ( cs, Václav II.; pl, Wacław II Czeski; 27 SeptemberK. Charvátová, ''Václav II. Král český a polský'', Prague 2007, p. 18. 1271 – 21 June 1305) was King of Bohemia (1278–1305), Duke of Cracow (1291–13 ...

founded here a very influential

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abbey which was called ''Aula regia'' in Latin. The medieval monastery became the burial place of Bohemian kings. The

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(a masterpiece of Bohemian Gothic fine art) was painted for this monastery in the 1340s. In 1935, V. Bulgakov founded an important Russian museum here with collections dedicated to

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n emigrants, but the museum was closed and confiscated by the

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s before 1948. In 1924, Žabovřesky and Záběhlice were joined to Zbraslav. In 1967, Zbraslav was promoted to a town. Zbraslav was merged into the city of Prague in 1974. It used to house the

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collections of the

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in the building of former monastery.

Notable people

Petr Žitavský Peter of Zittau ( cz, Petr Žitavský; –1339) was a Bohemian churchman and historian. Born in Zittau, he entered the Cistercian monastery of Aula Regia (Zbraslav), founded by Wenceslaus II in 1292, and became the monastery's official historian. ...

(1270–1339), abbot of the

Zbraslav Monastery The Cistercian Abbey of Zbraslav ( la, Aula Regia, cs, Zbraslavský klášter) located in Zbraslav near Prague (today part of Prague) was one of the most significant monastery, monasteries of the Cistercians, Cistercian Order in the Kingdom of Bo ...

, politician and author of the ''Zbraslav Chronicle'' *

Vladislav Vančura Vladislav Vančura () (23 June 1891 in Háj ve Slezsku – 1 June 1942 in Prague) was an important Czechs, Czech writer active in the 20th century, who was murdered by the Nazis. He was also active as a film director, playwright and screenwriter ...

(1891–1942), novelist; lived here from 1921 *

Jaromír Vejvoda Jaromír Vejvoda (28 March 1902 – 13 November 1988) was a Czech composer and the author of the "Beer Barrel Polka". Life and work Vejvoda was born and died in Zbraslav. He learned to play the fiddle and flugelhorn in a band led by his father. ...

(1902–1988), songwriter; his home is now a restaurant called Škoda Lásky with paraphernalia relating to him

References

External links

Unofficial Zbraslav page
(in Czech)
Official page of the Prague-Zbraslav Municipal DistrictZbraslav and history
(in Czech) {{Authority control Districts of Prague