Zbraslav (; ; 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 Lahovice.

History

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

Wenceslaus II of Bohemia Wenceslaus II Přemyslid (; ; 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 (1291–1305), and King of Poland (1296–130 ...

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

Madonna of Zbraslav The Zbraslav Madonna (c. 1360) comes from the parish church of St James the Greater in Zbraslav.Royt 2003, p.62 It is on long-term loan at the permanent exhibition of the National Gallery in Prague. History of the painting The Cistercians, Cist ...

(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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and

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collections of the

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in the building of former monastery.

Demographics

Notable people

* Petr Žitavský (1270–1339), abbot of the

Zbraslav Monastery The Cistercian Abbey of Zbraslav (, , ) 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 Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic). Fou ...

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

Vladislav Vančura Vladislav Vančura (; 23 June 1891 – 1 June 1942) was a Czech writer. He was also active as a film director, playwright and screenwriter. A member of the Czech resistance during WWII, he was captured and murdered by the Nazis. Early years Va ...

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

Jaromír Vejvoda Jaromír Vejvoda (28 March 1902 – 13 November 1988) was a Czechs, Czech composer. He is best known as the author of the "Beer Barrel Polka". Life and work Vejvoda was born and died in Prague-Zbraslav. From 1936 to 1960, he lived in Vrané nad ...

(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