Vršovice is a cadastral district of

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. All of Vršovice lies within the

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administrative district. Vršovice is located south-east of the city centre. It borders

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to the north,

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to the south-west, Michle to the south and

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to the east. The name is first mentioned in 1088 in the founding document of the

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. In 1922 the district was incorporated into the city of Prague. It has 107 streets and 1,611 addresses and has about 38,700 inhabitants. Train stations Praha-Vršovice (formerly known as ''Nusle'', ) and Praha-Eden serve this part of the city. There is a shopping centre in Vršovice, called Eden and the Koh-i-Noor Waldes factory, which is a manufacturer of buttons and press-studs. It should not be confused with the Czech company

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, one of the world's largest producers and distributors of pencils and office supplies. In a 2016 travel feature about the district, ''

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'' identified Vršovice as "one of the capital’s 'it' neighborhoods."O'Shea, J.
"Five Places to Go in Prague"
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'', Sep 22, 2016. Some of the most notable people born there are Michael Stevens, Dominik Hlavacka, Johnny Studnicny and Krystof Hanzal.

Sport

There are two professional

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teams in the area:

SK Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional association football, football football team, club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are ...

and

Bohemians 1905 Bohemians Praha 1905, commonly known as Bohemka or Bohemians Prague, is a professional association football, football club based in Vršovice, Prague, Czech Republic. The club competes in the Czech First League, Fortuna Liga, the top division ...

. Slavia uses the

Eden Arena Fortuna Arena (formerly known as Sinobo Stadium, Eden Arena and Synot Tip Arena) is a football stadium, in Prague-Vršovice, Czech Republic. The stadium has a capacity of 19,370 people and it is the biggest and the most modern football stadium ...

, which is the largest football stadium in the Czech Republic and Bohemians 1905 the

Ďolíček Ďolíček Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Prague district Vršovice, Czech Republic. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of Bohemians 1905, Bohemians Praha 1905. The stadium was opened ...

Stadium. There are also teams playing in the lower leagues, for example

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Churches

There are two Roman Catholic churches, St. Wenceslas Church, completed in 1930, and one dedicated to St. Nicholas which dates from 1374. Since 1930 there has been the Hus' House which has also included a theatre in the past.History of the Hussite Church
husuvsbor.cz, retrieved 14 November 2013

Demographics

Gallery

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Svatopluk Čech Svatopluk Čech (21 February 1846 – 23 February 1908) was a Czechs, Czech writer, journalist and poet. Biography Čech was born in Ostředek. He studied at Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Prague, then studied law, and later worked in the jour ...

Square and St. Wenceslas Church File:SvMikulas Vrsovice 1.JPG, St. Nicholas Church from 1374 File:Husuv sbor vrsovice.jpg, Hus' House of the

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Church File:Praha Vrsovice Koh-i-noor.jpg,

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factory File:StadiumEden.jpg, Eden Arena, home to

References

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