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Vysočany - nám. OSN - metro

Praha, Czech Republic

Vysočany - nám. OSN - metro

Vysočany is a part of Prague in the Prague 9 administrative district, Czech Republic. It lays in the eastern part of Prague around the valley with Rokytka river.HistoryThe first recorded information about Vysočany is from 1115 when the duke Vladislav I. gave Vysočany vineyards to Kladruby monastery.

In 1896 - Emil Kolben - important Czech engineer and entrepreneur founded its factory which later became the famous ČKD. This strongly influenced Vysočany as a heavily industrial district of Prague. In the year 1902 - the emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria awarded Vysočany with the title of city and the right to use its coat of arms. 1911 - Vysočany Town Hall was built In 1922 - Vysočany became part of Prague. In 1939 - after the Nazi invasion of Prague. The majority of industrial production had to be refocused on military production to support Nazi-Germany war In 1942 - several families from Vysočany were involved in the Operation Anthropoid In 1945 - during the end of World War II the district was heavily damaged during the Bombing of Prague. The targets were factories which were forced to produce military material. In 1968 - after the invasion of Russian armies - there was a special convention of the Czechoslovak Communist Party held in Vysočany which strongly condemned the invasion of the Soviet armies. Since 1990s - the new era after Velvet Revolution saw Vysočany transforming from heavily industrial district to new modern residential part of Prague. Big part of construction i

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