Walking Tour of Prague's Vršovice neighbourhood 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 4k HDR ASMR

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Vršovice is an urban district and cadastral area in the southeast of Prague's broader centre southeast, part of the Prague 10 municipal district. It is bordered to the north and northwest by Královské Vinohrady, to the east by Strasnice, to the southeast by Michle, and to the southwest by Nusle.

The settlement of Vršovice was established in connection with the settlement of the Botič valley when the first princely family settled in Vyšehrad. The name itself was first mentioned in 1088 in the founding charter of the Vyšehrad Chapter, under which the settlement fell. The origin of the name Vršovice has been interpreted in various ways, but no explanation has yet been confirmed. In Hájek's chronicle, it is written that Vršovice is named after a certain Vrš of Lechov. Another theory derives the name from a fishing vine, which later even appeared in the coat of arms of Vršovice. Another theory claims that the origin of the name Vršovice is related to the Vršovec family.

In 1311-1328, the village was owned by Štuka, a Prague resident, and at that time, it included a manor, vineyards and a fishery in the Botič basin. He sold the whole village to the Order of German Knights in Prague. At that time, the town had a fortress at the Botič, which served as the centre of the economic life of Vršovice. During the reign of Charles IV, the slopes of Bohdalec and the Nusel valley were turned into vineyards.

The village was probably hit together with Nusle by the Battle of Vyšehrad in 1420 and witnessed the defeat of Emperor Sigismund. In 1448, the later Czech king Jiří of Poděbrady attacked Vyšehrad from here and conquered it. In 1556, Vršovice was acquired by Kašpar Granovský of Granov, who served Ferdinand I as secretary. However, the Granovskis later sold the village in good condition to Mr. Trčko of Lipa. At that time, there were ten plots of land in Vršovice, which stood on the south side of the Prague Road, around the church and at the end of the Botič River[3]. However, Trčka lost his property during the confiscations (1620) and the village and the water fortress fell to the Šternberks and the related Paar family.

The village was hit during the Thirty Years' War by Saxon and Swedish troops in 1634 and again by Swedish troops in 1639. The local peasants lost all the draught animals needed to cultivate the land, and the local economy declined. In Vršovice, apart from the farm, of which the Šternberks became the owners in 1648, the peasants Jan Kotík, Kateřina Lukešová and Daniel Plachta, together with 14 cottagers, remained.

In 1788, the village had 70 cottages, but it was burdened with debts from its owners, who only inhabited it a little.

Since 1871, the railway line built by the Emperor Franz Joseph Railway Company has been passing through the territory of Vršovice, but the railway station was not established here until 1882 and for a long time was named after the neighbouring Nusle; it received its present name of Prague-Vršovice during the Protectorate.

In 1906-1907, a water supply system was built for Vršovice; it included an underground water tank, a pumping station and a dwelling house. The complex, designed by Jan Kotěra in the style of late geometric art nouveau, is located in Michle and is a cultural monument.4 The Vršovice waterworks has a tower of red bricks 42 metres high, and after its commissioning, it supplied drinking water to Vršovice, Michle, Braník and part of Nusle. It ceased its function in 1975.

At the beginning of 1922, Vršovice was incorporated into Greater Prague.

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