Kampa Island

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Kampa is a 2.65 -acre island in the Vltava River in the Czech capital Prague. It is on the west by the artificial side channel Čertovka ( Teufelsbach ) from the Lesser Town separately. The first written mention dates back to 1169th

The southern end Kampas located a few meters above the most Legií (Bridge of Legions ). The Čertovka is headed here underground from the Vltava River on the left bank of the Vltava and can be seen only after a few meters of the surface. Before the Čertovka flows back into the river Vltava and thus marks the northern end Kampas, the channel passes under the Charles Bridge, which is accessible from the island via a staircase. A total of five brick bridges lead of the Vltava River Island.

Kampa consists of two different landscapes. The southern part of the island forms the Kampa park, with wide green spaces and the Museum Kampa, is shown in the Modern Art from Central Europe. The northern part of the island, however, is built on. The houses here are right on the Čertovka why the island, mainly from Prague Tourist Office, also known as " Pražské Benátky " ( Prague Venice) is referred to.

Kampa is an artificial island created when the Čertovka was created, which was used for many centuries as a mill stream. Today there are two wooden mills. The large mill wheel was one of the former Grand Prior mill and probably dates from the 1400. Museum Kampa has been opened in a disused mill in 2003.

After the Kampa long time was a large garden area, the building began after the fire at the Prague Castle in the year 1541st The debris that have been heaped on the island, served as the building fabric. Initially the island by people of the lower layer was inhabited from the 17th century aristocrats began to settle. From this period several preserved buildings date on the main square of the Kampa.