Smíchov

Smíchov ( German Smichow ) is a district of Prague and is one of the largest counties in the Czech capital, the city district Praha 5 Smíchov is located south of the Mala Strana ( Lesser Town) on the west bank of the Vltava River.

Overview

Was Smíchov Formerly a working class and industrial area with textile factories, breweries, and a railway carriage or tram workshop, it has changed since the political change to the office and shopping center; as a witness of the area of ​​the Staropramen brewery is left. Center and transportation hub is the office and shopping complex Andel ( Angel ) that a mural on the facade of an old house owes its name, the building boom fell in the 1980s to the victim. In Andel Media Center editors of Dnes, Lidové noviny and the radio stations have their headquarters Expres

Traffic

In the long-distance transport there are connection via long-distance and regional train station Praha -Smíchov ( on the railway line Praha- Smíchov Hostivice ) and a smaller bus station. On both, and direct access to public transport via the metro line B and the tram.

Attractions

  • Bertramka with Mozart Museum
  • Kinsky Summer Gardens
  • Klamovka Park
  • Kleinseitener old cemetery
  • Mövenpick inclined lift

Personalities

Sons and daughters

Arranged by year of birth

  • Siegfried Kapper (1820-1879), Jewish writer, translator and doctor
  • David Anton (1849-1924), politician of the Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria ( SDAP )
  • Karl Kreibich ( Dermatologist ) ( 1869-1932 ), professor in Graz and Prague
  • Joseph of Geitler (1870-1923), Physicist
  • Jiří Karásek ze Lvovich (1871-1951), representative of the decadence
  • Josef Čtyřoký (1906-1985), football player
  • Barbara Coudenhove- Kalergi (* 1932), Austrian journalist
  • Madeleine Albright ( born 1937 ), American politician

Personalities with a connection to Smíchov

  • Karl Egon Ebert (* 1801, † 1882 in Smichow ), German - Bohemian poet
  • Karel Hoffmann (1872-1936), Czech violinist and music teacher; he grew up in Smíchov on, went to elementary school and carried as a violinist in a band to merit the family at.
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