- Zbraslav
Zbraslav (IPA2|ˈzbraslaf, _de. Königsaal) is a municipal district and cadastral area of
Prague . The southernmost district of Prague, it lies on theVltava River in the national administrative district ("správní obvod") ofPrague 16 .The former independent municipality of Zbraslav is now one of two cadastral areas in the Prague-Zbraslav Municipal District ("Městská část Praha-Zbraslav"). The other is
Lahovice .Zbraslav was founded in 1118. In 13th century, the Bohemian king
Wenceslas II founded here acloister of monks of the Cistercian Order. The Zbraslav cloister was called "Aula regia" and was ordered to be the burial place of Bohemian kings.In 1935,
V. F. Bulgakov founded an important Russian museum here with collections dedicated toRussia n emigrants, but the museum was closed and confiscated by theCommunist s before 1948.Zbraslav was merged into Prague in 1974. Today, it is a residential community and the home of the Chinese and Japanese collections of the
Czech National Gallery .Zbraslav was also the residence of
songwriter Jaromír Vejvoda (1902-1988), best known internationally for "TheBeer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)." Vejvoda's home is now a restaurant called Škoda Lásky with paraphernalia relating to the songwriter.Area: 9.85 km²
Population: 7,926Other important personalities
* Petr Žitavský (1270 – 1339), abbot of the Zbraslav cloister, politician and author of the "Zbraslav Chronica", history of Bohemia in 13th and early 14th century.
* Vladislav Vančura, famous novelist.External links
* [http://www.zbraslav.cz Unofficial Zbraslav page (in Czech)]
* [http://www.mc-zbraslav.cz Official page of the Prague-Zbraslav Municipal District]
* [http://www.radio.cz/cz/clanek/26464 Czech radio story on Jaromír Vejvoda (in Czech)]
* [http://www.czso.cz/csu/edicniplan.nsf/p/1302-04 Czech municipal census figures (in Czech)]
* [http://www.zbraslavhistorie.info Zbraslav and history (in Czech)]
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