Prague 21 is a district and administrative district of Prague that corresponds to the cadastral area of Újezd nad Lesy, in the south-east of Prague on the border with the Central Bohemian Region.
Prague 21 is a district of Prague that coincides with the cadastral area of Újezd nad Lesy. It lies in the south-east of Prague and forms part of the city's boundary with the Central Bohemian Region.[1]
History
The origins of Újezd go back to the second half of the 13th century, when a street village arose along the road leading from Koloděje. The road formed the axis of the village green, at the centre of which stood a farmstead and a church with a cemetery.[1]
The oldest written record of the village dates from 1309. Its owner at the time, Vítek of Švábenice and Heřmanice, pledged the village of Sibřina and Újezd to the Zderaz monastery as security for a debt for cloth and pepper bought on credit from Prague burghers. Because he did not repay the debt within the agreed time, both villages passed to the monastery on 29 July 1309.[2]
The background to this relationship reaches back to 1190, when the brothers Kojata and Všebor of the Hrabišic family brought the order of the Crossbearers, Guardians of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, to Bohemia and founded a house for them at Zderaz beside the Church of St Peter and St Paul, which had existed since 1115. Kojata died childless in 1227 and Všebor in 1238. Their property was inherited by Idík of Švábenice, husband of Všebor's daughter Markéta and later burgrave of Olomouc, father of the Vítek mentioned above. Kojata, Všebor and their descendants bequeathed villages in the Žatec, Litoměřice and Plzeň regions to the monastery, whereas Vítek's generosity considerably reduced the family estate. He died in 1312 and was buried in the family tomb in the Church of St Peter and St Paul at Zderaz, where his father Idík and the founders of the convent, Kojata and Všebor, already lay.[2]
According to the source, the Zderaz monastery of the Crossbearers was among the wealthiest monasteries in Bohemia and Moravia. It held the right of patronage over the church of St Bartholomew in Újezd, and so decided who filled the parish, and it also ran several hospitals. Its coat of arms showed a double red cross on black cloth. On 31 July 1419 the Hussites broke into the monastery and plundered it.[2]
The history of Újezd is closely tied to that of neighbouring Koloděje, from which Újezd separated only in 1921. The Koloděje stronghold is first mentioned in 1346, and the settlement itself is older. The source derives the name Koloděje from the kolodějové, wheelwrights who settled by the ford across the Rokytka and repaired damaged carts there.[2]
The name Újezd nad Lesy was created on 7 February 1922 for an independent municipality, which until 1921 had mostly been part of Koloděje. Újezd nad Lesy was incorporated into Prague on 1 July 1974 together with Běchovice, Klánovice and Koloděje, and became part of what was then Prague 9. The separate administrative district of Prague 21 came into being in July 2001.[1]
Administrative status
Prague 21 is one of the 57 self-governing units into which Prague is divided under Act No. 131/2000 Coll., and at the same time one of the 22 administrative districts of the city. It also carries out state administration for the neighbouring districts of Koloděje, Klánovice and Běchovice.[1]
Territory and population
The total area of Prague 21 is 1,015 hectares. Of this, 175 ha is arable land, 152 ha gardens, 2 ha orchards, 516 ha forest, 8 ha water surfaces, 51 ha built-up areas and 96 ha other areas. On 31 December 2013 the district had 10,396 inhabitants with an average age of 37.[1]
What to visit
According to the source, Újezd nad Lesy has a local museum and a library, and visitors can also walk the educational trail in the Klánovice Forest.[1]
Pages linking here
Sources
- Městská část Praha 21 — 5 March 2015
- Městská část Praha 21 — 26 June 2014