Prague 22 is a municipal district of the Capital City of Prague, made up of Uhříněves, Pitkovice and Hájek u Uhříněvsi, which since July 2001 has also been the administrative district for the municipal districts of Praha-Královice, Praha-Nedvězí, Kolovraty and Praha-Benice.
Prague 22 is a municipal district of the Capital City of Prague. It consists of Uhříněves, Pitkovice and Hájek u Uhříněvsi. Since July 2001 it has also been the administrative district for the municipal districts of Praha-Královice, Praha-Nedvězí, Kolovraty and Praha-Benice [2].
History of Uhříněves
The oldest written mention of Uhříněves dates from 1227, when it appears in a list of localities under the name Vgrinewez. A second mention from 1228 lists it as the property of the Convent of St George at Prague Castle under the name Ugrina ves. It is said to have received its name from a founder named Ugrim [1].
Around 1293 the settlement belonged to the Templars, who had a commandery there. After the order was dissolved in 1312 it was taken over by the Knights of St John from the Church of Our Lady beneath the Chain in Malá Strana, who had a small church built there and later a fortress, probably created by rebuilding the Templar commandery. In 1579 the fortress with its home farm and the surrounding villages was bought by Jaroslav Smiřický of Smiřice, who built a château there in 1591. The Smiřický family held Uhříněves until 21 January 1623, when the last relative, Albrecht of Wallenstein, sold it with the entire Kostelec nad Černými lesy estate to Prince Charles of Liechtenstein [1].
In 1639 the Swedes burned down the château and a large part of the village, and the neighbouring village of Netluky was completely destroyed and never rebuilt. Maria Theresa Felicitas, the Liechtenstein owner of the estate, who ruled in 1711 to 1772, founded a parish one-class school in Uhříněves in 1763 and contributed 3,000 gulden to the restoration of the Church of All Saints, built in 1740 to 1743 to plans by the Říčany builder T. V. Budil in the High Baroque style, with decoration by the painter Jan P. Molitor. The Baroque statues in front of the church were moved here around 1905 from the dismantled Marian column in Kostelec nad Černými lesy. The Liechtensteins resided at the château until 1919 [1].
Industrial development and elevation to a town
In 1843 Uhříněves had 64 houses with 590 inhabitants. In 1866 the settlement became a market town. At the beginning of the 19th century a brewery and a distillery operated there, in 1868 a sugar factory was built, and Čeněk Valenta and Karel Šimon built brickworks there. In April 1869 construction began on the railway line from České Velenice via Tábor, Benešov, Říčany and Uhříněves past Hostivař to Prague; the first ceremonial journey took place in August 1871 and regular service began on 14 December of the same year [1].
In 1900 Uhříněves had 2,300 inhabitants in 250 houses. In 1913 the market town was elevated to a town, and a year later a town coat of arms designed by the academic painter Jindřich Bubeníček was approved, which is still in use today [1].
During the First World War development stagnated, and 52 men from Uhříněves did not return from the front. In their memory the Památkový dům, also called the Legionnaires' House, was built in 1925 on Husovo náměstí [1].
Pitkovice and Hájek u Uhříněvsi
The name Pitkovice arose from the designation "village of Pitek's people". The first record of the village dates from 1234, when Ota of Pitkov is named as the first documented owner of the local fortress. Like Uhříněves, Pitkovice belonged to the Templars at the end of the 13th century [2].
Hájek u Uhříněvsi is documented as a hamlet from 1313 [2].
Coat of arms
The coat of arms consists of a blue shield whose lower part is filled with a sand-coloured field, from which rises a town gate with two towers and sections of town wall attached on both sides [2].
Sources
- Městská část Praha 22 — 10 March 2014
- Městská část Praha 22 — 9 March 2014