Prague 7 is a city district of the Capital City of Prague north of the historic centre, covering Holešovice and part of Bubeneč.
Prague 7 has been a city district of the Capital City of Prague since 24 November 1990. It lies north of the historic core of the city, mainly on the left bank of the Vltava and partly on the right. It includes almost the entire cadastral area of Holešovice, roughly half of Bubeneč and a small part of Libeň.[1]
Basic data
According to the district's website, Prague 7 has a cadastral area of 7.14 km² and 49,582 inhabitants (figure for 2025); the population density is 6,764.8 inhabitants per km². The mayor is listed as Jan Čižinský (Praha 7 SOBĚ).[1] Until the end of 1991 Prague 7 also included the southwestern part of the Troja cadastral area, which became the separate city district of Praha-Troja from the beginning of 1992.[1]
History
The history of the district was shaped by the proximity of Prague and the Vltava. Even so, the two historic villages, Holešovice and Bubny, developed quite differently for many centuries.[2]
The village of Bubny stood on the north bank of the Vltava, above the river islands, of which only Štvanice has survived. The river could be crossed fairly easily here, and so a ford led through, along which merchants travelled to the market in the Old Town. The earliest mention of the village is in the so-called Vyšehrad forgery of 1088, and the ford is also mentioned by the Chronicle of Cosmas from the early 12th century. The oldest surviving charter concerning the village dates from 1234 and concerns a donation of the local church and lands to the monastery at Zderaz.[2]
The ford repeatedly caused Bubny trouble, because armies marching against Prague passed through it. In 1420 the crusaders camped here before the Battle of Vítkov Hill. The Thirty Years' War brought devastation: Swedish troops of General Banér burned the village down in 1634, and the Church of St. Clement was destroyed as well. Another heavy blow was the Swedish siege of Prague in 1648.[2]
Recovery was supported by Maximilian Valentin of Martinic, who repaired the little church, established a brewery and improved the estate. In the 18th century, right at its start, Bubny passed to the Waldsteins; one of them had the small château Belvedere built on the Letná slope, which was blown up in 1742 by retreating French soldiers. Baron Jakub Wimmer bought the former Letná vineyards in 1803 and two years later also the Bubny estate; he restored wine growing and planted the first fruit and ornamental trees. At the end of the 1830s the estate was acquired by the Richter family, who about twenty years later sold the land in today's Letná Park to Prague.[2]
Chronology
- — The Prague city councillor Antonín Klecanda (STAN) said that the stadium for university ice hockey is to be built in the Pelc-Tyrolka area in Prague 8 instead of on Štvanice; according to him, the leadership of Prague 7 was against Štvanice. Pražský patriot Pražský deník