Prague
Basic info
- Area: 496 sqkm
- Population: 1,173,000
- Geographical situation: north latitude 50° 05', east longitude 14° 27', height above sea level 235 m (average)
- Time: Central European (GMT+1), summer time - Central European +1 (GMT+2)
- Climate: average temperature 9,0°C, summer season - July 19,0°C, winter season - January -0,9°C
- Parts of the historical centre: Hradcany, Mala Strana (Lesser Town), Stare Mesto (Old Town) including Josefov, Nove Mesto (New Town) and Vysehrad
- Administrative division: 22 administrative areas
- Voltage: 230 V
Important dates from the history of Prague
- after 870 - foundation of the Prague Castle
- 10th century - foundation of the Vysehrad Castle on the opposite Vltava bank
- 1172 - construction of the Judita´s Bridge, the second stone bridge in Central Europe finished
- after 1230 - establishment of the Old Town
- 1257 - foundation of the Lesser Town
- 1338 - foundation of the Old Town Hall - the importance of the city increases
- 1346-1378 - Charles IV epoch - Prague becomes the capital of the Bohemian Kingdom and the Holy Roman Empire
- 1348 - foundation of the New Town and the first university in Central Europe (Charles University)
- 1419-1437 - Hussite revolutionary movement (Jan Hus - the reform preacher and martyr)
- 1526 - Habsburg dynasty ascends the Bohemian throne (until 1918)
- 1583-1611 - Rudolf II becomes the king of Bohemia, and Prague the emperor´s residence, centre of social and cultural life
- 1618-1620 - defeat of the Czech nobles´ uprising; Czech language and Czech national consciousness begin to decline
- 1784 - union of the four hitherto independent Prague urban units (Hradcany, Lesser Town, Old Town and New Town)
- 1784-1848 - period of Czech national revival, beginning of the industrial revolution
- 1918 - proclamation of independence of Czechoslovakia, Prague becomes the new state capital
- 1939-1945 - occupation by the Nazi Germany
- 1945 - the Prague uprising, liberation of Prague by Soviet army
- 1948 - seizure of power by KSC after the February putsch
- 1968 - Prague Spring - an attempt to reform socialism, intervention of 5 states of the Warsaw Pact
- 1989 - velvet revolution, Vaclav Havel elected the president
- 1993, January 1 - spliting up of the Federation, formation of the independent Czech Republic
- 1993, January 26 - Vaclav Havel elected the first president of the independent Czech Republic
- 1999, March 12 - the Czech Republic has become a member of NATO
- 2004, 1 May, entry of the Czech Republic into EU