Prague 9 is both a municipal and an administrative district in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
. Prague 9 administrative districts takes care mainly of districts of
Vysočany
Vysočany (German: Wissotschan) is a part of Prague in the Prague 9 administrative district (partly in Prague 3), Czech Republic. It lays in the eastern part of Prague around the valley with Rokytka river.
History
*The first recorded infor ...
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Prosek,
Hrdlořezy, and partly of
Hloubětín
Hloubětín (, german: Tiefenbach) is a district of Prague located from the centre, belonging mostly to Prague 9, with parts of it also belonging to Prague 14 and Prague 10. There were 10,704 people living in this area in 2001. The area, first ...
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Libeň
Libeň (german: Lieben) is a cadastral area and district of Prague, Czech Republic. It was incorporated into Prague in 1901.
People
* Reinhard Heydrich, assassinated here
* Herz Homberg, born here
* Ernestine Schumann-Heink, born here
* Bo ...
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Střížkov
Střížkov (german: Strischkau) is an area of the Czech capital Prague, divided between the districts Prague 8 and Prague 9. Střížkov has 14,297 inhabitants (2015).
Transport
Střížkov station on the Prague Metro's Line C serves the di ...
a
Malešice.
O2_Arena_(Prague)
O2 Arena (formerly Sazka Arena, stylised as O2 arena) is a multi-purpose arena, in Prague, Czech Republic. It is home to HC Sparta Prague of the Czech Extraliga and is the second-largest ice hockey arena in Europe.
It has hosted important ...
is located in Prague 9 on the edge of Libeň and Vysočany districts.
See also
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Districts of Prague#Symbols
References
External links
Prague 9 - Official homepage
Districts of Prague
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