Praskolesy is a municipality and village in
Beroun District
Beroun District () is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Beroun.
Administrative division
Beroun District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended compete ...
in the
Central Bohemian Region
The Central Bohemian Region ( ; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in the Czech capital Prague, which lies in the centre of the regio ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Demographics
Transport
Praskolesy is located on the railway line
Plzeň
Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...
–Beroun.
Notable people
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Josef Nešvera
Josef Nešvera (24 October 1842 in Praskolesy - 12 April 1914 in Olomouc
Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is ...
(1842–1914), composer
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Alfred Seifert (1850–1901), Czech-German painter
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Jiří Weil
Jiří Weil (; 6 August 1900, Praskolesy – 13 December 1959, Prague) was a Czech writer of Jewish origin and Holocaust survivors, Holocaust survivor. His noted works include the two novels ''Life with a Star'' (''Život s hvězdou''), and ''Men ...
(1900–1959), writer and literary critic
References
External links
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Villages in the Beroun District
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