Praskolesy is a municipality and village in

Beroun District Beroun District ( cs, okres Beroun) is a district (''okres'') within Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Beroun. Complete list of municipalities Bavoryně - Beroun - Běštín - Březová - Broumy - Bubovi ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Transport

The municipality is located on a railway line leading from

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to Plzeň. There is a train station which is served by regional trains.

Notable people

Josef Nešvera Josef Nešvera (24 October 1842 in Praskolesy - 12 April 1914 in Olomouc) was a Czech opera composer. The most successful of his five operas was ' ("Woodland Air") 1897. Works, editions and recordings * ''Psalm 129'', Op.49 published Novello 18 ...

(1842–1914), composer *

Alfred Seifert Alfred Seifert (6 September 1850 Praskolesy, Bohemia – 6 February 1901, Munich, Germany), born in present-day Czech Republic. Seifert was a Czech-German painter, acclaimed for his female portraits. History He was born in Praskolesy (pres ...

(1850–1901), Bohemian-German painter *

Jiří Weil Jiří Weil (; 6 August 1900, Praskolesy – 13 December 1959, Prague) was a Czech writer of Jewish origin and Holocaust survivor. His noted works include the two novels '' Life with a Star'' (''Život s hvězdou''), and ''Mendelssohn Is on the R ...

(1900–1959), writer and literary critic

References

External links

* Villages in the Beroun District {{CentralBohemia-geo-stub