
Prosek (german: Prossek) is a district and
cadastral area in the north of
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 ...
,
Czech Republic
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. It is part of the
Prague 9
Prague 9 is both a municipal and an administrative district in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague 9 administrative districts takes care mainly of districts of Vysočany, Prosek, Hrdlořezy, and partly of Hloubětín, Libeň, Střížkov a Malešice ...
administrative district and is bordered by
Střížkov to the west,
Letňany to the north,
Vysočany to the south,
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
* ...
to the southwest, and
Prague–Kbely Airport
Prague–Kbely Airport ( Czech: ''letiště Praha–Kbely'') (ICAO: LKKB) is a military airport located in Kbely, in the northeast municipal district of Prague, Czech Republic. Once Prague's principal airport, it is now used mainly as a military ...
to the east. Prosek has a population of 17,463 (2011).
The area is home to a large
panel housing estate, which was completed in 1971. In 2008, a
Prague Metro station was opened in the district with a new office complex, Prosek Point, built next to it.
References
External links
Local community website(in Czech)
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Districts of Prague