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Veleslavín

Veleslavín is a district of , part of , situated in the west of the city approximately 5 km from Ruzyně International Airport. It was probably founded in the 10th or 11th century, first recorded in records from the nearby , and has been part of since 1922.
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  • Type: Suburb with 6,610 residents
  • Description: district of Prague
  • Also known as: “Veleslavin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Veleslavín Castle and Praha-Veleslavín railway station.

Castle
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Railway station
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is located in Veleslavín, , on line 120, linking Prague's with and . The station was opened in 1863 on an already existing line, between Praha-Dejvice and Praha-Ruzyně.

Wayside shrine
Photo: Jirka Dl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a wayside shrine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vokovice and Břevnov.

Suburb
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is a district of city, part of . It has been a part of since 1922 and as of 2006, 11,197 people live there. Part of this district is Šárecké údolí, a natural valley, part of which was declared in 1964 as protected territory in .

Suburb
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is a cadastral district in the west of , located in . The district is home to the . On the territory of stems Brusnice brook.

Locality
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is a locality.

Veleslavín

Latitude
50.09198° or 50° 5′ 31″ north
Longitude
14.34823° or 14° 20′ 54″ east
Population
6,610
Elevation
342 metres (1,122 feet)
Open location code
9F2P38RX+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297896639
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3063305
Wiki­data ID
Q1013035
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Veleslavín” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Veleslavín”
  • Dutch: “Veleslavin”
  • Dutch: “Veleslavín”
  • Esperanto: “Veleslavín”
  • French: “Veleslavín”
  • German: “Veleslavin”
  • German: “Veleslavín”
  • German: “Weleslawin”
  • Hungarian: “Veleslavín”
  • Japanese: “ベレスラヴィーン”
  • Polish: “Veleslavín”
  • Russian: “Велеславин”
  • Slovak: “Veleslavín”
  • Turkish: “Veleslavín”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Veleslavín”. Photo: Jedudedek, CC BY-SA 2.5.