Jewish Town
The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of Prague and the Jewish Town.
- Suburb with about 980 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 200 metres (660 feet)
- …is also known as “Josefov”
- …was formerly known as “Židovské město”
- …is named after Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Description: town quarter and cadastral area of Prague
- Neighbors: Old Town and Josefov
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Jewish Cemetery and Old New Synagogue.
Old New Synagogue
The Old New Synagogue, also called the Altneuschul…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stalin Monument and Old Town and Josefov.
Stalin Monument
Stalin's Monument was a 15.5 m granite statue honoring Joseph Stalin in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Jewish Town
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Latitude
50.09002° or 50° 5′ 24″ north
Longitude
14.41802° or 14° 25′ 5″ east
Open location code
9F2P3CR9+26
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Urdu—“Jewish Town” goes by many names.
ՅոզեֆովArmenian
JosefovBasque
ЮзэфаўBelarusian
JosefovCatalan
約瑟夫城Chinese
约瑟夫城Chinese
JosefovCzech
Praha-JosefovCzech
Židovské městoCzech
JosefovDanish
JosefovDutch
چوزيفوفEgyptian Arabic
Geto de PragoEsperanto
JosefovEsperanto
JosefovEstonian
JosefovFinnish
Prahan juutalaiskortteliFinnish
Barrio xudeu de PragaGalician
JosefovGalician
JosefstadtGalician
ΓιόζεφοβGreek
יוספובHebrew
JosefovHungarian
Ghetto di PragaItalian
JosefovItalian
Quartiere ebraicoItalian
ヨゼフォフJapanese
ヨゼホフJapanese
요세포프Korean
JosefovNorwegian
JosefovNorwegian Bokmål
جوزفوفPersian
یوزفوفPersian
JosefovPolish
ЙозефовRussian
Јеврејски кварт у ПрагуSerbian
JosefovSlovak
JosefovSlovenian
JosefovSwedish
JosefovSwiss German
JosefstadtSwiss German
JudestadtSwiss German
JosefovTurkish
ЙозефовUkrainian
جوزفوفUrdu
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