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Strašnice Crematorium

Strašnice Crematorium is the largest crematory in Europe in terms of area. President Václav Havel was cremated here. The crematorium was involved in the disposal of those who had been executed by the Nazi and Communist regimes including writer Vladislav Vančura, general Josef Mašín, politician Milada Horáková and bishop Gorazd of Prague.
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  • Type: Crematorium
  • Description: Crematorium in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Also known as: “Strašnice Crematory”
  • Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prague 10 and Evangelical Cemetery.

Town hall
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is both a municipal and administrative district in , with more than 110,000 inhabitants. is situated 320 metres northeast of Strašnice Crematorium.

Cemetery
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is a former cemetery that was used mainly by German Protestants in from 1795 to the end of the Second World War. is situated 210 metres north of Strašnice Crematorium.

Church
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is situated 210 metres west of Strašnice Crematorium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Třebešín and Strašnice.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Suburb
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is a cadastral district in Prague. It became part of Prague on 1 January 1922. It lies mostly in the municipal and administrative district of while a small part is in .

Suburb
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is a cadastral district of , . Most of lies in the municipal and administrative district of , except for very small parts which are in and .

Strašnice Crematorium

Latitude
50.07614° or 50° 4′ 34″ north
Longitude
14.48467° or 14° 29′ 5″ east
Inception
1932
Height
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
9F2P3FGM+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 36250811
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­crematorium
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­hipped
Wiki­data ID
Q7622612
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tatar—“Strašnice Crematorium” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Crematori de Strašnice”
  • Czech: “Krematorium Strašnice”
  • Czech: “Strašnické krematorium”
  • Danish: “Strašnice Krematorium”
  • French: “crématorium de Strašnice”
  • French: “Crématorium de Strašnice”
  • Greek: “κρεματόριο του Στράζνιτσε”
  • Persian: “مرده‌سوزخانه استراشنیتسه”
  • Polish: “Krematorium Strašnice”
  • Russian: “Крематорий Страшнице”
  • Swedish: “Strašnices krematorium”
  • Tatar: “Страшнитсе крематорие”

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Highlights include očkovací místo FNKV and Vinohradská obřadní síň.

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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 “Strašnice Crematorium”. Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0.