Vr?ovice is a district of Prague . All of Vr?ovice lies within the Prague 10 administrative district. Vr?ovice is located south-east of the city centre. It borders Vinohrady to the north, Nusle to the south-west, Michle to the south and Stra?nice to the east. The name is first mentioned in 1088 in the founding document of the Vy?ehrad Chapter . In 1922 the district was incorporated into the city of Prague. It has 107 streets and 1,611 addresses ^[1] and has about 38,700 inhabitants.

A train station, Praha-Vr?ovice (formerly known as Nusle , German : Nusl-Verschowitz ), serves this part of the city. There is a shopping centre in Vr?ovice, called Eden and the Koh-i-Noor Waldes factory, which is a manufacturer of buttons and press-studs. It should not be confused with the Czech company Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth , one of the world's largest producers and distributors of pencils and office supplies. In a 2016 travel feature about the district, The New York Times identified Vr?ovice as "one of the capital’s 'it' neighborhoods." ^[2]

Some of the most notable people born there are Michael Stevens, Dominik Hlavacka, Johnny Studnicny and Krystof Hanzal.

Sport [ edit ]

There are two professional football teams in the area: SK Slavia Prague and Bohemians 1905 . Slavia uses the Eden Arena , which is the largest football stadium in the Czech Republic and Bohemians 1905 the ?oli?ek Stadium. There are also teams playing in the lower leagues, for example SK Union Vr?ovice .

Churches [ edit ]

There are two Roman Catholic churches, St. Wenceslas Church , completed in 1930, and one dedicated to St. Nicholas which dates from 1374. Since 1930 there has been the Hus' House which has also included a theatre in the past. ^[3]

Gallery [ edit ]

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  Svatopluk ?ech Square and St. Wenceslas Church
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  St. Nicholas Church from 1374
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  Hus' House of the Hussite Church
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  Koh-i-Noor factory
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  Eden Arena, home to SK Slavia Prague

References [ edit ]

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