Palačky - Brücke-Smichow Station (Pl. D, 9); 4 M., in 42 min.; yellow. —
7. Electric Central Station (beyond Pl. K, 1)-Kleinseitner Ring; 3 ¼ M., in ½ hr.;
green. — 8. Central Cemetery (beyond Pl. K 5)-Franz Joseph Station-Wenzels-
platz (Pl. F, G, 5, 6) - Ferdinand - Strasse - Kaiser Franz - Brücke-Kinsky-Str.-
Koschiř (Pl. A, 8); 4 ½ M., in ¾ hr.; green. — 9. Staats-Bahnhof (Pl. G, H, 4)-
Vysočan. — A horse-tramway also runs viâ the Karls-Brücke to the Klein-
seitner Ring. — Cable Tramways from Aujezd (Kleinseite) to the top of
the Laurentiusberg (p. 230; there and back 24 h.), and from the Franz-Joseph
Bridge to the Belvedere p. 230; 4 h.).
Theatres. German Theatre (operas, etc.; Pl. F 5), Obstmarkt (p. 220);
New German Theatre (Pl. G, 6), Stadt-Park (p. 221). — Bohemian National
Theatre (Pl. E, 6), on the Franzens-Quay (p. 222). — German Summer. Theatre,
in the Heine'sche Garten (Pl. H, I, 6).
Permanent Exhibitions in the Rudolphinum (p. 222); Lehmann's, Ferdi-
nand-Str. 5 (Pl. E, 5).
American Consul, Ethelbert Watts. — British Consul, Capt. A. W. Forbes.
Divine Service in English (United Free Church of Scotland) from Oct.
15th to the middle of June every second Sun. in the Hôtel Victoria; cha-
plain, Rev. A. W. Clark.
Principal Attractions (1 ½-2 days). 1st Day. Graben (see below), Alt-
städter Ring (p. 220), Karls-Bräcke (p. 221), Rudolphinum (p. 222), Jewish
Cemetery (p. 223), and the Altneuschule (p. 224). In the afternoon, Hasenburg
(p. 230) or Baumgarten (p. 230). — 2nd Day. Strahow (p. 229; best by
carriage), Hradschin (p. 227), Belvedere (p. 229), and Waldstein Palace (p. 226).
Excursion to Karlstein, see p. 248.
Prague (660 ft.), Czechish Praha, capital of the kingdom and
crown-land of Bohemia, the seat of the imperial government, and
residence of a prince-archbishop, lies most picturesquely in a broad
basin on both banks of the Moldau. Its foundation is ascribed to
Libussa, the first Duchess of Bohemia (8th cent.?). From Ottokar II.
it received a municipal charter, and it attained to great prosperity
under Emp. Charles IV. ( 1346-78), when the university and the
Neustadt were founded. Prague was besieged and captured in the
Hussite War ( 1424), the Thirty Years' War ( 1631 and 1648), the
War of the Austrian Succession ( 1741), and the Second Silesian
War ( 1744); and it was occupied by the Prussians in 1866. Pop-
ulation of the town proper 216,000, of the suburbs Karolinental,
Žiζkow,Weinberge, and Smichow 178,000, together 395,000 (5/6,
Czechs, 1/6 Germans), not including a garrison of about 9300 men.
The town possesses many mediæval and baroque buildings and
towers, and rising above them all the venerable Hradschin. Its
historical associations are also deeply interesting.
The town is 9 M. in circumference, and is divided into eight
districts: on the right bank of the Moldau the Altstadt, the centre
of the town and the focus of traffic; the Josefstadt on the N.W.;
the Neustadt, encircling the Altstadt; the Vyshehrad; and Lieben;
on the left bank the Kleinseite, in the valley and on the slopes of
the Hradschin and Laurentiusberg; the Hradschin, with the imperial
palace, on the heights of the left bank; and Holeschowitz-Bubna.
a. Quarters on the Right Bank of the Moldau.
The Graben (Na Přkopě; Pl. F, G, 4, 5), formerly the moat, is
now the finest and busiest street in the town, containing the best