Praguer as a log – the second quiz about Prague 12
photo: Petr Kouba, PrahaIN.cz/The level of the Vltava at Modřany
This address is often understood rather derogatorily, but let’s make it a priority at PrahaIN.cz. A true Pražák knows his forest like a log, where it grows and literally knows something about every tree stump he stumbles upon. So can you also boldly declare that you are a Praguer like a log?
So let’s test your knowledge of the metropolis. This time about the administrative part of Prague 12. These are the cadastral territories of Modřany, Kamýk, Libuše, Písnice, Cholupic, Točné and Komořany. The administrative part of Prague 12 occupies an area of approximately 23 km2, which is almost 4.5 percent of the total average of the metropolis. Approximately 57 thousand inhabitants live here, which is also 4.5 percent, but this time of the total number of inhabitants of the capital.
We have prepared ten questions for you, which will confirm your right to boast the title of Praguer as a log. Have you gathered enough courage? Try to find the answers to the following questions. Let the fact that the test concerns the twelfth administrative city districts be a small hint.
Questions:
1. Do you know the name of the factory in Modřany that produced and still produces precision aviation instruments?
2. Do you know what was located in Písnice on the site of the monstrous SAPA market?
3. Do you know where in Prague we can find an astronomical clock other than the Staroměstský?
4. Do you know what Modřanský poklad is?
5. Do you know which animal the Libuš district of Prague became famous for breeding?
6. Do you know what the original name of the Modran chocolate factory was?
7. Do you know what the important political meeting at the castle in Komořany in 1742 was about?
8. Do you know what Modřany got its name from?
9. Do you know the name of the lookout tower that was built in Modřany in 2020?
10. Do you know which two streams form the bottom of the Modřanská ravine?
Correct answers:
1. Do you know the name of the factory in Modřany that produced and still produces precision aviation instruments?
Microtechnology. It was one of the three flagship businesses in Modran. The others were the Chirana chocolate factories and medical X-ray manufacturing.
2. Do you know what was located in Písnice on the site of the monstrous SAPA market?
A former meat factory that was in charge of feeding a hungry metropolis.
Točensky Astronomical Clock
3. Do you know where in Prague we can find an astronomical clock other than the Staroměstský?
In Točná. Its author is Mr. Havlíček, who is the owner of the land. It appeared on the site in 2020. It shows the position of the sun and the moon, the exact time and the time of sunset and sunrise.
Vineyard house in Modřany
4. Do you know what Modřanský poklad is?
It was found in 2014 during the repair of the local winery. It was a collection of 351 gold and 417 silver Austrian, French and First Republic coins. The treasure also included several pieces of silver jewelry. The oldest coin was minted in 1771, the newest in 1937. The treasure was most likely hidden during the Nazi era.
5. Do you know which animal the Libuš district of Prague became famous for breeding?
It was about breeding geese. That is why the quill got into the municipal coat of arms. The geese of local farmers conquered not only the Prague markets, but also foreign trade and became a very valuable export item.
6. Do you know what the original name of the Modran chocolate factory was?
RuPa Chocolate and Confectionery Factory. The company was founded by Rudolf Pachl in 1914. The company name RuPa is also derived from the initial letters of his name. The original factory was located in Nuslí, on the site of today’s town hall, the branch plant was completed in 1932 in Modřany. However, the public mainly knows the chocolate factory as Orion, today part of the Nestlé complex.
Comoran Castle was the site of a failed diplomatic meeting during the War of the Austrian Succession
7. Do you know what the important political meeting at the castle in Komořany in 1742 was about?
It was supposed to stop the wars of Austrian succession. Maria Theresa was represented by Field Marshal Hugo František Königsegg-Rottenfels and Prince Mikuláš I. Josef Esterházy of Galanta. The French, who were besieged in Prague at the time, were represented by Field Marshal Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle. However, the meeting ended in diplomatic failure.
8. Do you know what Modřany got its name from?
Blue hyacinths got their name from blue hyacinths, which were marshy meadow plains overgrown with blue hyacinth.
From the top of the Sofia observation tower, we can also read the inscriptions in the pavement of the local square
9. Do you know the name of the lookout tower that was built in Modřany in 2020?
Lookout tower Sofia. The metal structure rose on Sofia Square. The top of the inconspicuous observation tower is decorated with the flag of Prague 12. If we climb to the top, we can read large-format inscriptions that are legible in the paving only from a height.
Libušský stream in the middle of the Modřanská gorge
10. Do you know which two streams form the bottom of the Modřanská ravine?
The remarkable ravine was created by the erosive activity of the Libušské and Písnické streams. This location is valuable from the point of view of bird populations. About 60 species of operter usually nest here. The most important are Sedmihlásek hajní, Žluna green or Konipas horský.