Vysočany

The first recorded information about Vysočany is from 1115 when the duke Vladislav I. gave Vysočany vineyards to Kladruby monastery.

In 1896 - Emil Kolben - important Czech engineer and entrepreneur (former employee and friend of Thomas Edison) founded its factory which later became the famous ČKD. This strongly influenced Vysočany as a heavily industrial district of Prague.

In the year 1902 - the emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria awarded Vysočany with the title of city and the right to use its coat of arms.

1911 - Vysočany Town Hall was built

In 1922 - Vysočany became part of Prague.

In 1939 - after the Nazi invasion of Prague. The majority of industrial production had to be refocused on military production to support Nazi-Germany war

In 1942 - several families from Vysočany were involved in the Operation Anthropoid (assassination of Reinhard Heydrich)

In 1945 - during the end of World War II the district was heavily damaged during the Bombing of Prague. The targets were factories which were forced to produce military material.