Libeň and its transformations, which surpass all other parts of Prague

The history of Libna goes back deep into the past. The original fortress with a riverside courtyard and meadows around the Rokytnice river, today's Rokytka, existed already at the beginning of the 11th century. The Libeň settlement was born at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, and in 1662 the Libeň estate passed to the Old Town of Prague. To the so-called Libeň joined Greater Prague in 1901.
Hrabal's Libeň
In the 19th century, the rural landscape of Liben...