Karlín
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Karlín () is a cadastral area of Prague, part of Prague 8 municipal district, formerly an independent town (which became part of Prague in 1922). It is bordered by the river Vltava and Holešovice to the north, Vítkov hill and Žižkov to the south, New Town to the west and Libeň to the east.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Karlín
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Cadastral Area of Prague
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Praha, Karlín, ulice.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Thámova Street in Karlín, renovated after 2002 floods
- Settlement.image_map
- Praha KÚ Karlín.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Karlín in Prague
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Czech Republic
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Prague
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Prague 8
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2.16
- Settlement.population_total
- 12261
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Official name
- Karlín
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Located in
- Prague 8
- Population
- 12261
- Area
- 2.158
- Elevation
- 190
- Body of water
- Vltava
- Shares border with
- Žižkov
- Image
- Praha, Vítkov, pohled na Karlín.JPG
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- Commons category
- Karlín
- number of houses
- 500
- time of earliest written record
- 1817-01-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- P6482
- Karlín
- native label
- Karlín
- P8168
- NGC 613
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Karlín () is a cadastral area of Prague, part of Prague 8 municipal district, formerly an independent town (which became part of Prague in 1922). It is bordered by the river Vltava and Holešovice to the north, Vítkov hill and Žižkov to the south, New Town to the west and Libeň to the east.
==History== The building of the Karlín district began in 1817, surrounding the Rosarium of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star. The new settlement was named after the fourth wife of Emperor Francis I of Austria, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria.thumb|240px|Saints Cyril and Methodius Church
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karlín” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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