Bašť is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants.
Bašť | |
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 Centre of Bašť | |
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  Bašť Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°12′19″N 14°28′20″E / 50.20528°N 14.47222°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Prague-East |
| First mentioned | 1088 |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.81 km2 (3.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 224 m (735 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 3,062 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 250 85 |
| Website | www |
Etymology
editThe original name of the settlement was Bášť (in old Czech written as Bášč). It was derived from the personal name Bášek (Czech diminutive of Bach).[2]
Geography
editBašť is located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Prague. It lies mostly in the Central Elbe Table, but the western part of the municipal territory extends into the Prague Plateau. The highest point is at 300 m (980 ft) above sea level.
History
editThe first written mention of Bašť is from 1088, when King Vratislaus II donated the village to the Vyšehrad Chapter. The village used to be made up of two settlements, Velký Bášt and Malý Bášt (later named Bašť and Baštěk), which gradually urbanistically merged.[3]
Demographics
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Transport
editThe I/9 road (which connects the D8 motorway with Česká Lípa and the Czech-German border) runs along the eastern municipal border. The D8 motorway runs west of Bašť just outside the municipal territory.
Sights
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There are no notable monuments in the municipality. Among the protected cultural monuments are a Baroque granary and terrain remains of a fortress that stood here in the 13th–15th centuries.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). p. 33.
- ^ "Dějiny obce Velkého a Malého Báště" (in Czech). Obec Bašť. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Bašť". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
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