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Originally Vltava was used for connecting Prague and Štěchovice, later its route was extended to Slapy. In 1991 it became a restaurant boat and began use as a sightseeing boat for Prague river cruises as well as cruises to Mělník or Slapy. Now it mainly serves as a sightseeing steamboat in Prague.
Prague Steamboat Company (Czech: Pražská paroplavební společnost, a.s.) provides regular sightseeing cruises in the lower Vltava river. It is one of the oldest Czech companies. The person who played a very important part in establishing the company was František Dittrich (who later became a mayor of Prague).
The Vltava River drains an area of 28,089.9 square kilometres (10,845.6 sq mi) in size, over half of Bohemia and about a third of the Czech Republic's entire territory. [9] The waters ultimately drain to the North Sea. As it runs through Prague, the river is crossed by 18 bridges (including the Charles Bridge) and covers 31 kilometres (19 mi ...
Vyšehrad is one of the last two remaining operating steamboats on the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, and belongs to the Prague Steamboat Company. [1]Vyšehrad was built in 1938 during the company's modernization in the 1930s when new boats were being bought and old ones modernized. [2]
Meanders of the Teplá Vltava. From a water management point of view, the Vltava and Teplá Vltava are one river with single numbering of river kilometres.The Teplá Vltava originates in the territory of Kvilda in the Bohemian Forest at an elevation of 1,174 m (3,852 ft), on the slope of the Černá hora Mountain, and flows to the Pěkná exclave of the Nová Pec municipality, where it merges ...
In 1835 he invited the Bohemian supreme burgrave Karel Chotek and k. k. court engineer Hermenegild von Francesconi who carried out regulatory work on the Danube river, for a river cruise along the Vltava river. This cruise was intended to help Lanna demonstrate the necessity and finished and planned regulatory constructions. [10]
As the only means of crossing the river Vltava until 1841, Charles Bridge was the most important connection between Prague Castle and the city's Old Town and adjacent areas. This land connection made Prague important as a trade route between Eastern and Western Europe. The bridge is 516 metres (1,693 ft) long and nearly 10 metres (33 ft) wide.
Libčice nad Vltavou is located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Prague. It lies in the Prague Plateau. The highest point is at 313 m (1,027 ft) above sea level. The town is situated on the left bank of the Vltava River, in a meander of the river.
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