Vinohrady

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Vinohrady (in English literally "vineyards", formerly Královské Vinohrady, German: Königliche Weinberge) is a cadastral district in Prague. It is so named because the area was once covered in vineyards dating from the 14th century. Vinohrady lies in the municipal and administrative districts of Prague 2, Prague 3 and Prague 10. From 1867 to 1968 it was called Královské Vinohrady ("Royal Vineyards"). In 1922 Vinohrady was made part of Prague. Because it was known as a "bourgeois" district and thus politically unreliable, the then-ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia split Vinohrady into different municipal districts in 1949.

Havlíčkovy Sady (literally Havlíček's Orchards), Prague's second-largest park, is in this district. There is a vineyard still in production in Gröbovka Park, next to Havlíčkovy Sady.

Famous Czech artists such as Jakub Schikaneder, Otto Gutfreund, Hugo Boettinger and Karel Špillar are buried here.

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