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Hotel Tivoli Praha

Hotel Tivoli

Prague centre → New Town, Prague 2 • 1.2 mi ( 2.0 km ) from Jewish quarter

Hotel Tivoli Praha, from category 3 star Prague hotels, is situated in Prague centre, in the business and residential district of New Town – Vinohrady, right next to the metro station I. P. Pavlova and within walking distance of Wenceslas Square, the National Museum, the Prague Congress Centre, and all major historical sights. 

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Hotel U Raka Praha

Hotel U Raka

Prague center → Prague Castle District, Prague 1 • 1.2 mi ( 2.0 km ) from Jewish quarter

Romantic Hotel U Raka, from category 4 star hotels in Prague, is located at Hradčany, close to Mariánské hradby, in a romantic corner of Prague, where history has left many interesting monuments. Spend a peaceful vacation in the very heart of Prague, in places where history is present at every step you take.

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Hotel City Central De Luxe Praha

Hotel City Central De Luxe

Prague center → New Town, Prague 2 • 1.2 mi ( 2.0 km ) from Jewish quarter

Hotel City Central de luxe Praha, from category 3 star Prague hotels, is close to the Prague centre. Just 5 minutes walk from Prague’s main boulevard Wenceslas Square. The underground and tram station I. P. Pavlova is 50 metres far.

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Aparthotel Austria Suites Praha

Aparthotel Austria Suites

Prague close to center → Smíchov, Prague 5 • 1.2 mi ( 2.0 km ) from Jewish quarter

Austria Suites Praha, from category 3 star Prague hotels, is located of the building is on a busy street, all suites are quiet as they are facing the atrium of the palace. The suites are convenient for business clients and tourists. The attractive location of Palace Austria next to the shopping mall and business centre Anděl and near all major sights of Prague is another benefit and reason to stay here. 

 

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APARTHOTEL LUBLAŇKA Praha

APARTHOTEL LUBLAŇKA

Prague center → New Town, Prague 2 • 1.2 mi ( 2.0 km ) from Jewish quarter

Apartment hotel Lublanka Praha, from category 3 star hotels in Prague, is situated in the centre of Prague, just 10 minutes walking from Wenceslav Square and just 20 steps by foot from I.P.Pavlova, the station of the Metro Line C. Apartment hotel Lublanka is offering a comfortable Prague accommodation in the quiet, warm friendly atmosphere of a family hotel.

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Hotel Tyl Praha

Hotel Tyl

Prague centre → Vinohrady, Prague 2 • 1.2 mi ( 2.0 km ) from Jewish quarter

Hotel Tyl Praha, from category 4 star hotels in Prague, is situated in the heart of Prague centre, just 300m from the Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske namesti). 

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Hotel Raffaello Praha

Hotel Raffaello

Prague center → New Town, Prague 1 • 1.2 mi ( 2.0 km ) from Jewish quarter

Hotel Raffaello Praha, from category 4 star Prague hotels, is cosy family run hotel, is only a 5 minute walk away from Wenceslas Square. And very close to all the major tourist attractions such as the National Museum, Old Town Square. Prague Congress Centre are both on your doorstep too. 

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Hotel Brixen Praha - Double room (single use), Double room

Hotel Brixen

Prague center → New Town, Prague 2 • 1.2 mi ( 2.0 km ) from Jewish quarter

Praha Hotel Brixen, from category 3 star Prague hotels, is located in the Prague centre, only 10 minutes walking from Wenceslaw Square (Vaclavske namesti). The nearest metro station, I.P.Pavlova - `line C` is only 2 minutes away. Ideal for those looking for comfort at exceptional value in a strategic downtown location.

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Guesthouse Brezina Praha

Guesthouse Brezina

Prague center → New Town, Prague 2 • 1.2 mi ( 2.0 km ) from Jewish quarter

Brezina Pension Praha, from category 3 star hotels in Prague, is situated in the center of Prague, a 10 minute walk from the Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske namesti) and just a few steps from the I. P. Pavlova square, where the metro and tram stations are. Many of the attic rooms have slanted ceilings and exposed wooden beams.

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Hotel At St. John Praha

Hotel At St. John

Prague center → New Town, Prague 2 • 1.2 mi ( 2 km ) from Jewish quarter

Prague Hotel St. John offers romantic accommodation in Prague with mystic atmosphere in the former parish church of St. John on the Rock(Na Skalce). Hotel St. John was built by architect A. Wiehl in 1902 and is situated below the church. St. John Hotel is situated in the middle of the old time garden within walking distance of the historical centre of Prague, close to tram stops and metro stops. A few minutes from the Prague Hotel St. John is the "Faust House" which is famous for the old Prague tale and poem J.W. Goethe about "Dr. Faust" and "Mefistoteles".
 

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Clarion Hotel Prague City Praha - Double room

Clarion Hotel Prague City

Prague centre → Vinohrady, Prague 2 • 1.2 mi ( 2 km ) from Jewish quarter

4 star Prague hotel Clarion City occupies a historic building in Prague's city centre, only a 5 minute walk from Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske namesti) and 100 metres from `I.P.Pavlova` metro station line C.

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Hotel Alwyn Praha

Hotel Alwyn

Prague close to center → Karlín, Prague 8 • 1.3 mi ( 2 km ) from Jewish quarter

Hotel Alwyn Praha, from category 4 star hotels in Prague, is situated in  the Prague 8 district of Karlín, just a few minutes walk from the city centre. It's convenient location makes it an ideal starting point for both private and business trips. In the immediate vicinity of the hotel there is a tram station and the subway station "Florenc" on the C line.

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Jewish quarter (Pražské židovské město)

Josefov (also Jewish quarter; German: Josefstadt) is a town quarter and the smallest cadastral area of Prague, Czech Republic, formerly the Jewish ghetto of the town. It is completely surrounded by Old Town. The quarter is often represented by the flag of Prague's Jewish community, a yellow Magen David (Star of David) on a red field.

History

Jews are believed to have settled in Prague as early as the 10th century. The first pogrom was in 1096 (the first crusade) and eventually they were concentrated within a walled Ghetto. In 1262 Přemysl Otakar II issued a Statuta Judaeorum which granted the community a degree of self-administration. In 1389 one of the worst pogroms saw some 1,500 massacred at Easter Sunday. The ghetto was most prosperous towards the end of the 16th century when the Jewish Mayor, Mordecai Maisel, became the Minister of Finance and a very wealthy man. His money helped develop the ghetto. Around this time the Maharal was supposed to create the Golem.

In 1850 the quarter was renamed "Josefstadt" (Joseph's City) after Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor who emancipated Jews with the Toleration Edict in 1781. Two years before Jews were allowed to settle outside of the city, so the share of the Jewish population in Josefov decreased, while only orthodox and poor Jews remained living there.

Most of the quarter was demolished between 1893 and 1913 as part of an initiative to model the city on Paris. What was left were only six synagogues, the old cemetery, and the Old Jewish Town Hall (now all part of the Jewish Museum in Prague and described below).

With only six synagogues, the old cemetery, and the Old Jewish Town Hall the Nazi German occupation could have been expected to complete the demolition of the old ghetto. However the area was preserved in order to provide a site for a planned "exotic museum of an extinct race". This meant that the Nazis gathered Jewish artifacts from all over central Europe for display in Josefov.

Currently Josefov is overbuilt with buildings from the beginning of the 20th century, so it is difficult to appreciate exactly what the old quarter was like when it was reputed to have over 18,000 inhabitants. Medieval Josefov is depicted in the 1920 film The Golem, composed of crampt, angular, squinted buildings, but this impression is used purely to convey the expressionist nature of the film.

Historical sites

  • Franz Kafka's birthplace.
  • High Synagogue (Vysoká synagoga): 16th-century synagogue.
  • Jewish Town Hall (Židovská radnice): 18th-century rococo town hall.
  • Klaus Synagogue (Klausova synagoga): 16th-century baroque synagogue.
  • Maisel Synagogue (Maiselova synagoga): 16th-century synagogue destroyed by fire, now used as a museum.
  • Pinkas Synagogue (Pinkasova synagoga): 16th-century synagogue, now a memorial to Holocaust victims.
  • Spanish Synagogue (Španělská synagoga): 19th-century synagogue with Moorish interior.
  • Old Jewish Cemetery (Starý židovský hřbitov): 15th- to 18th-century cemetery. Europe's oldest surviving Jewish cemetery.
  • Old New Synagogue (Staronová synagoga): 13th-century Gothic synagogue.
  • Jewish Ceremonial Hall, Prague (Obřadní síň): 20th-century neo-renaissance hall.
t:source: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefov_(Praha)

Landmarks near Jewish quarter

  • Obřadní sín
    0 yd ( 0 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Starý židovský hřbitov
    90 yd ( 80 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Pinkasova synagoga
    110 yd ( 100 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Staronová synagoga
    110 yd ( 100 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Les Moules
    140 yd ( 130 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Židovská radnice a Vysoká synagoga
    140 yd ( 130 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Rudolfinum
    150 yd ( 130 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • garáže Rudolfinum
    180 yd ( 160 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • La Bodeguita del Medio
    180 yd ( 170 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Maiselova synagoga
    200 yd ( 180 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Právnická fakulta
    210 yd ( 190 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Public transport station Staroměstská
    220 yd ( 200 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Metro station Staroměstská
    230 yd ( 210 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová v Praze
    230 yd ( 210 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Public transport station Právnická fakulta
    240 yd ( 220 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Farrango
    270 yd ( 250 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Loutkové divadlo Říše loutek
    290 yd ( 260 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Národní divadlo Marionet
    290 yd ( 260 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Spanish Synagogue
    310 yd ( 280 m ) from Jewish quarter
  • Nostress
    310 yd ( 290 m ) from Jewish quarter

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