Bašť

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.

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Etymology

The original name of the settlement was Bášť. It was derived from the personal name Bášek.

Geography

Bašť is located about 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 above sea level.

History

The 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, which gradually urbanistically merged.

Transport

The I/9 road runs along the eastern municipal border. The D8 motorway runs west of Bašť just outside the municipal territory.

Sights

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.