Divoká_Šárka

Divoká Šárka

Divoká Šárka

Nature reserve in Prague, Czechia

Divoká Šárka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɟɪvokaː ˈʃaːrka]; wild Šárka) is a nature reserve on the northwestern outskirts of Prague, the capital city of Czechia.[1]

View of Divoká Šárka
Public swimming pool in Divoká Šárka

Around the 6th century, the Slavs came to this area. In the 7th to 9th centuries, there was a Slavic settlement above the Džbán gorge, consisting of an area of approximately twenty ha.[citation needed]

A gorge in the area is named after the female warrior Šárka, who, according to Ancient Bohemian Legends, threw herself to her death from its cliffs after betraying her lover Ctirad during the Maidens' War.[2]

Divoká Šárka is the closest location to Prague where the black woodpecker lives.[3]

The reserve has a lake along its edge as well as a public swimming pool within.[4]

  • Džbán reservoir
  • Restaurant Dívčí skok
  • Džbán gorge

References

  1. [1]
    "The natural park Dikova Sarka". prague.net. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    The Legend of Divoka Sarka[dead link]
  3. [3]
    Czech Society for Ornithology: Birding in Prague[better source needed]
  4. [4]
    "Přírodní koupaliště Džbán" [Natural swimming pool Džbán]. koupalistedzban.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

50°06′31″N 14°21′03″E


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