Ottokar I of Bohemia
Several hermits settled in the local forest at the beginning of the 13th century. The first written record of the community is a charter dated 1213 (suspected of being a counterfeit but the date seems to hold), by which King Ottokar I of Bohemia donated the area to Břevnov Monastery (Prague). In a document dated 1229, by which King Wenceslaus I confirmed the donation, he described the area as "a large dreadful wasteland".