page_title: Czech national identity card
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Czech national identity card / History
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Titulní strana občanského průkazu vzor 1991. English: The national ID of the Czech Republic (Občanský průkaz) in 1991.
context_page_description: The Czech national identity card is the identity document used in the Czech Republic, in addition to the Czech passport. It is issued to all citizens, and every person above 15 years of age permanently living in the Czech Republic is required by law to hold a valid identity card.
  It is possible to use the ID card instead of a passport for travel within Europe as well as Georgia and Montserrat.
context_section_description: The first mandatory identity document was introduced during the German occupation, on 17 March 1939 in a decree made by Reichsprotektor Konstantin von Neurath. This document was based on the model of a similar document already in use in the Third Reich and included a photograph. Known as a legitimace, it was often nicknamed kennkarta.
  During the communist regime (1948–89) this simple card developed into a booklet dozens of pages long. It contained such personal details as employment history and vaccination records.
caption: A 1991 průkaz booklet from the ČSFR.
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