Prague

**Prague** (= **Praha** = práh = river ford) is the large and mighty capital of the kingdom of Bohemia. The word "Bohemia" comes from the Celtic tribe of the Boiers, who settled here in ancient times. Today, the Kingdom of Bohemia is part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation, and the King of Bohemia is one of the seven electors of the empire. The motto of the city is **Praga Caput Regni** (Prague, Head of the Kingdom).

"Prague" is a moderate-sized map with four city districts and two villages.

## Geography

The map is cut into two equally sized pieces by the river Vlatava. Each river bank has two city districts and one village. Both halves are interconnected by a single, but impressive bridge, the Charles Bridge.

The whole city is nicely walled off, even towards the river, partly overlooking the river Vlatava. The Castle Town is located on top of a hill, and has a second wall of its own. The castle itself is even higher and has a third wall.

## City Districts

### Old Town

The main facilities of the Old Town (orange) are the port, the city hall, and the execution site. To the east of the city hall, there's the market place, to the west, there's a well.

The whole district is encircled by a wall. The only openings are two gates to the east, leading to the New Town, a gap for the port, and the Charles Bridge in the west, leading to the Lesser Town.

### New Town

The New Town (magenta) forms a protective ring around the Old Town and is much spacier than the latter. It has its own wall, making it more difficult, to reach the core of the city.

The district has the church "The Good Shepherd" and a market place in the center. The well is hidden behind the church. The district's cemetery is tucked away in the north-west corner near the river Vlatava.

### Lesser Town

The Lesser Town (yellow) is on the other - the west - side of the Vlatava. It has its own wall, while part of it is a steep cliff with a ramp up the Hradčany. The Charles Bridge leads to the Old Town on the other river bank.

The distric has the market place and the church "The Holy Ghost" in the center. Near the ramp to the Castle Town, tucked in the corner, there's the arsenal, the school, and a well.

### Castle Town

The Castle Town (blue) is called Hradčany in Czech (Hrad=Castle, Čany=Location). Half of it is protected by a wall, the other has steep cliffs, either down to the Lesser Town, or up to the castle itself.

It has a market place in the center, and a well in the south-west corner. "Prague Castle", with the cathedral "St. Vitus" inside of it, are even higher, and protected by an extra wall.

## Villages

### Smichov

Smíchov (= smíchání = mixture) (cyan) is a village south of the Lesser Town and built around its church "St. Raphael", the market place, and a nearby well. A brushwood and fishing spot - on the banks of the small river - make the village complete.

### Nusle

Nusle (pink), the other village, is located on the east bank of the Vlatava, south-east of the New Town. It has no church, but a market place, and a well by the bridge. A mine to the west and a lumberyard to the north is all, what can be found.

## Other Places

### Vlatava

The river Vlatava, is flowing through Prague and cuts the landscape into half. The name of the river originates from the old Germanic "wilt ahwa" (= wild water, compare Latin aqua).

The river offers access to the long distance trade routes to Dresden (north) and České Budějovice (Budweis) (south).

### Surrounding Region

The main attraction of the Surrounding Region (grey) is unquestionably the church "Upper Castle - St. Peter and Paul". But also, scattered around, many small locations can be found:
four groves, three brushwoods, a lumberyard, two fishing spots, three cemeteries, a quarry, and a mine.

It also offers access to the long distance trade routes to Teplitz (Teplice) (north-west), Franfurt (west), Brno (Brünn) (east), Pilsen (Plzeň) (south-west), and Vienna (south-east).

## Trade Routes

The map offers a beefy seven long distance trade routes to be opened:

* North: to Dresden (= Drežďany = people of the forest) via the river Vlatava
* South: to České Budějovice (= Budweis = village of the Budivoj) via the river Vlatava
* North-west: to Teplitz (= Teplice = hot spring) via road
* West: to Franfurt (= ford of the Franks) via road
* East: to Brno (= Brünn = brnie = muddy, uncertain) via road
* South-west: to Pilsen (= Plzeň, name is disputed, Slavic or Germanic?) via road
* South-east: to Vienna (= at the river Wien) via road

## Additional information

* Find out more about Prague on Wikipedia.

Prague was last edited for version 1.0.4.

Prague was last edited for version 1.0.4.