Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress 2017, poster: New Research in a Prague suburb: the Karlín district in the post-medieval era
Abstract
In the last decade detailed archeological excavations have uncovered the secrets of the Prague district of Karlín. Karlín was a suburb of Prague and its territory undergone considerable development from the Middle Ages to the present day.
There were established orchards and fields by monastic orders in the Middle Ages. There led an important imperial route connection Prague and Vienna along which farmhouses and inns were bulit and also a church with a hospital (originnaly pestilent) near there.
In the 17th century all the buildings within 300 yards from Prague's walls were torn down due to resistance the enemy during the Thirty Years War. After great homesteads with gardens and orchards were established ůagain and the place has also become a destination of Prague citizens during their walks.
Since the 18th century there were also placed workshops and from the beginning of the 19th century the suburb has become a leading Prague industrial zone with many small plants and large enterprises with diverse production of goods. Karlín was a modern industrial district in the mid-19th century.
It had e.g. first arc lamp street lighting, first tram line and the largest gasworks in the Empire and also the major industrial port on the Vltava River. The poster presents results of archaeological excavations in recent years, which inter alia brought new information on space utilization in Karlín.