Panenské Břežany

Panenské Břežany (German: Jungfern-Breschan) is a village and municipality in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of 5.79 km² and as of 2010 it had a population of 567. Panenské Břežany lies in proximity of the capital city of Prague, approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north of its centre. The settlement was first mentioned in 1233 as the possession of the Benedictine monastery of St. George at Prague Castle. In the first half of the 18th Century a Baroque palace was built, which came to be called the Oberes Schloss. After the secularization of the monastery during reign of Emperor Joseph II the manor fell to the Virgin Teinitz Religious foundation. Until 1820 the...