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| name                    = Zbraslav
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| settlement_type         = Municipal District of Prague<br />Cadastral Area of Prague
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| image_skyline           = Zbraslav, Radotín a estakáda.jpg
| image_caption           = Zbraslav from the right bank of the Vltava
| image_flag              = Praha-Zbraslav flag.svg
| image_shield            = Praha-Zbraslav CoA.png
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = Czech Republic
| subdivision_type1       = Region
| subdivision_name1       = [[Prague]], the Capital City
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| pushpin_map             = Czech Republic Prague
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location within Prague
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| area_total_km2          = 9.85
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| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_total        = 10140
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
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| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 156 00
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| website                 = http://www.mc-zbraslav.cz
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'''Zbraslav''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈzbraslaf}}; {{langx|de|Königsaal}}; Latin ''Aula Regia'') is a [[Prague districts|municipal district and cadastral area]] of [[Prague]]. The southernmost district of Prague, it lies on the [[Vltava]] River in the national administrative district of [[Prague 16]].

The former independent municipality of Zbraslav is now one of two cadastral areas in the '''Prague-Zbraslav Municipal District'''. The other is [[Lahovice]].

==History==
{{stack|[[File:Zbraslav10.jpg|thumb|Zbraslav Château]]}}
Zbraslav was founded in 1118. In the 13th century, the king [[Wenceslaus II of Bohemia]] founded here a very influential [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] abbey which was called ''Aula regia'' in Latin. The medieval monastery became the burial place of Bohemian kings. The [[Madonna of Zbraslav]] (a masterpiece of Bohemian Gothic fine art) was painted for this monastery in the 1340s.

In 1935, [[Valentin Bulgakov|V. Bulgakov]] founded an important Russian museum here with collections dedicated to [[Russia]]n emigrants, but the museum was closed and confiscated by the [[Communist]]s before 1948.

In 1924, [[Žabovřesky (Zbraslav)|Žabovřesky]] and [[Záběhlice (Zbraslav)|Záběhlice]] were joined to Zbraslav. In 1967, Zbraslav was promoted to a town. Zbraslav was merged into the city of Prague in 1974. It used to house the [[Chinese art|Chinese]] and [[Japanese art|Japanese]] collections of the [[National Gallery in Prague]] in the building of former monastery.

==Demographics==
{{historical population
|align=none|cols=1
|1869|2925
|1880|2868
|1890|3195
|1900|3286
|1910|3604
|1921|3727
|1930|4887
|1950|5534
|1961|6006
|1970|6226
|1980|7181
|1991|7530
|2001|7838
|2011|9995
|2021|10140
|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web|title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Praha|url=https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/20537734/130084150100.pdf/2df95051-142b-43e1-aa83-30662a31d3b6?version=1.2|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|pages=7–8|language=cs|date=2015-12-21|access-date=25 October 2023|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817003539/https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/20537734/130084150100.pdf/2df95051-142b-43e1-aa83-30662a31d3b6?version=1.2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt&pvo=SLD21001-MC-OB&z=T&f=TABULKA&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-MC-OB&pvokc=43&pvoch=554782#w=|work=Public Database|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}

==Notable people==
*[[Petr Žitavský]] (1270–1339), abbot of the [[Zbraslav Monastery]], politician and author of the ''Zbraslav Chronicle''
*[[Vladislav Vančura]] (1891–1942), novelist; lived here from 1921
*[[Jaromír Vejvoda]] (1902–1988), songwriter; his home is now a restaurant called Škoda Lásky with paraphernalia relating to him

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.zbraslav.cz Unofficial Zbraslav page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722045043/http://zbraslav.cz/ |date=22 July 2013 }} (in Czech)
*[http://www.mc-zbraslav.cz Official page of the Prague-Zbraslav Municipal District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528064028/http://www.mc-zbraslav.cz/ |date=28 May 2019 }}
*[http://www.zbraslavhistorie.info Zbraslav and history] (in Czech)

{{Districts and cadastral areas of Prague}}
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[[Category:Districts of Prague]]