Šestajovice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,200 inhabitants.
Etymology The initial name of the settlement was Sestojovice. The name was derived from the personal name Sestoj.
Geography Šestajovice is located east of Prague, in its immediate vicinity. It is urbanistically fused with Prague-Klánovice. It lies in a flat landscape in the Central Elbe Table.
History The first written mention of Šestajovice is from 1227. From 1227 until the Hussite Wars, the village was property of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star from the Zderaz Monastery in Prague; then the owners often changed.
Demographics
Transport The D11 motorway from Prague to Hradec Králové runs through the municipality.
Sights The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is a sandstone cross, which dates from 1779. The second historical landmark in the centre of the village is a belfry.
Notable people Jaromír Bosák (born 1965), sports commentator and journalist; lives here
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