Jedová chýše (1910) - Praha, CZ
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Jedová chýše (The Poisonous Shanty) pub in Apolinárská Street, No. 446.
Waymark Code: WMXAQ5
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/18/2017
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"Allegedly the oldest Prague pub, originally called Na Vinici (On the Vinyard). It was a popular dancing hangout as early as the 13th century and it became the subject of innumerable legends. Among other things the pub is said to have been once visited by king Wenceslas IV and his executioner. Allegedly the King recognized the two noblemen who had almost poisoned him during his captivity in Vienna, which was a real-life event (he is known to have suffered from permanent thirst for the rest of his life). He therefore ordered his executioner to cast poison into the noblemen’s wine while they were dancing. And it is allegedly from then that the pub received its colourful name. From the mid-19th century the pub was a favourite dancing-dive of the Prague German Bohemians and of the Prague-based German Burschenschaften (nationalistic student organizations). It was equally popular among prostitutes and later nurses from the nearby hospitals and institutions. The attic rooms of the pub are said to have witnessed regular orgies. The saloon had an extremely low and incredibly smoke-stained roof. In 1904 the pub was used by the German Burschen to hide M. Dreyfus who was sought by the Austrian police in connection with the affair of his brother, who had been accused in France of spying for Germany. When Czech students and workers learned about this, they attacked the Burschen, with whom they had some other unsettled accounts, beat them up and ransacked the pub. In the 1920s the pub was still a favourite meeting place for Prague criminals. The year 1935 saw the demolition of the pub and the adjacent building No. 445. The pub was replaced by a residential building."
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