Bašť is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants.

Etymology

The original name of the settlement was Bášť (in old Czech written as Bášč). It was derived from the personal name Bášek (Czech diminutive of Bach).

Geography

Bašť is located about 10 km north of Prague. It lies mostly in the Central Elbe Table, but the western part of the municipal territory extends into the Prague Plateau. The highest point is at 300 m above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Bašť is from 1088, when King Vratislaus II donated the village to the Vyšehrad Chapter. The village used to be made up of two settlements, Velký Bášt and Malý Bášt (later named Bašť and Baštěk), which gradually urbanistically merged.

Demographics

Transport

The I/9 road (which connects the D8 motorway with Česká Lípa and the Czech-German border) runs along the eastern municipal border. The D8 motorway runs west of Bašť just outside the municipal territory.

Sights

There are no notable monuments in the municipality. Among the protected cultural monuments are a Baroque granary and terrain remains of a fortress that stood here in the 13th–15th centuries.