Břevnov ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈbr̝ɛvnof] ) is a cadastral district in the west of Prague , located in Prague 6 . The district is home to the Břevnov Monastery ( Czech : Břevnovský klášter ). On the territory of Břevnov stems Brusnice brook. Břevnov was first mentioned in the 10th century. In 1907 was promoted to the city and since 1921 then became part of the City of Prague.
5-591: Apart from the Břevnov monastery, we can find other remarkable buildings on the area. The building of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences is located in the north-western of Břevnov. The legend of this institute was its former director Otto Wichterle , to whom is devoted the monument in front of the building. Others are: Ladronka homestead, Hostinec U Kaštanu and Hotel Pyramida . There
10-549: Is also a large Military University Hospital ( Ústřední vojenská nemocnice ). The Petřiny metro station on line A is located in the extreme west of Břevnov. The rest of the district is served by a tram line which runs along Bělohorská street. The Markéta Stadium hosts speedway and athletics events. This Prague location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Czech Academy of Sciences The Czech Academy of Sciences (abbr. CAS , Czech : Akademie věd České republiky , abbr. AV ČR )
15-561: The Division of Mathematics , Physics , and Earth Sciences , Division of Chemical and Life Sciences , and Division of Humanities and Social Sciences . The academy currently manages a network of sixty research institutes and five supporting units staffed by a total of 6,400 employees, over one half of whom are university-trained researchers and Ph.D. scientists. The Head Office of the academy and forty research institutes are located in Prague ,
20-527: The remaining institutes being situated throughout the country. The establishment of the academy in 1992 follows several previous organizations: In 2010 the academy adopted an open access policy to make its research outputs free to read and reuse. The official structure of the CAS consists of three areas (sciences about inanimate nature, life sciences, and humanities), each with three sections. Each of these 9 sections contains between 4 and 8 institutes. An institute
25-823: Was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and its tradition goes back to the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences (founded in 1784) and the Emperor Franz Joseph Czech Academy for Sciences, Literature and Arts (founded in 1890). The academy is the leading non-university public research institution in the Czech Republic . It conducts both fundamental and strategic applied research. It has three scientific divisions, namely
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