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13-517: Cholupice was, at one time, an independent municipality. The village of Točná was joined to Cholupice in 1960. The municipality of Cholupice, including Točná, was amalgamated into the city of Prague in 1974. The local government in Cholupice was dissolved, and both villages were attached to the local government in Modřany , which is now part of Prague 12. Every year on 30 April, near Ke Kálku street at

26-526: A protected habitat . The vague outlines of a Celtic oppidum are visible in the high area called Šance . A large plaque commemorating the entomologist František Antonín Nickerl overlooks the Břežaný valley. The forest's steep trails have, in recent years, become popular among mountain bikers. The forest is bisected by the Branišovská switchback , which is limited to light vehicle traffic. Despite traversing

39-510: A bent metal hairpin . Such turns in ramps and trails may be called switchbacks in American English , by analogy with switchback railways . Hairpin turns are often built when a route climbs up or down a steep slope, so that it can travel mostly across the slope with only moderate steepness, and are often arrayed in a zigzag pattern. Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than

52-683: A direct, steep climb and descent, at the price of greater distances of travel and usually lower speed limits , due to the sharpness of the turn. Highways of this style are also generally less costly to build and maintain than highways with tunnels . On occasion, the road may loop completely, using a tunnel or bridge to cross itself at a different elevation (example on Reunion Island : 21°10′52″S 55°27′17″E  /  21.18111°S 55.45472°E  / -21.18111; 55.45472 ; example near Ashland, Oregon 42°05′31″N 122°35′21″W  /  42.09194°N 122.58917°W  / 42.09194; -122.58917 ). When this routing geometry

65-507: A garden centre. In 2014, a pub, Hospoda na Točné , opened on Branišovská street. From its formation in 1850, Komořany estate and surrounding buildings and greater part of Závist was part of the political municipality of Točná. All this locations has belonged together since the times when Komořany belonged the Zbraslav monastery. After World War II Komořany rise to village and became an independent municipality, detaching from Točná. Závist

78-411: A protected area, the road has been used several times as part of a rally race from Zbraslav to Točná. The village celebrates several annual events: Hairpin turn A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend or hairpin corner ) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road. It is named for its resemblance to

91-520: Is used for a rail line, it is called a spiral , or spiral loop. In trail building, an alternative to switchbacks is the stairway . If a railway curves back on itself like a hairpin turn, it is called a horseshoe curve . The Pennsylvania Railroad built one in Blair County, Pennsylvania , which ascends the Eastern Continental Divide from the east. However, the radius of curvature

104-462: The municipal district of Prague 12 . There are 31 streets and 413 addresses registered, and a population of 679. The village lies just north of Prague's southern border, formed by the Břežaný valley, south-west of Cholupice , north-west of the municipality of Dolní Břežany . Between Točná and the Vltava river to the west is a protected forest. A private airport is located within the northern part of

117-481: The eastern end of the village, Cholupice hosts Prague's largest symbolic witch burning celebration. The village also has several clubs and community associations , including a volunteer fire brigade, a hunt club, an athletic club TJ Sokol Cholupice , a branch of the Czech Husbandry Association Svaz Českých chovatelů , a horse-riding club and a fishing club. On a Saturday in the second half of May,

130-497: The local government in Modřany, which is now part of Prague 12. A remnant of the local committee system ( Czech : Místní národní výbor , "local national committee") in Točná is the street K výboru ("towards the committee"), which was named in 1974. The hilly, forested area to the west of the village, bordered by the Břežaný creek, and the communities of Závist , Komořany and Nouzov, is

143-409: The village hosts a traditional Welcoming of Spring celebration ( Czech : vítání jara ), including the raising of a maypole , and a parade through the village wearing folk costumes ( Czech : kroj ). This Prague location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . To%C4%8Dn%C3%A1 Točná ( German : Totschna ) is a village, and a cadastral subdivision of

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156-564: The village limits, near the area called Nouzov. The northern part of the village limits are bisected by Prague's Outer Ring Road , which then submerges into a tunnel just south of the airport. Bus line 113 terminates in the village, and line 341 passes through it. The village has a football pitch, home of the TJ Točná football club. It also has a nursery school, one of the largest second-hand clothing stores in Prague, three automotive repair shops and

169-454: Was also separated and newly belongs to Zbraslav. Starting in 1947, the local government of Modřany sought the transfer of the territory of Točná to Modřany . In 1960, the municipality of Točná was merged into the municipality of Cholupice . In 1974, Cholupice was joined to the Capital City of Prague. In 1976, the local government in Cholupice was dissolved, and both villages were attached to

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