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150 years since formation of "Vltavan" Association in Prague | Radio Prague International


Photo: Vltavan / Prague City Museum
Prague’s Vltava river has been used to transport wood on rafts for centuries. On June 11, 1871, local raft traders formed their own association.
Timber rafting on Vltava|Photo: Antonín Cuc, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Earliest sources show that already in 1088, during the rule of Duke Vratislav II., a toll was extracted from raftsmen crossing through Prague. The tax was called a “výton” and was extracted under the Vyšehrad hill, in an area known until this day as Podskalí, which means “under the Vyšehrad rock”. It was the timber trade along the river that gave this Prague neighbourhood a specific character. ....

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