Petřín

Petřín as seen from Vyšehrad Castle

Petřín as seen from the Old Town Bridge Tower

Petřín (327 m) is a hill in the center of Prague, Czech Republic. It rises some 130 m above the left bank of the Vltava River. The hill, almost entirely covered with parks, is a favorite recreational area for the inhabitants of Prague. The hill – in German known as Laurenziberg – is featured prominently in Franz Kafka's early short story "Description of a Struggle."

The summit of the hill is linked to Prague's Malá Strana district by the Petřín funicular, a funicular railway that first operated in 1891.

Major sights of Petřín

• Hunger Wall
• Strahov Monastery
• Petřín funicular
• Petřín lookout tower
• Štefánik´s Observatory
• Rose Garden
• St Lawrence church
• St Michael church (wooden, transferred from Subcarpathian Ruthenia in 1920s)