Žižkov (German: Zischkaberg or Zizkow, between 1939 and 1945 Veitsberg) is a cadastral district of Prague, Czech Republic.

Residents of the hory viniční ("vineyard hills") were given special rights, which were confirmed by other sovereigns, such as exemption from taxes.

[2] A village named Hory Viničné, whose economy was centered on vineyards on the slopes of Vitkov Hill, was first mentioned in 1788.

Other vineyard settlements, such as Hrabovka, Ohrada, Parukářka, and Pražačka, would disappear in the course of the 19th century, but they are remembered in local names.

According to a census in 1837, the district (including present-day Žižkov and Vinohrady) had a total of 66 houses and estates with 169 inhabitants and 216 head of livestock.

In 1867, Emperor Franz Joseph I renamed it Královské Vinohrady (Czech for Royal Vineyards, Königlich Weinberg in German).

Earlier, as indicated by census figures, population growth in present-day Žižkov was slow and steady in the mid-19th century: 83 residents in 1843, 197 in 1850, 268 in 1857, and 292 in 1869.

The first mayor of Žižkov was Charles Hartig, who is credited with the naming of streets, squares and houses after famous Czechs from Jan Hus to Komensky.

The largest factory, producing matches, was founded by French entrepreneurs Sellier and Bellot at Parukářka at the time of the emergence of the city.

At the beginning of the First Republic, there were smaller factories – Papírografie on Vápenka, the Strejc and Nosek precision machine plants, and a number of workshops on Kněžská luka.

Also, poet Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1984, was born and spent most of his life in Žižkov.

At the end of World War I, the circle of the Bohemian writers originated the concept of the Žižkov Free Republic resistance movement.

This concept was remembered by the mayor of Prague 3, Milan Český, on 25 July 2001 when the Ambassador of the European Union in the Czech Republic, Ramiro Cibrian, officially visited the city.

The Žižkovians were very proud of their bad reputation and up to this day they tend to refer to their neighbourhood as the "Free Republic of Žižkov".

According to the design of architect Václav Aulický, it consists of three concrete pillars that carry cabinets for the transmitters, a restaurant and cafe, and three observation rooms.

The 9-meter high and 16.5-ton monument to Jan Žižka by Bohumil Kafka is the third largest bronze equestrian statue in the world.

The monument was only completed after World War II, but with additional elements added by Czechoslovakia's communist rulers.

Olšany Cemetery (Czech: Olšanské hřbitovy) in Žižkov (which takes up a large space of the district) is the largest graveyard in Prague.

The southern parts of Žižkov are served by Jiřího z Poděbrad, Flora and Želivského stations on Line A of the Prague Metro.

Prague's biggest Carnival celebration (called Masopust in Czech) is annually held in Žižkov.