Modrany is a part of the 12th District Prague. It lies at the south end of Prague, on the right bank of the river Vltava. Modrany was first mentioned at the beginnig of 11th century. It was a village by the year 1963 when it became a town for a short time. In 1968 it has become a part of Prague. Modrany has about 32 000 citizens so it is almost three times bigger than Eisenstadt that has population about 12 000. These two towns are at the first sight incomparable, so it seems like a nonsense to comapare them, but…
The first remarkable similarity between Modrany and Eisenstadt is that its visitors say: „It’s the end of the world, nothing happens there!!!“ (They usually use even stronger words to explain their feelings.) But we who live here know that it’s not true at all;-) Of course if you are a lover of night life and want to spend every night in a different club or pub you have to commute to Prague center/Wien. But there are many possibilities for the others.
The first thing you see when arriving to Eisenstadt are vineyards surrouding the whole town. Nothing surprising. Conditions for growing wine are ideal here. But would you expect a vineyard in the middle of Prague’s suburb? Not many people do so. In Modrany this idea comes true. You can meet there a vineyard from the 12th century, which is one of the 4 last vineyards in Prague.
Also education is important for both towns. Eisenstadt has its FH Burgenland while Modrany has its Police Academy. You could have met students of Informationsberufe in the streets of Eisenstadt during the World Book Day. They were organising a parade and a flea market to celebrate this special day. In Modrany’s streets you can meet police students. A fine from the policeman-beginner for crossing the street outside the zebra crossing will make your day also special.
We could find out more similarities between these two towns but there is also one big difference. Panorama of Eisenstadt is made of many family houses, one strange panel house and Esterházy castle. Panorama of Modrany is made of few family houses, many panel houses (which don’t look strange anymore) and any castle. One of the Modrany’s dominants used to be a sugar factory from the 19th century. The factory was closed in 2002. Everybody knew that it was worth technical and historical building and that it should have been preserved. But the train that's councilmen knew much better than the others that the parcel has been a lucrative place for new panel houses ... Could this happen in Eisenstadt?
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