Na Jezerce was built in 1925.
A spring called Jezerka is mentioned way back in Cosmas’ Chronica Boemorum (written from 1119 to 1125). Apparently, Libuše – she who predicted the founding of the city of Prague (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/23/prague-2-day-93-libusina/) – used to go here to get water to bathe in.
In the Middle Ages, there was a vineyard and homestead here, both called Šustrová.
In 1835, the homestead was converted into a château and was renamed Jezerka; a restaurant operated here.
This was closed down in 1948 when the building was acquired by the municipality of Nusle; in 1949, construction commenced on a park, also called Jezerka.
In the 1970s the former inn building was used as a studio for Czechoslovak Television; since 2004, it’s hosted a theatre, Divadlo Na Jezerce.
There’s also a World War II memorial in the park: https://www.praha4.cz/Pietni-akt-u-Pomniku-zpravodajske-brigady-Na-Jezerce.
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