Hradiště Hostivař, Iron Age hillfort in Hostivař, Prague, Czech Republic

Hradiště Hostivař is an Iron Age hillfort on a promontory on the right bank of the Botič stream, between Petrovice and Hostivař in southeastern Prague. Its ploughed-out earthen ramparts enclose a flat plateau, now a large meadow within a forest park; the Hostivař reservoir was built on the promontory's southern side.

The site was settled in the younger Hallstatt period, in the 6th to 5th century BC, making it the only known early Iron Age hillfort in Prague. Its end was probably a large fire, indicated by fused ramparts found there. It was settled again in the early Middle Ages, from the 8th to the mid-10th century.

The name Šance, meaning entrenchments, refers to the visible earthen ramparts. Since April 2010 the Stezka historií Hostivaře trail has a stop here with a shelter holding a model of the hillfort, and the Povodím Botiče nature trail, founded in 1980 and renewed in 2008, climbs up from the Botič valley.

The site is reachable by public transport with marked paths for walking around the remains. Wear sturdy shoes as the ground is uneven and paths wind through wooded slopes.

The ramparts found here were fused and scorched, evidence that the hillfort probably ended in a large fire. It is the only known Early Iron Age hillfort on Prague's territory, settled in the 6th to 5th century BC.