What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 28 June 2022.

Hořanská was built in 1961.

Hořany is a village on the River Elbe in the Nymburk region, first mentioned in writing in 1282. It is probably so called because it’s located on a hill (hora).

In 1420, the village was registered by Emperor Sigismund; from 1531-47, it was the property of the Old Town of Prague.

In 1561, the village was purchased by Jaroslav Smiřický, who annexed it to the Černokostelec estate, of which it remained part until 1848.

Hořany currently has a population of 171. There are some quite lovely panoramas of it on https://virtualtravel.cz/export/horany/.