What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 30 June 2022.

Ambrožova was built in 1932.

Ambrož of Hradec, or Ambrož Hradecký, was pastor of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Hradec Králové, until he was banished from the town in 1419 for his Hussite beliefs.

In 1420, he founded the Orebites, the Hussites’ followers in Eastern Bohemia.

In the same year, they burned the Benedictine Monastery in Mnichovo Hradiště and fought in the Battle of Vyšehrad. Ambrož, meanwhile, regained HK.

In 1423, the Orebites merged with the Sirotci (Orphans), the Hussite grouping formed by Jan Žižka. Ambrož opened HK up to Žižka, whose funeral was held there in 1424.

Ambrož was thrown out of HK yet again in 1437 as the result of a pro-monarchy uprising. He took refuge in Kolín, where he died two years later.