What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 24 July 2022.

Na Parukářce was built in 1947.

We explained Parukářka yesterday – see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/26/prague-3-day-91-pod-parukarkou/ – so today we can talk about people not quite agreeing what this area should be called.

We know about Vrch svatého Kríže / Mount of the Holy Cross, named after a wooden cross placed on the summit in 1822.

And about Parukářka, a name given in 1804 after a wigmaker based here.

Olšanský vrch / Olšany Hill also gets mentioned – Olšany being the village that was located around here once upon a time (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/22/prague-3-day-73-olsanska/).

Then, there’s Zámeček (Little Castle), named after a one-floor building that was located at the bottom of the steps until about 1910.

Finally, other records say that the old name of the hill was Křížek (Small Cross).