What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 31 August 2022.

Přibyslavská was built in 1898.

Přibyslav is a town in the Havlíčkův Brod district, currrently with about 4,000 inhabitants. It was first mentioned in writing in 1257 (under the name of Priemezlaves).

In the same century, the town became the second most important silver mining location in Bohemia, after Jihlava. However, deposits were gradually depleted and miners made their way to the Kutná Hora region instead.

In October 1424, Jan Žižka’s Hussites besieged the town. He died at their camp in the nearby village of Šenfeld a few days later.

His followers then besieged Přibyslav and used it as a fortified base from which they could make their way into Moravia. They held the town until their defeat at the Battle of Lipany (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/12/23/prague-3-day-120-lipanska/).

Přibyslav suffered serious fires in 1767, 1775 and 1842, as well as cholera epidemics in 1821 and 1836 respectively.

Nowadays, it looks quite quiet and cozy. https://pribyslav.cz/gsp/p1=18846