What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 4 October 2022.

Soběslavská was built in 1925.

Soběslav is a town of 6,800 inhabitants, 18 kilometres south of Tábor in South Bohemia. It was first mentioned in 1293, when its castle and surroundings belonged to the wealthy Rosenberg family.

Key historical events include Václav IV (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2023/02/26/prague-3-day-153-lucemburska/) being imprisoned in the castle in 1394, just four years after Soběslav gained city rights.

During the Hussite Wars, Soběslav was burned down in both 1431 and 1435.

In the 16th century, it was owned by Peter Vok of Rožmberk and became the economic centre of South Bohemia.

After Czechoslovakia was created, the Lada sewing machine company was set up here; the town also hosted various companies during communism, including the furniture company Jitona.

Soběslav has a slightly early-00s-looking website, but with some nice pics: https://musobeslav.cz

And what claims to be a webcam but is actually the most recent shot from that webcam. Also, either their clock is four minutes fast or mine is four minutes slow. https://musobeslav.cz/infocentrum/o-sobeslavi/webova-kamera/

While a residential building in Soběslavská (the street) was recently the scene of an explosion caused by ‘accumulated vapours after the installation of mounting foam’: https://www.blesk.cz/clanek/regiony-praha-praha-zpravy/715928/pary-z-montazni-peny-zkrat-a-v-rana-v-dome-na-vinohradech-to-bouchlo-dva-muzi-se-popalili.html.