What's in a Prague street name

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Prague 2, day 66: Na Kleovce

Originally published on Twitter on 11 January 2023.

Na Kleovce was built in 1928.

We’re still in ‘former vineyard’ territory, so please excuse the repetition. Kleovka was one of two vineyards here, the other being Grünwaldka.

They were owned by one ‘Filip svobodný pán z Elmptů’ – Filip, a free lord from Elmpty (not that I can work out where that is), before being sold to Jakub Wimmer (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/03/17/prague-2-day-46-jana-masaryka/).

Kleovka was demolished at some point in the 19th century, and, on the same spot, a villa with the same name was built in 1878. In the 1880s, it was owned by one Karel Hausschild, who will come up again tomorrow.

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