What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 25 February 2024.

Boršov is a local manor, first mentioned in 1323. Its name derives from ‘Bořivoj’ (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2023/01/14/prague-3-day-134-borivojova/).

From the mid-1700s until 1870, the street was called Poštovský plácek (‘Postal patch’ or thereabouts), after the nearby postal route (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/28/prague-1-day-153-karoliny-svetle/).

It reverted to Boršov in 1870, but, around the end of the century, the manor was destroyed as part of the ‘clean-up’ that this part of Prague underwent at the time.

Its remains can be seen in these two properties.

This is one of Prague’s shorter streets – about 40 metres – and is really more of a courtyard than a street.