What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 6 July 2024.

Repetition alert (not inappropriate for svátek 2 of 2): the street is named after the mills that used to be here (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/11/10/prague-1-day-258-nove-mlyny/).

Or, if we’re being really accurate, the people who worked in them – a ‘mlynář’ is a miller.

Mlynářská has had its name since 1890; it was originally called Umrlčí (basically ‘Corpse Street’), because it was where bodies were stored before burial at St Peter’s (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/11/10/prague-1-day-274-petrska/).

Expect a few more 100-metre / please-refer-to-previous-thread threads before this series ends this time next week.