What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on X on 8 July 2024.

That translates as ‘ship mills’, as does the name the street had in the 14th century (Lodecké mlyny). The ship mills have already been covered here, just a few metres away: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/11/10/prague-1-day-263-lodecka/.

There were both upper and lower ship mills around here, and the street was named after the latter in the 1700s, i.e. it was known as Dolní lodní mlyny, although the current name has stuck since the 19th century.

It’s also another case of a street where you have to do a trade-off between dealing with traffic and getting a decent photo of the street sign (here’s attempt number 1).

We’ve only got five posts to go now, and… there will be yet another mill-related one in there.