Louny is a town of 18,000 people in the Ústí nad Labem Region, located about 20 km from the town we discussed yesterday, Žatec (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/03/prague-4-day-23-zateckych/).
Přemysl Otakar II (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/01/06/prague-4-day-6-otakarova/) had a royal town built here in the 1260s.
The rest of the story is very similar to yesterday’s – there was a rumour in Hussite times that five Bohemian cities would escape destruction when the world ended. Žatec was one; Louny was another.
Louny allied with Žatec (and another of the five towns, Slaný) during the Hussite Wars, and troops from the town were a key part of the forces that defeated the Catholics just metres from here on 1 November 1420 (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/01/prague-4-day-21-na-vitezne-plani/).
The most famous person to be born in Louny is probably Karolína Plíšková, who made the final of the Women’s singles at Wimbledon in 2021.
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