What's in a Prague street name

Doudlebská was built in 1941.

Doudleby (coat of arms below) is a village less than ten kilometres from České Budějovice – so it’s quite appropriate that this street is just a stone’s throw from Budějovická.

It’s named after the Doudleby tribe, who settled in the area of the village around 800. It was one of the most important settlements in the area, and gave its name to the entire region; however, when České Budějovice was founded in 1265, its importance declined.

In 1291, it fell into the hands of Čeněk of Cipín, a knight who founded a noble family called, yes, the Doubleby family. It stayed in their hands until the mid-1500s.

Since 1850, Doudleby has formed a municipality along with neighbouring Straňany.

Despite having fewer than 500 residents, Doudleby manages to have seven cultural monuments; the most famous are the Čapek Bridge, built in the 1920s (https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/silnicni-most-capkuv-19872396) and the archaelogical remains of Doubleby Castle (https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/hradiste-18742069).

Back in Nusle, there’s a monument on Doudlebská which reminds us that it was the scene of one of the worst incidents of the Prague Uprising.

On 8 May 1945, 23 men who were defending Reitknechtka, a nearby farmstead, were captured by Nazi forces. They were taken to Doudlebská, where they were forced to dig their own graves before being murdered.