What's in a Prague street name

Pod Děkankou was built in 1935.

To find out why this area was called Děkanka (which this street is ‘under’), see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/03/prague-4-day-107-dekanska-vinice-i/.

To find out about the residential area called Na Děkance which existed for about 40 years in the 20th century, see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/05/prague-4-day-109-u-dekanky/.

In line with other similar ’emergency colonies’ set up in Prague around this time (including U Družstva Klid and Na Dlouhé cestě – both nearby and both long gone), Na Děkance wasn’t big on amenities. It first got drinking water in 1927, and electricity during World War II.

What Na Děkance did have, though, was football pitches. Viktoria Nusle trained and played on what is now https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/04/prague-4-day-108-dekanska-vinice-ii/.

While SK Nusle played and trained on what is now https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/05/26/prague-4-day-102-na-strzi/. They now play at the stadium you can see on the map – it’s also called Děkanka.