What's in a Prague street name

Dačického was built in 1900, or earlier.

Mikuláš Daczický z Heslowa was born into a burgher family in Kutná Hora in 1555. He was educated at the Kladruby Monastery near Tachov.

When Daczický was fifteen, his father died; he returned to Kutná Hora and lived off his inheritance. This was a period of drinking in wineries and getting into trouble with the law, especially when he went to prison for killing another man in a duel.

However, he also wrote verse and, most importantly, continued the family chronicle which had been started by his great-grandfather, Bartoš z Práchňan.

His work was so thorough and insightful that the chronicle became known as Paměti Mikuláše Daczického z Heslowa (Memories of Mikuláš Daczický of Heslow).

It covers the period from 1297 to 1626, and Daczický was the author of volumes 13 and 14 (of 14). After Daczický’s death – he had been married for about 20 years from 1590, but never had children – the chronicle was not continued.