What's in a Prague street name

Nad sokolovnou was named in 1906.

However, the first name – in place until 1947, except during the Nazi occupation – was Strossmayerova, after Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815-1905), Croatian prelate, politician and benefactor. More on him when we get on to Prague 7.

For the current name, you may want to start with the story of the Sokols: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-114-sokolska/.

An individual branch of the Sokols will be housed in what is called a sokolovna – such as the opened here in 1933, a mere 22 years after the land was purchased for construction.

Symbolically, the foundation stone was laid on 28 October 1932, and the opening ceremony took place on 28 October 1933 (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/25/prague-1-day-144-28-rijna/ for the importance of that date).

The sokolovna wasn’t due to operate for long – it was occupied by German soldiers during WW2, and all the Sokols were closed down entirely in 1948. This one wouldn’t be properly restored until 1997.

With this thread – the 800th, by the way – we confirm that Prague 4 manages to have streets which are both above a sokolovna and below one (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/08/prague-4-day-28-pod-sokolovnou/).