What's in a Prague street name

Nad cihelnou was built in 1935.

A ‘cihelna’ is a brickyard, or a brickworks.

In the 1800s, Podolí became well known for its industries; as well as its limestone mining (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/20/prague-4-day-122-vapencova/), it had a sawmill, and, around here (from about 1872 onwards), a brickyard.

The brickyard lasted until about 1945.

There are some great old photos of Podolí here, and, in some of them, the brickyard is visible: https://vencovypindy.blogspot.com/2015/02/stare-fotky-z-prahy-podoli.html.

For a quick, 1980-style drive around streets including Nad cihelnou, take a look at 1980 film Kotva u přívozu, approximately 23 minutes in:

For more bricks, complete with Kafka and statues with rude names, you can go across the river and into Prague 1: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/08/prague-1-day-59-cihelna/.