What's in a Prague street name

Zelený pruh was built in… read on.

In 1941, a street, intended to be called Weilburgova, was built. It was named after Jan Weilburg z Widy, who, in the late 1400s, was the highest scribe in the Old Town. We have to assume he was a German speaker, not only because of his name, but because of who was in charge of Prague in 1941.

It seems this name was never properly adopted, and, in 1947, the street was renamed (or just plain named?) as Zelený pruh – which translates as ‘Green strip’, denoting the quite pleasant, park-like area between the road parts.

Back in 1941, another street was planned to the east of may-never-have-been-Weilburgova. Its planned name was Wernerova, and good luck narrowing down all the Mr Werners who that could have been named after.

In 1947, may-never-have-been-Wernerova was connected to U Krčské vodárny II. Nothing on that street or name for now, as this is not the place for spoilers.

Part of the street then became part of Antala Staška street. Same lack of information from me for now, for the same reason as described above.

But, in 1952, this street, never exactly treated as much of an individual, became part of Zelený pruh.

The street’s most famous building (certainly the most dominant) is surely the Academy of Crafts / Akademie řemesel Praha, a technical secondary school – so much so that its online presence is at https://www.zelenypruh.cz.