What's in a Prague street name

K Ryšánce was built in 1925.

This area was originally covered by vineyards. Around 1858, a neo-Gothic farmstead was built here, joining nearby farmsteads such as Dobeška (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/10/08/prague-4-day-192-na-dobesce/) and Zemanka (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/10/23/prague-4-day-207-na-zemance/).

The residential building was converted into a chateau around 1860; the owner at the time was one Mr Ryšánek. The farmstead, which had initially been known as simply ‘Na Vinici’ (In the vineyard), was named after him.

The final owner of the farmstead was Maxmilián Sanleque, who used it as his summer residence until 1945. His ancestors had arrived in Prague from France just before the French Revolution.

Sanleque himself fled in 1945 because he had just applied for German citizenship and feared the Czechs’ reaction to this. Among the documents he left there before he fled was a letter written by King Louis XVI (guillotined in 1793).

Falling into disrepair after this, the complex underwent major renovations from 1977 to 1984. The company responsible for these, PRAGOPROJEKT a.s., still has the address as its headquarters.