What's in a Prague street name

Němčická was built at some point between 1973 and 1982 (warning: today’s post is going to remain about this vague).

The street is likely to be named after a village called Němčice (whose name, in turn, I assume comes from the fact that its inhabitants were once predominantly German).

Unfortunately, there are at least nine villages in Czechia with that name, as well as five former villages which are now parts of larger municipalities.

On top of that, there’s a Dolní (Lower) Němčice, two Horní (Upper) Němčices, a Velké (Great) Němčice and a Němčice nad Hanou (on the Haná river).

And none of these places is particularly near Prague, so the jury’s out.