What's in a Prague street name

Ve Lhotce was built around 1935.

Welcome to Lhotka! And where better to start than with a street that is quite literally In It?

Lhotka is mentioned in a text from 1245, stating that it belonged, at the time, to the Vyšehrad Chapter (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-118-vysehradska/).

It’s not clear when the village was founded, but we know that it was exempt from taxes for a time. This could be the source of its name – in old Czech, a ‘lhota’ is a relief, liberation or freedom.

There was also a fortress in Lhotka, but the last time this was mentioned with the present tense attached to it was in 1368.

Around 1900, Lhotka had a large estate. We’ll no doubt get onto the remants of this in future posts; today, Lhotka is mainly about the villas and panel blocks.

Ve Lhotce is the home of the Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace (Kostel Panny Marie Královny míru), built in the modern constructivist style in 1937.