What's in a Prague street name

Na příčce was built in 1938.

A ‘příčka’ is… well, all kinds of things. Take your pick from ‘crossbar’, ‘rung’, spoke’, ‘dividing wall’, ‘partition’, or ‘crosspiece’, and feel free to add your own.

In this case, the street was apparently meant to be a dividing line between Na Borovém (now called Štúrova; see on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/03/05/prague-4-day-325-sturova/) and Sulická (then called Libušská; see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/03/06/prague-4-day-326-sulicka/).

However, the street stretches a good bit further west than that, so either this story is not entirely true, or someone involved in the construction decided to forget about the original meaning (see also: any country with the word ‘Democratic’ in its name).

For a variation on the theme a little bit closer to the centre, see For a variation on the theme a little bit closer to the centre, see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/15/prague-1-day-119-pricna/.