What's in a Prague street name

Senožatská was built in 1968.

Senožaty (German: Heumahd) is another village in the Vysočina Region, located about ten kilometres from Humpolec.

It was probably founded by Želiv Monastery (yes, also nearby) around 1300, and the earliest written mention we have is from 1352.

In 1678, an abbott called Strobl, together with an apothecary from Jihlava called Kauzmann, discovered a local spring whose water had healing properties. Baths were set up, and, a year later, Bohuslav Balbín (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/01/26/prague-2-day-12-balbinova/) wrote very positively about them.

The good times didn’t last – Senožaty suffered major fires in 1749, 1772 and 1814 (the last two both destroyed more than 40 residences and both managed to ruin the local church and rectory).

In the 1960s, the Švihov Dam was built, submerging the scenic local valley into a reservoir (opened in 1976). A garrison also existed in the village from 1952 to 1994. And the water from the spring is now used solely for irrigation.