1925
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Prague 3, day 162: U Vinohradského hřbitova
Originally published on Twitter on 2 October 2022. U Vinohradského hřbitova, built in 1925, translates as ’By the Vinohrady Cemetery’. Vinohrady Cemetery was built in 1885, and was mainly used for the burial of upper-class Prague citizens. It was expanded over the next forty years, and is now the second-largest cemetery in Prague in terms Continue reading
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Prague 3, Day 96: Na Třebešíně
Originally published on Twitter on 28 July 2022. Na Třebešíně was built in 1925. It’s mainly in Prague 10, but street signs don’t lie. Also, it was originally designated as a square. Třebešín is the name of the residential district located here on a long hill. It’s significantly more villa-based than the areas that surround Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 95: Pod Kapličkou
Originally published on Twitter on 27 July 2022. Pod Kapličkou was built in 1925. Yes, I thought we were only going to get more central from here on, but then my atlas kindly reminded me that there’s a few streets on the outskirts of Prague 3 that I forgot about. I found out that Pod Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 71: K Červenému dvoru
Originally published on Twitter on 3 July 2022. K Červenému dvoru was built in 1925. Červený dvůr (Red Court) is another local settlement that no longer exists. It’s recorded that there were vineyards here as early as the mid-15th century. By the mid-18th century, there was a farming estate called Direktorka. Direktorka was renamed Červený Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 70: Na Viktorce
Originally published on Twitter on 2 July 2022. Na Viktorce was built in 1925. A farming settlement was founded here in 1873. From the end of the nineteenth century onwards, it was owned by one Viktor Kos (1858-1911), hence the name. Kos set up a brickyard here… which now has me playing a game of Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 69: U Staré cihelny
Originally published on Twitter on 1 July 2022. U Staré cihelny was built in 1925. A cihelna is a brickyard, or a brick plant. So this street is ‘at the old brickyard’. This particular brickyard was possibly the one owned by Josef Vacek – see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/20/prague-3-day-57-na-vackove/. Indeed, that brickyard is why the surrounding area was Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 61: Na Mokřině
Originally published on Twitter on 23 June 2022. Na Mokřině was built in 1925. Quite a straightforward one this time: a mokřina is a marsh, fen or bog. Unrelatedly, Mokřina is also the name of a village in Cheb district, called Krottensee until 1948. Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 60: Mezi Domky
Originally published on Twitter on 22 June 2022. Mezi Domky was built in 1925. It translates as ‘Between the houses’. The street is so named because of its location, between houses built as Prague’s population soared in the early 1920s. A domek is smaller than a regular dům. However, many of these houses are no Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 59: Za Vackovem
Originally published on Twitter on 21 June 2022. Za Vackovem was built in 1925. It translates as ‘behind Vackov’. We’ve discussed the Josef Vacek after whom Vackov was named here: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/20/prague-3-day-57-na-vackove/. So, as bonus material, here are two renowned Josef Vaceks whom Vackov was *not* named after. First up is Josef Vacek (born in Příbram Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 58: Na Rovnosti
Originally published on Twitter on 20 June 2022. Na Rovnosti was built in 1925. Very literal translation: ‘On Equality’. The street is so called because the terrain around it is rovinatý. Flat, level, plain. You get it. It would be much more awesome if the name were something to do with Volnost, rovnost, bratrství, AKA Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 56: Na Chmelnici
Originally published on Twitter on 18 June 2022. Na Chmelnici was built in 1925. We’ve already covered what a chmelnice is here: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-40-k-chmelnici/. But, whereas K Chmelnici (north side of Koněvova) heads towards the hop garden, Na Chmelnici (south side of Koněvova) is meant to be where it’s at. (It’s not, at least anymore; just Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 55: Pod Jarovem
Pod Jarovem was built in 1925, and translate as ‘under Jarov’. And Jarov, the district we’re in (or potentially just outside of if we’re ‘pod’ it?), is described on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-30-na-jarove/. There are some other Jarovs around the country too, for example in north Plzeň district: https://oujarov.cz and, erm, in south Plzeň district: https://obecjarov.cz. And a Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 53: Schöfflerova
Originally published on Twitter on 15 June 2022. Schöfflerova was built in 1925. Josef Schöffler, also Schäffler, was a typographer and co-founder of the Cooperative for the Construction of Workers’ Flats and Family Houses in Žižkov (Družstvo pro stavbu dělnických bytů a rodiných domků na Žižkově). Sources say that Schöffler died in World War I, Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 48: Pod Lipami
Originally published on 10 June 2022. Pod Lipami was built in 1925. Continuing yesterday’s tree theme (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/20/prague-3-day-47-osikova/), ‘Pod lipami’ translates as ‘under the linden trees’. Which makes this Prague’s answer to Berlin’s famous ‘Unter den Linden’ (except it doesn’t). If we’re talking about lindens in different languages, the Romanian for ‘linden’ is tei, and ‘love Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 43: Na Vlastním
Originally published on Twitter on 5 June 2022. Na Vlastním was built in 1925. To tell the story, you may wish to go back to https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-32-v-domove/, which describes how this neighbourhood came about. Apparently, Vlastní, like Domov, was a construction cooperative that built a large number of the homes round here. (Do go for a Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 42: Pod Vrcholem
Originally published on Twitter on 4 June 2022. Pod Vrcholem was built in 1925. Under the same peak as yesterday (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/20/prague-3-day-41-k-vrcholu/). That’s about it. And I promise there’s more gripping stuff to come. Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 39: Na Balkáně
Originally published on Twitter on 1 June 2022. Na Balkáně was built in 1925, and translates as ‘In the Balkans’. ‘Balkán’ is indeed the name of this part of Prague, which is located mainly in Vysočany but also partially in Žižkov. Na Balkáně is home to a gardening settlement, founded in 1938, and one of Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 32: V Domově
Originally published on Twitter on 25 May 2022. V Domově was built in 1925. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Prague didn’t become the capital of an independent country until 1918, and that the civil service had previously been based in Vienna. As Prague gained in importance, its population grew rapidly too. In 1920, it Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 31: V Jezerách
Originally published on Twitter on 24 May 2022. V Jezerách was built in 1925. I was going to say that this means ‘In the lakes’ and move on, but that would be v jezerech with a second e and not an á. One lake is a jezero, two lakes are jezera, and a small lake Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 30: Na Jarově
Originally published on Twitter on 23 May 2022. Na Jarově was built in 1925. It translates as ‘In Jarov’ or ‘On Jarov’ (in Czech, you tend to be in a town, but on a district). Jarov is the easternmost area of Žižkov, stretching east from V Zahrádkách (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-29-v-zahradkach/) until Žižkov becomes Hrdlořezy*. Jarov was the Continue reading
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