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Prague 4, day 215: U Šálkovny
U Šálkovny was built in 1935. Vineyards existed around here at least as far back as 1400. About four hundred years later, a farmstead was set up here by an owner called Mr Šálek. Šálek was Jewish and, for a time, the farmstead included a synagogue. After World War One – by which time the Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 213: V malých domech III
V malých domech III was built in 1935. You know the drill by now (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/10/27/prague-4-day-211-v-malych-domech-i/). You may also be happy to know that there is no V malých domech IV, and so we can talk about something new tomorrow. Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 212: V malých domech II
V malých domech II was built in 1935. I can’t give new information today (which, as I’m on holiday, is fine by me), but I can point you to https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/10/27/prague-4-day-211-v-malych-domech-i/ and give you a picture of the street and its supposed small houses. Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 211: V malých domech I
V malých domech I was built in 1935. You’ll often hear it mentioned how the First Czechoslovak Republic was (after 1933) the only democratic country in the region, and how it was one of the world’s ten most industrialised countries. Cue nostalgia (also, it seems it was ‘only’ 14th). One of the facts that this Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 207: Na Zemance
Na Zemance was built in 1935. A vineyard was probably in place here as far back as the Middle Ages. It survived several centuries, but took a bit of a beating in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740 to 1748). Reduced from being a vineyard to just being a field, it was purchased by Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 169: V Ondřejově
V Ondřejově was named in 1935. Emergency colony time again; same one that was discussed, briefly, on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/09/08/prague-4-day-166-nad-ondrejovem/. In order to make sure today’s post isn’t completely devoid of new information: Ondřejov is also the name of a former village which is now part of Prague-East. It’s mainly known for the Ondřejov Observatory, principal observatory Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 167: V rovinách
V rovinách was built in 1935. A ‘rovina’ is a ‘plain’, a ‘flat surface’, ‘flat land’, etc. As far back as 1841, there were field tracks in Krč (where the southernmost tip of the road is located) which were called Rovina or V rovinách. I was sceptical – there are some hills round here – Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 166: Nad Ondřejovem
Nad Ondřejovem was named in 1935. In the 1920s, Prague experienced unprecedented growth. For example, Podolí, which had had 4,048 inhabitants in 1910, had 8,097 in 1930, i.e. its population was exactly twice as much, plus one extra person, as it had been twenty years earlier. This kind of population growth meant additional housing was Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 164: Na vrstvách
Na vrstvách was built in 1935. You can translate ‘vrstva’ in several different ways – it’s a ‘layer’ (e.g. of clothing), or, if we were dealing with paint, it’s a ‘coat’. Then, if you’re talking about society, it’s a stratum or class. In the case of this street name, it would be something like ‘heights’, Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 162: Nad cihelnou
Nad cihelnou was built in 1935. A ‘cihelna’ is a brickyard, or a brickworks. In the 1800s, Podolí became well known for its industries; as well as its limestone mining (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/20/prague-4-day-122-vapencova/), it had a sawmill, and, around here (from about 1872 onwards), a brickyard. The brickyard lasted until about 1945. There are some great old Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 160: Pod Pekařkou
Pod Pekařkou was built in 1935. On day 119, we learnt about Pekařka, a 19th-century farmstead. That day’s street – Nad Pekařkou – was above where the farmstead once stood (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/16/prague-4-day-119-nad-pekarkou/). Pod Pekařkou is, yes, beneath said farmstead (and is about 35-40 years older than Nad Pekařkou. The perils of covering these streets in an Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 120: Nad cementárnou
Nad cementárnou was built in 1935. False friend alert: a ‘cementárna’ is not a cemetery, even though one is nearby and has given its name to a street in the area. It’s a cement factory. Such a factory was opened in Podolí in 1871. It soon ran into financial difficulties, as the Vienna Stock Exchange Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 118: K sídlišti
K sídlišti was built in 1935. Until 1952, the street was called V rovinách II. I’ll say no more until we get to V rovinách (‘I’ no longer required). A ‘sídliště’ is a settlement, but it’s also the term for a housing estate – a residential area with multi-storey residential buildings – panel houses, or, Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 115: Na hřebenech I
Na hřebenech I was built in 1935. If you’ve heard the word ‘hřeben’ recently, it’s probably because you have to use one quite regularly (or you keep mislaying them and having to buy new ones) – it’s a comb. It’s also the name for a geographical feature, though – it would be translated as ‘ridge’ Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 111: Pod Děkankou
Pod Děkankou was built in 1935. To find out why this area was called Děkanka (which this street is ‘under’), see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/03/prague-4-day-107-dekanska-vinice-i/. To find out about the residential area called Na Děkance which existed for about 40 years in the 20th century, see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/05/prague-4-day-109-u-dekanky/. In line with other similar ’emergency colonies’ set up in Prague Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 94: Na Bučance
Na Bučance was built in 1935. Josef Ignác Franz Buček was born in Příbor, then known as Freiberg, in 1741. He studied philosophy in Olomouc and Vienna, later becoming a professor of economic sciences at the University of Prague. Around the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, he built a farmstead round here, with Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 20: Pod Terebkou
Pod Terebkou (‘Under Terebka’) was built in 1935. Once upon a time, this area was either a vineyard or just a regular field, but, in 1841, a homestead was built here. Later in the century, it was purchased by Rudolf Tereba (1851-1904), an architect who had travelled around Italy, later settling in Prague and building Continue reading
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Prague 2, day 73: Pod Zvonařkou
Originally published on Twitter on 18 January 2023. Pod Zvonařkou was built in 1935. Nice and quick this morning: while day 60 (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/07/06/prague-2-day-60-u-zvonarky/) was at Zvonařka, today is under it. And Zvonařka is another ex-vineyard. However, there’s still something special to say about Pod Zvonařkou: in 1889, number 65 was purchased by one Antonín Chmel, Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 171: V Horní Stromce
Originally published on Twitter on 11 October 2022. V Horní Stromce was built in 1935. Horní Stromka (‘Upper Tree’) was an estate that appeared in this location around the 16th century. In 1723, it was purchased by a married couple called the Svobodas. In 1757, during the Seven Years’ War, the homestead was devastated during the Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 169: Zásmucká
Originally published on Twitter on 9 October 2022. Zásmucká was built in 1935. Zásmuky is a town of 2,100 people, 16 km to the south-west of Kolín, first mentioned in 1285. Originally owned by the Zásmucký family (originally enough), it was acquired by the Šternberk clan, one of the oldest Bohemian noble families, in the Continue reading
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