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Prague 4, day 251: Vostrého
Vostrý was built in 1952. Another day, another character from a Jirásek novel. Actually, no, another day, another character from Temno by Jirásek (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/12/03/prague-4-day-248-machovcova/). In said novel, Vostrý is a Protestant priest – a big no-no to the Habsburgs – and distributes non-Catholic literature. And he’s also the one who tries to get Machovec’s Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 206: Zelený pruh
Zelený pruh was built in… read on. In 1941, a street, intended to be called Weilburgova, was built. It was named after Jan Weilburg z Widy, who, in the late 1400s, was the highest scribe in the Old Town. We have to assume he was a German speaker, not only because of his name, but Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 156: Jeremenkova
Jeremenkova has exited in its current form since 1952; before then, it consisted of two separate streets called Dvorecká (built 1906) and Pod vrstami (created 1938). More on those in future posts, as there are still streets with those names. Andrei Ivanovich Yeremenko was born to a peasant family in Markivka, near Kharkiv, in 1892. Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 63: U Jezerky
U Jezerky was named in 1952. We’re entering repetition territory again: U Jezerky is located next to Jezerka, which we gave due attention on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/03/19/prague-4-day-51-na-jezerce/. And which is also the source (pun intended) of the stories behind https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/27/prague-4-day-47-pod-pramenem/, https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/03/22/prague-4-day-54-pod-lazni/ and https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/03/26/prague-4-day-58-u-libusinych-lazni/. Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 62: Rovnoběžná
Rovnoběžná was named in 1952. ‘Rovnoběžná’ is the feminine version of ‘rovnoběžný’, which translates as ‘parallel’. And, because everything is about Družstevní ochoz (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/03/28/prague-4-day-60-druzstevni-ochoz/) round here, this street is parallel to that one. Such is the importance of The Ochoz that the two addresses on Rovnoběžná, located between Družstevní ochoz 30 and 36, are numbered Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 61: K ochozu
K ochozu was given its name in 1952. It leads to (k) Družstevní ochoz, which we discussed yesterday: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/03/28/prague-4-day-60-druzstevni-ochoz/. Yes, that was incredibly brief, but that feels quite fitting for a street which has a grand total of one address on it. Continue reading
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