What's in a Prague street name
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I could talk about myself for ages, or I could point out that https://english.radio.cz/ed-ley-englishman-recording-stories-pragues-streets-one-one-8806941 is over two years old but still largely stands (other than the Twitter links).
Category: 1981
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Lukešova was named in 1981. Rudolf Lukeš was born in Kralupy nad Vltavou in 1897. His family moved to Prague in 1906, and Rudolf eventually went to secondary school in Karlín, where he excelled in natural sciences. After graduating in 1914, he started studying at the Department of Technical Chemistry at the Technical University in…
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Bohrova was built in 1981. Niels Bohr was born in Copenhagen in 1882. His father, Christian Bohr, was Professor of Physiology at the University of Copenhagen; his mother, Ellen Adler Bohr (pictured with Niels), came from a prominent Jewish family. As a child, he was a passionate footballer, along with his brother, Harald, who would…
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Pasteurova was built in 1981. Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, in central-eastern France, in 1822 (fun fact: Dole is twinned with Tábor (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/06/prague-4-day-26-taborska/)). In his early years, he was a better artist than he was student, and created many portraits of family members and residents of Arbois, where he was brought up. In 1842,…
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Růženínská was built in 1981. We start this story in Chocerady, a town of about 1,400 people, 27 kilometres southeast of Prague. Chocerady has five municipal parts; the second-largest of these is called Vlkovec (with 169 inhabitants, it’s a lot smaller than the largest, also called Chocerady, and which has 863 inhabitants). Vlkovec was once…
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U kempinku was built in 1981. I’ve mainly grown out of giggling at certain Czech transliterations of English words, but my ability to laugh when the English ending ‘-ing’ turns into ‘-ink’ hasn’t quite fizzled out yet. Think brífink, mítink, etc, and my personal winner, dispečink. But it’s time to, erm, carry on, and here,…
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U ledáren was built in 1981. Quick one today, as we’re talking about the same ledárny – icehouses – as we were yesterday (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/11/30/prague-4-day-245-ledarska/).
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Nad Šálkovnou was built in 1981. Eight days ago, we looked at the former farmstead known as Šálkovna: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/10/31/prague-4-day-215-u-salkovny/. As part of the cooperation between Prague 4 and Pankrác Prison, prisoners have recently been repairing the fence in the street, helping not only the residents but also helping the prisoners to reintegrate into society: https://www.vs.gov.cz/organizacni-jednotky/vazebni-veznice-praha-pankrac/clanky/detail/vv-a-upvzd-praha-pankrac-spolupracuje-s-mc-praha-4.
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Originally published on Twitter on 30 September 2022. Pod židovskými hřbitovy was built in 1981 (like me). Another belated ‘oh, that’s Prague 3’ moment – the only street sign says otherwise, but the northernmost part of the short street is actually in the district. The street name translates as ‘Under the Jewish Cemeteries’, and that’s…
