2023
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Prague 4, day 148: Park Antonína Engela
Park Antonína Engela was named in December 2023. Antonín Engel was born in Poděbrady in 1879; his family moved to Prague shortly after, and he went to school on Malá Strana, graduating in 1897. After that, he studied architecture and engineering at both ČVUT and its German-speaking counterpart, as well as at the Vienna Academy, Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 1, version 2.0: Hartigova
Originally published on Twitter on 2 October 2023, one day after the street, formerly Koněvova (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/18/prague-3-day-1-konevova/) , was officially renamed. Karel Hartig was born in Sedlčany, near Příbram, in 1833, and trained as a bricklayer, working, amongst other places, on the George of Poděbrady / Jiří z Poděbrad barracks, which we now know better as Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 193: Dagmar Burešové
Originally published on Twitter on 17 May 2023. Dagmar Burešové was definitely built in 2022 but only given a street sign in the last month in the spring of 2023. Dagmar Kubištová was born in Prague in 1929. Her father was a lawyer, and the entire family was strongly anti-communist. In 1950, she married a Continue reading
What's in a Prague street name 