What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

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Category: Emergency colonies

  • Prague 4, day 404: Na staré vinici

    Na staré vinici was built in 1935. A ‘vinice’ is a vineyard or a vinery. There was once one round here (actually, there were probably several, and you can still imagine them when you walk around the area). Hence the street being named after ‘the old vineyard’. In the 1920s, Prague’s population was growing too…

  • Prague 4, day 170: Nad kolonií

    Nad kolonií was built in 1947. We’re not out of the emergency colony tales that have been told in recent days: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/09/08/prague-4-day-166-nad-ondrejovem/. In order to compensate for the lack of new content: a ‘kolonie’ would also be a ‘rookery’ (if you’re talking about, for example, ravens, penguins or seals).

  • 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…

  • Prague 4, day 109: U Děkanky

    U Děkanky was built in 1988. To find out why we’re talking about deans and vineyards, take a look at https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/03/prague-4-day-107-dekanska-vinice-i/. Děkanka is also the name of the athletics stadium that’s located round here: https://iscus.cz/web/pasport/6229. In the 1920s, this area also became the location of an emergency colony, ie an area of makeshift housing, created…

  • Prague 3, day 12: Pod Krejcárkem

    Originally published on Twitter on 5 May 2022. Pod Krejcárkem was built in 1962, and translates as ‘Under Krejcárek’. Krejcárek was an emergency colony (i.e. a residential area, akin to a shanty town, built to deal with a large influx of workers moving to Prague). It was established as a garden centre in 1922 (when…