What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

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  • Prague 4, day 428: Za obecním úřadem

    Za obecním úřadem was built in 1920. The street name translates as ‘Behind the municipal office’, and, in the early 20th century, Krč’s municipal office was located here (house number 109). However, this was when Krč was a separate town, and not part of Prague. Nowadays, if you’re a Krčer, and you need some sort…

  • Prague 1, day 53: Nábřeží Edvarda Beneše

    Originally published on X on 29 October 2023. Eduard Beneš was born as the tenth of ten children in Kožlany, near Plzeň, in 1884.  He attended the gymnasium in Vinohrady (on Londýnská – https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/03/03/prague-2-day-41-londynska/), then studying at Prague University, followed by the Sorbonne, Berlin and Dijon. In Paris, he became engaged to Anna (later Hana)…

  • Prague 1, day 52: U Bruských kasáren

    Originally published on X on 28 October 2023. I’m linking to the Brusnice thread far too often lately, but here’s one more reminder: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/07/prague-1-day-12-u-brusnice/ The street itself dates from 1931; the barracks it’s named after closed down a mere 168 years earlier, in 1763, before being converted into military accommodation in 1779. That housing, in…

  • Prague 1, day 46: Valdštejnské náměstí

    Originally published on X on 22 October 2023. Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna – usually called Albrecht von Wallenstein in English texts – was born in the Heřmanice Fortress, near Jaroměř, in 1583. His father was a nobleman who had fallen on hard times, and, by the age of eleven, Albrecht had become an orphan…

  • Prague 1, day 38: Malostranské náměstí

    Originally published on X on 12 October 2023. In 1257, Přemysl Otakar II founded a town here, just below the castle, and gave it the Latin name of Nova civitas sub castro Pragensi (New City under Prague Castle), or just Nova civitas, or – and this is where you may get confused if you’re a…