What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

Hills

  • Prague 1, day 34: Jánský vršek

    Originally published on X on 3 October 2023. A vršek is the upper part of something, or a small hill. And if you want to know you Jan was, take a quick look at day 33: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/08/prague-1-day-33-janska/. So this thread isn’t *too* brief, here’s one of the rare old-school German-language street signs you find round Continue reading

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  • Prague 2, day 106: Horská

    Originally published on X on 20 February 2023. We don’t know when Horská was built, but it’s decidedly old. The first documented names for the street are Ztracená (Lost) and Na Ztracené vartě (At the lost guard-post), presumably because, back before multiple roads and public transport were a thing, this was quite a long way from Continue reading

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  • Prague 3, day 92: Na Parukářce

    Originally published on Twitter on 24 July 2022. Na Parukářce was built in 1947. We explained Parukářka yesterday – see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/26/prague-3-day-91-pod-parukarkou/ – so today we can talk about people not quite agreeing what this area should be called. We know about Vrch svatého Kríže / Mount of the Holy Cross, named after a wooden cross Continue reading

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