What's in a Prague street name
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Category: Michle
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Pod Krčským lesem was built in 1941. You will see a big chunk of forest on the map above. Thing is, people can’t quite agree what to call it. Generally, the north-western section is known as Michelský les (Michle Forest), and Michle is where we’ll be going once I’m finished with Krč in approximately one…
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Jižní spojka was built in the 1980s, and given a name in 1992. Re: the lack of street sign, walking along the motorway until I found one didn’t quite appeal yesterday, and may not be all that legal. ‘Jižní spojka’ translates as ‘The Southern Link’ (as you can see from the map above, it links…
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Budějovická was given its named in 1925, having formerly been part of the road from Prague to… well, read on. In the early 1200s, a settlement was founded in South Bohemia, and was named Budivojovice, named after Budivoje ze Železnice, a courtier of King Přemysl Otakar I, and the most important judge in Bohemia. The…
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Jaurisova was built in 1920. Pankrác Jauris was born in 1847, and was a mayor of Michle. There’ll be plenty of Michle coming up in future posts – indeed, this street is partially there, partially in Nusle. So, for now, I’ll keep it brief and say that the earliest written mention we have of Michle…
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As the street is named after Nusle, this was going to be day one of the series, until I realised that telling the whole story of Nusle might leave me with very little to say about many of the surrounding roads. Until 1892, the part of Nuselská that was in Nusle was called Michelská silnice,…
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The road was built in 1931, and, until 1940 (and again from 1945 to 1978), it was named 1. listopadu – 1 November – in honour of the Battle of Vyšehrad in 1420: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/01/prague-4-day-21-na-vitezne-plani/. By May 1945, Bohemia and Moravia had been occupied by Nazi Germany for over six years. However, both Soviet and American…
