What's in a Prague street name
Every street in Prague, one by one.
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I could talk about myself for ages, or I could point out that https://english.radio.cz/ed-ley-englishman-recording-stories-pragues-streets-one-one-8806941 is over two years old but still largely stands (other than the Twitter links).
Category: Murders
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Obětí 6. května was built in 1941. The Prague Uprising, an attempt by the Czech resistance to liberate Prague from six years of occupation, broke out on 5 May 1945. You can read about its first day on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/05/prague-4-day-25-5-kvetna-5-may/. On the night of the 5th and 6th of May, almost 1,600 barricades were erected in…
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Novodvorská was created in 1935 through the merger of two streets: Hlavní (Main) and Vozová (which is related to ‘vůz’, meaning wagon). Once upon a time, there was a farmstead (in present-day Lhotka, also in Prague 4). Its name was Nový dvůr (New Court). It later became a monastery. After that, it served, at different…
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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…
What's in a Prague street name 