Podolí
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Prague 4, day 118: K sídlišti
K sídlišti was built in 1935. Until 1952, the street was called V rovinách II. I’ll say no more until we get to V rovinách (‘I’ no longer required). A ‘sídliště’ is a settlement, but it’s also the term for a housing estate – a residential area with multi-storey residential buildings – panel houses, or, Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 117: Na Klaudiánce
Na Klaudiánce was built in 1906. The street sign is missing the accent mark, but everything else I can find suggests it should be there. Originally, there were vineyards around here, owned by the Vyšehrad Chapter (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/24/prague-2-day-94-k-rotunde/). Eventually – no later than 1843 – a farmstead appeared in the area. Its name was Klaudiánka. Later, Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 116: Na Hřebenech II
Na Hřebenech II was built in 1941. The street, obviously, got its name from the same source as Na hřebenech I (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/06/12/prague-4-day-115-na-hrebenech-i/). So let’s talk about the western part of Pankrác Plain, known as Kavčí hory, instead. A ‘kanec’ is a wild boar. According to Czech mythology, a man called Bivoj caught a ‘kanec’ in Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 115: Na hřebenech I
Na hřebenech I was built in 1935. If you’ve heard the word ‘hřeben’ recently, it’s probably because you have to use one quite regularly (or you keep mislaying them and having to buy new ones) – it’s a comb. It’s also the name for a geographical feature, though – it would be translated as ‘ridge’ Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 114: Na Topolce
Na Topolce was built in 1925. Once upon a time, there was a vineyard around here. It was called Topolka. According to legend, water from the spring here was used to serve Vyšehrad (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-118-vysehradska/). At some point, the local well also became known as Topolka; there are rumours that Libuše used drink from it (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/23/prague-2-day-93-libusina/), Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 113: Na dolinách
Na dolinách was built in 1922. And look at that – we’re out of Nusle and in Podolí! Took some time. ‘Na dolinách’ translates as ‘In the valleys’, and was the name of a settlement around here, founded no later than 1840. I don’t have further info on Na dolinách, but I do now have Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 104: Pujmanové
Pujmanové was built in 1962. Marie Hennerová was born in Prague’s New Town in 1893. Her father, Kamil Henner, was a professor at the Law Faculty of Charles University, while her brother, Kamil, later became a renowned neurologist. Moving to České Budějovice in 1912, she married Vlastislav Zátka, a lawyer; the marriage was short-lived, and Continue reading
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