What's in a Prague street name
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Category: Praha 4
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Kukučínova was built in 1969. Its spelling was corrected from the original Kukučinova in 1999. Matej Bencúr was born in Jasenová, Slovakia, near Dolný Kubín, in 1860. He went to school in several towns, ultimately completing his schooling in Sopron, which is now in Hungary (cue a quick photo dump from a wonderful two-week holiday…
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Thomayerova was built in 1990. Josef Thomayer was born in Trhanov, near Domažlice in the Chodsko Region (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/01/30/prague-2-day-25-chodska/) in 1853. He went to school in Klatovy in the Plzeň region, where one of his classmates would later change his name to Jaroslav Vrchlický and become a famous poet. Thomayer then studied medicine in Prague, and…
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Strmilovská was built in 1941. Strmilov is a town in South Bohemia, bordering Moravia. Strmilov proper has a population of 1,100, or 1,400 if you include four other villages which are part of the district. While ‘strmý’ means ‘steep’, it’s believed that the name could have other sources: it could be from Střemil, an Old…
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Čerčanská was named in 1947. Čerčany is a village in Central Bohemia, 8 km south of Benešov and, in good traffic, only about half an hour’s drive south-east of Prague. It lies on the Sázava river (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/02/18/prague-2-day-31-sazavska/). The earliest mention of Čerčany – then called Černčany – that we know of dates from 1356. It…
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Matek was named in 1941. ‘Matek’ is the genitive plural of ‘matka’, and therefore translates as ‘of the mothers’. In 1914, Ochrana matek a kojenců / Protection of Mothers and Infants was founded; when Czechoslovakia was founded, it started to operate across the new country. In 1922, it merged with another organisation, Československá péče o…
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U kola was built before 1935. This is the third part of the wheel trilogy that started on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/08/30/prague-4-day-430-paprskova/ and continued on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/08/31/prague-4-day-431-v-kole/. In 1912, a late Art Nouveau family house was built here for the family of the lawyer and writer Antal Stašek (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/05/07/prague-4-day-378-antala-staska/), who we’ve discussed a lot in Krč. It was named…
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V kole was built in 1925. ‘V kole’ translates as ‘In the wheel’, or ‘In the round’, so, for more info, please take a look at yesterday’s equally wheel-related https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/08/30/prague-4-day-430-paprskova/.
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Paprsková was built in 1925. Take a look at the map above. The street looks a little bit like the spoke of a wheel, and the Czech for spoke (in this sense, not as in ‘past tense of speak’) is ‘paprsek’. A ‘paprsek’ can also be a ray, beam or shaft (a ‘světelný paprsek’ is…
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Pálkařská was built in 2004. Actually, let’s go back to 3 February 1981, when a bunch of players who had left a well-known softball and baseball club based in Prague 4, TJ Tempo Praha, decided to form a new one. It was given the very does-what-it-says-on-the-tin name of TJ Sokol Praha 4 – Krč (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-114-sokolska/…
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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…
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Višňová was built in 1925. It’s quite nice and green around here (to me, at least), but apparently it used to be greener (as we learned on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/08/20/prague-4-day-425-u-spolecenske-zahrady/). And it may also have been redder, too – a ‘višeň’ is a sour (or morello) cherry, one of life’s great pleasures, and is also the name…
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Nad Havlem was built in 1925. This one is nothing to do with Václav Havel, but if you want to read about him, you can: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/14/prague-1-day-104-namesti-vaclava-havla/. It is, however, to do with St Gall (he who gave his name St Gallen in Switzerland), who we discussed on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/10/08/prague-1-day-175-havelska/. As mentioned on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/08/18/prague-4-day-423-v-podzamci/, the Carmelites of…
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U Společenské zahrady was built in 1925. In either 1843 or 1845 (depending on your source), the Česká společnost pro zvelebování zahradnictví, or the Czech Society for the Improvement of Horticulture, was founded on Bredovského (now known as https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/18/prague-1-day-127-politickych-veznu-political-prisoners/). In 1845, it moved south to Na Slupi (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/21/prague-2-day-88-na-slupi/), where it housed exhibitions in its multiple…
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U krčského nádraží was built in 1925. We spoke briefly about the present and future of Praha-Krč Station (nádraží) on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/08/15/prague-4-day-420-pred-nadrazim/. Now it’s time to talk about its past. Back in 1882, Modřany (south of Krč, in Prague 12; discussed on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/09/29/prague-4-day-185-modranska/) was known for its sugar factory. Which made a train connection to Prague…
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V podzámčí was built in 1935. In 1222, the fortress and village of Lower Krč (Dolní Krč; https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2026/07/18/prague-4-day-406-dolnokrcska/) were mentioned in writing as belonging to the Vyšehrad Chapter (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-118-vysehradska/). In 1420, the fortress was captured by the Hussites under one Jan Žižka (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2023/02/26/prague-3-day-150-zizkovo-namesti/ and many other Prague 3 posts). It passed through various owners, many…
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Nad svahem was built in the early 1980s. A ‘svah’ is a slope or a hillside, and this street is located above one. Somehow, this is our fourth svah-based street in Prague 4 (and counting): we started with https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/03/21/prague-4-day-53-svazna/ in Nusle. And then we were on a slope in Podolí, (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/07/01/prague-4-day-133-ve-svahu/) and then under one…
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Před nádražím was built in 1977. Yes, Krč has a train station. If you haven’t been through the station, that’s not too much of a surprise – only one route, the one to/from Dobříš, runs though it. I’ll tell the story of the station later, as: a) there’s another street named after it; b) I’ve…
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Mezi sklady was built in 1988. A ‘sklad’ is a warehouse, a storehouse, a storeroom, etc. Also, if you have something ‘v skladě’, you’ve got it in stock. And the street is indeed located between/among warehouses. One of which suffered significant fire damage two summers ago: https://prazsky.denik.cz/krimi/praha-pozar-hasici-mezi-sklady-ohen/.
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Rosečská was built in the late 1970s or early 1980s. Not very specific, I know. Roseč (population 225) is a village in South Bohemia, eleven kilometres east of Jindřichův Hradec. The earliest written mention dates from 1367, by which time it probably already had a church, the Church of Saints Simon and Jude. The Church…
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V polích was built in 1968. Back from what I hope is my final trip this summer (they’ve all been marvellous, but a lot at once). Anyway, a ‘pole’ is a field, and the street is located ‘in fields’ (or, more accurately, on top of where they once were).
