What's in a Prague street name
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Category: Priests
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Moysesova was built in 1969. Štefan Moyzes (which seems to be how his name is spelt in most sources online, rather than ‘Moyses’) was born in Veselé, near Piešťany, which, in turn, is near Trnava in present-day Slovakia. He completed school there, and started to study philosophy at the local seminary, before continuing his studies…
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Sládkovičova was built in 1969. Andrej Braxatoris was born in Krupina, near Banská Bystrica in present-day Slovakia, in 1820. He started his schooling in Krupina, finished it in Bratislava, and then studied at the University of Halle from 1843 to 1844. He also had his first (patriotic) poems published in 1842 in the almanach Nitra,…
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Murgašova was built in 1969. Jozef Murgaš was born in Tajov, near Banská Bystrica in Slovakia, in 1864 (photo taken from Wikimedia Commons, credit to Peter Zelizňák). Having finished his schooling in Banská Bystrica, he went to Bratislava to study at the seminary from 1880 to 1882, then moving to Esztergom (now in Hungary) to…
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Hurbanova was built in 1969. Jozef Ľudovít Hurban was born in Beckov, now in the Trenčín region of Slovakia, in 1817, the son of a Lutheran priest (photo taken from Wikimedia Commons, credit to Peter Zelizňák). Initially home-schooled, he attended school in Trenčín, followed by the Lutheran Lyceum in Bratislava, where he spent ten years…
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Bernolákova was built in 1969. Anton Bernolák was born in Slanica, a now-extinct village in the Orava region of Slovakia, in 1762. He studied theology in Vienna and Bratislava, where he studied at the general seminary. While at the seminary, he became a big supporter of the Enlightenment reforms of Maria Theresa and Joseph II,…
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Ludvíkova was built in 1935. Josef Myslimír Ludvík was born in Dolany, near Náchod, in 1796. After studying theology at the seminary in Hradec Králové, he was ordained as a priest in 1819. A year later, he became chaplain of Náchod Castle, staying in that role until 1832. He devoted much of his time to…
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Originally published on X on 12 March 2024. Jan Hus was born around 1370, most likely in Husinec (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/12/22/prague-3-day-115-husinecka/), and probably studied at the monastery in Prachatice until he was sixteen, when he moved to Prague. He later studied at Charles University, graduating in 1393, although he was much more interested in being a teacher…
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Originally published on X on 4 February 2024. Bernard Bolzano was born in Prague in 1781. His father was an Italian-born arts dealer, while his mother came from a German-speaking family which had arrived in Prague from Austria around 1700. Graduating from the Piarist gymnasium in 1796, he then studied mathematics and philosophy, switching to…
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Originally published on X on 23 November 2023. Prokop was born around the year 1000 in Chotouň, near Kouřim (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2023/03/08/prague-3-day-170-kourimska/) in Kolín District. He worked as a priest, but then left the profession and became a hermit. Despite his reclusive life, he became known to Oldřich, Prince of Bohemia (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/20/prague-2-day-80-oldrichova/). How do we know this?…
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Originally published on X on 25 September 2023. The southern, Prague 1 side doesn’t have a street sign. Jan Dlabač was born in Cerhenice, near Kolín, in 1758. In 1771, he became a choirboy at Břevnov Monastery, then becoming head chorister at Strahov Monastery four years later. After studying philosophy, mathematics and physics at Prague…
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Originally published on X on 8 April 2023. Gorazdova was built in 1870. Before 1947, this was the northern part of Podskalská: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-122-podskalska/ Matěj Pavlík was born in Hrubá Vrbka, near Hodonín, in 1879, and attended the Faculty of Theology in Olomouc from 1898 to 1902, after which he was ordained. During these studies, he…
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Originally published on X on 6 March 2023. Vinařického was built in 1884. Karel Alois Vinařický, despite his surname, was born into a German-speaking family in Slaný in 1803. It wasn’t until his teens that he started to take an active interest in the Czech language and the national movement. After studying philosophy in Prague,…
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Originally published on X on 11 February 2023. Until 1888, this street was known as Na hřbitově, as it led to the Vyšehrad Cemetery. Then, from 1961 to 1995, it was part of K rotundě (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/24/prague-2-day-94-k-rotunde/). The rest of the time, it’s been Štulcova. Václav Štulc was born in Kladno in 1814. After studying theology…
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Originally published on X on 22 August 2023. Čiklova was built in 1906. From 1906 to 1940, and again from 1945 to 1948, this was Sámova, after Samo, whose empire, from 623 to 658, is the first known political union of Slavic tribes. During the Nazi occupation, the street was called Hemina, after Hemma, or…
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Originally published on Twitter on 23 November 2022. Třebízského was built around 1903. From 1940 to 1945, this was Krušnohorksá, after Krušné hory / the Erzgebirge / the Ore Mountains, which separate Bohemia and Saxony. Václav Beneš was born in Třebíz, near Slaný, in 1849. The school he went to there was attended at the…
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Originally published on Twitter on 3 September 2022. Vlkova was built in 1878. Jakub Vlk was a radical Hussite priest. After Jan Želivský died in 1422, he took over as preacher at Our Lady of the Snows (Panny Marie Sněžné, on Jungmannovo náměstí). He was expelled in 1434 and took refuge in Hradec Králové with…
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Originally published on Twitter on 29 July 2022. Zvěřinova was built in 2016, making it the newest street yet. Josef Zvěřina (1913-1990) was a priest, art historian, theologian, philosopher and educator. He graduated from the (no longer existing) Archbishops’ Gymnázium in Bubeneč in 1932, and was ordained as a priest in Rome in 1937. After…
