South Bohemia
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Prague 4, day 163: Kaplická
Kaplická was built in 1962. Kaplice is a town in South Bohemia, 20 kilometres southeast of Český Krumlov. It’s named after the Chapel of St Mary, although that no longer exists. The earliest written mention dates from 1257, when Pope Alexander IV gave a church in the town permission to sell indulgences. In 1382, Kaplice Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 103: Milevská
Milevská was built in 1962. Milevsko is a town of 8,000 people in South Bohemia, located 22 kilometres from both Písek (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2023/03/19/prague-3-day-175-pisecka/) and Tábor (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/06/prague-4-day-26-taborska/). The earliest written mention of it is from 1184, which is three years before Jiřího z Milevska, a nobleman, arranged for a monastery to be built in the vicinity. As Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 82: Doudlebská
Doudlebská was built in 1941. Doudleby (coat of arms below) is a village less than ten kilometres from České Budějovice – so it’s quite appropriate that this street is just a stone’s throw from Budějovická. It’s named after the Doudleby tribe, who settled in the area of the village around 800. It was one of Continue reading
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Prague 4, day 26: Táborská
Originally, this was part of the road from Prague to České Budějovice and then on to Linz, and was therefore known as Linecká, Budějovická, or, reflecting its direct surroundings, Nuselská. From 1900 to 1940, and again from 1945 to 1947, it was named Palackého – see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/31/prague-2-day-145-palackeho-namesti/ to learn about Mr Palacký. Tábor, population 34,000, Continue reading
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Prague 2, day 26: Šumavská
First published on Twitter on 2 December 2022. Šumavská was built in 1889. Šumava is a mountain range covering the borderlands of the Czech Republic, Germany (Bavaria) and Austria. Many German speakers refer to it as the Böhmerwald – (the Bohemian Forest), although Bavarians, clearly wanting to take full credit, like to call it the Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 175: Písecká
Originally published on Twitter on 15 October 2022. Písecká was built in 1910. Písek, with 30,000 inhabitants, is the third-largest city in South Bohemia. Its name means ‘sand’, deriving from the gold-bearing sand found on the banks of the Otava River. It was first mentioned in 1243, when Václav I built a castle there, although Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 164: Soběslavská
Originally published on Twitter on 4 October 2022. Soběslavská was built in 1925. Soběslav is a town of 6,800 inhabitants, 18 kilometres south of Tábor in South Bohemia. It was first mentioned in 1293, when its castle and surroundings belonged to the wealthy Rosenberg family. Key historical events include Václav IV (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2023/02/26/prague-3-day-153-lucemburska/) being imprisoned in Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 156: Sudoměřská
Originally published on Twitter on 26 September 2022. Sudoměřská was built in 1898. It was originally called Sudoměřická until 1958, when it was changed on the grounds that Sudoměřská is the grammatically correct adjective for something from Sudoměř, and Sudoměřická… is not. These days, Sudoměř is a village which is part of the municipality of Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 115: Husinecká
Originally published on Twitter on 16 August 2022. Husinecká was built in 1889. In 1898, a nearby street, Ambrožova (not the current one which is discussed under https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/21/prague-3-day-68-ambrozova/) was merged into Husinecká. Husinec (current population approx. 1,400) is a village in the Prachatice district in South Bohemia. It’s best known as the supposed birthplace of… Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 112: Příběnická
Originally published on Twitter on 13 August 2022. Příběnická was built in 1899. It was called Chodská until 1947, after the old name for the area around Domažlice (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-14-domazlicka/). The Chodové, who lived in the region, were direct subjects of the King, and were responsible for guarding the border between Bohemia and Bavaria. Příběnice, meanwhile, Continue reading
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