Žižkov
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Prague 3, day 55: Pod Jarovem
Pod Jarovem was built in 1925, and translate as ‘under Jarov’. And Jarov, the district we’re in (or potentially just outside of if we’re ‘pod’ it?), is described on https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-30-na-jarove/. There are some other Jarovs around the country too, for example in north Plzeň district: https://oujarov.cz and, erm, in south Plzeň district: https://obecjarov.cz. And a Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 54: V Zeleni
V Zeleni was built in 1935. It translates as ‘in green’, ‘in green vegetation’ / ‘in greenery’ / ‘in verdure’, etc. As if that name needed any explanation, V Zeleni leads into https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-29-v-zahradkach/, ‘In the gardens’. Which has https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/20/prague-3-day-48-pod-lipami/ (under the lindens) at its northernmost point. And ‘flowery’ a little bit further down: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/20/prague-3-day-52-kvetinkova/. You Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 53: Schöfflerova
Originally published on Twitter on 15 June 2022. Schöfflerova was built in 1925. Josef Schöffler, also Schäffler, was a typographer and co-founder of the Cooperative for the Construction of Workers’ Flats and Family Houses in Žižkov (Družstvo pro stavbu dělnických bytů a rodiných domků na Žižkově). Sources say that Schöffler died in World War I, Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 52: Květinková
Originally published on Twitter on 14 June 2022. Květinková was built in 1947. If something is květinový, it’s floral or flowery. And it certainly does get that way round here. Make it květinkový, and it’s still floral… but the flowers are presumably that little bit cuter. For vocabulary fans, a květinový záhon is a flowerbed, Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 50: Habrová
Originally published on Twitter on 12 June 2022. Habrová was built in 1976. Continuing the tree theme, a habr is a hornbeam (Carpinus), a hardwood tree which is mainly used for ornamental purposes. There are many species of the hornbeam, but the only one that exists in the Czech Republic is the ‘Carpinus betulus’, the Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 49: Buková
Originally published on Twitter on 11 June 2022. Buková was built in 1962. We’re still on the trees, and a buk is a beech (Fagus). In Central Europe, the beech is the main feature of deciduous forests. In the Czech Republic, the tree has also given its name to a village of 303 people in Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 48: Pod Lipami
Originally published on 10 June 2022. Pod Lipami was built in 1925. Continuing yesterday’s tree theme (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/20/prague-3-day-47-osikova/), ‘Pod lipami’ translates as ‘under the linden trees’. Which makes this Prague’s answer to Berlin’s famous ‘Unter den Linden’ (except it doesn’t). If we’re talking about lindens in different languages, the Romanian for ‘linden’ is tei, and ‘love Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 47: Osiková
Originally published on Twitter on 9 June 2022. Special ‘unintentional advertising for Kaufland’ edition: Osiková, a relative newbie built in 1976. An osika is an aspen tree, or ‘Populus tremula’. It’s a tree from the willow family. Other Czech names for the tree are topol osika (aspen poplar) or osika obecná (common aspen). I’m no Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 45: Kunešova
Kunešova was built in 1977, making it the newest street to date. And we’re back on the Hussites! Kuneš z Bělovic (born in the 14th century) was a comrade of Jan Žižka. The first written mention of him is from 1422, when he tried to overthrow Sigismund Korybut (Zikmund Korybutovič), who was acknowledged as governor of Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 44: V Bezpečí
Originally published on Twitter on 6 June 2022. V Bezpečí was built in 1938, and translates as ‘in safety’. Two options come to mind. Firstly, I’ve mentioned more than once that it’s really lovely and quiet round here. On the other hand, the street is close to Strážní (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-7-strazni/), and stráž means ‘guard’. It’s also Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 43: Na Vlastním
Originally published on Twitter on 5 June 2022. Na Vlastním was built in 1925. To tell the story, you may wish to go back to https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-32-v-domove/, which describes how this neighbourhood came about. Apparently, Vlastní, like Domov, was a construction cooperative that built a large number of the homes round here. (Do go for a Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 42: Pod Vrcholem
Originally published on Twitter on 4 June 2022. Pod Vrcholem was built in 1925. Under the same peak as yesterday (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/20/prague-3-day-41-k-vrcholu/). That’s about it. And I promise there’s more gripping stuff to come. Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 41: K Vrcholu
Originally published on Twitter on 3 June 2022. K Vrcholu was built in 1938, and translates as ‘to the peak’. We can keep this quite brief, as this is seemingly the same peak that ‘Na vrcholu’ is located on (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-4-na-vrcholu/). Although I’m pretty sure that the southernmost part of Na vrcholu is lower than any Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 40: K Chmelnici
Originally published on Twitter on 2 June 2022. K Chmelnici was built in 1962. A chmelnice is a ‘hop garden’ (as in ‘beer’, not ‘skip and jump’, because Czech Republic). Chmel is the common hop, or humulus lupulus. Hop gardens are quite expensive to maintain, as hops are a climbing plant, so they need to Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 39: Na Balkáně
Originally published on Twitter on 1 June 2022. Na Balkáně was built in 1925, and translates as ‘In the Balkans’. ‘Balkán’ is indeed the name of this part of Prague, which is located mainly in Vysočany but also partially in Žižkov. Na Balkáně is home to a gardening settlement, founded in 1938, and one of Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 38: Na Lučinách
Originally published on Twitter on 31 May 2022. Na Lučinách was built in 1947. It translates as ‘in the meadows’, or, literally, ‘on the meadows’. If you walk towards the meadows on K Lučínám (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-3-k-lucinam/), you end up in the meadows in Na Lučinách! Or you end up where the meadows were. I’m as supportive Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 37: Nad Lukami
Originally published on Twitter on 30 May 2022. Nad Lukami was built in 1938, and translates as ‘Above the meadows’. We’ve already been by/at/near the (priestly) meadow: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/18/prague-3-day-2-u-knezske-louky/. We’ve also headed towards them: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-3-k-lucinam/. I probably didn’t write these in a logical order. And, whatever this meadow was when it still existed, it seems to Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 36: V Okruží
Originally published on Twitter on 29 May 2022. V Okruží was built in 1931. Does anybody like bad translations? Because the internet is giving me ‘in a ruff’. Which, if you replace the ‘r’ with an ‘h’, describes me as I try to make sense of this. Thankfully, my Lingea dictionary gives me the much Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 35: Křivá
Originally posted on Twitter on 28 May 2022. Křivá was built in 1931. Křivá means ‘crooked’, which is a reasonable representation of the street’s shape. It can also mean ‘trumped up’, but, as proved by the photo above, this is not a street that I have invented. Promise. As with Luční yesterday (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/19/prague-3-day-34-lucni/), there was Continue reading
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Prague 3, day 34: Luční
Originally published on Twitter on 27 May 2022. Luční was built in 1931. From 1931 to 1990, this was called Luční I. A nearby street was built in the same year, called, yes, Luční II. Clearly wanting to get a bit of that post-Berlin Wall vibe (or because Luční II got fed up with being Continue reading
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