Ed Ley

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3) As part of the cooperation between Prague 4 and Pankrác Prison, prisoners have recently been repairing the fence in the street, helping not only the residents but also helping the prisoners to reintegrate into society: www.vs.gov.cz/organizacni-....

Prague 4, day 215: U Šálkovny U Šálkovny was built in 1935. Vineyards existed around here at least as far back as 1400. About four hundred years later, a farmstead was set up here by an owner called Mr Šálek. Šálek was Jewish a…

2) Eight days ago, we looked at the former farmstead known as Šálkovna: whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/10/31/p....

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 223: Nad Šálkovnou, built in 1981.

Prague 4, day 207: Na Zemance Na Zemance was built in 1935. A vineyard was probably in place here as far back as the Middle Ages. It survived several centuries, but took a bit of a beating in the War of the Austrian Succession …

2) Repetition time: pop back to day 207 to learn something about Zemanka (whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/10/23/p...).

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 222: Pod Zemankou, built in 1935.

Prague 4, day 219: Nad Křížkem Nad Křížkem was built in 1938. In the late 1800s, a Neo-Renaissance chateau, with quite an irregular form, was built round here on the site of an earlier building; it was named Na Křížku (‘At…

2) Quick one today: we recently spoke about the somewhat distinctive building called Na Křížku, because there’s a street called ‘Nad Křížkem’ which is above it: whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/11/04/p....

Pod Křížkem, on the other hand, is beneath it.

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 221: Pod Křížkem, built in 1938.

Depends how rapid I am in getting out this weekend and taking pics of another fortnight's worth of streets, admittedly.

4) The ‘usedlost’ in question is called Ryšánka, and I’m going to have to stop talking now, because there’s an upcoming street or two named after it (as is this one, of course, but less directly).

3) Czech makes no distinction between the two, which is why I’ve been using both translations interchangeably over the years (sorry).

2) An ‘usedlost’ is a homestead, a farmstead or an estate.

In English, the difference between a homestead and a farmstead is that the former intends to feed its own inhabitants, whereas the latter’s role is agricultural production.

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 220: Na usedlosti, built in 1935.

It slightly puts me in mind of those bling-bling mansions you see in south-east European countries, built in the 1990s when communism was over and ostentatious shows of wealth were a bigger priority than tastefulness. But not as tacky.

For a while, apparently! Although I don't know how long for, as most of the dates I can find online are approximate.

Prague 4, day 39: U Křížku U Křížku was built in 1930. A ‘křížek’ is a small cross (a regular-sized cross is a ‘kříž’), and this was once the name of… something round here, probably involving th…

6) And one in Nusle: whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/02/19/p....

Prague 3, day 92: Na Parukářce Originally published on Twitter on 24 July 2022. Na Parukářce was built in 1947. We explained Parukářka yesterday – see – so today we can talk about people not quite agreeing what this …

5) Places called 'Křížek' pop up across Prague; here's one in Žižkov: whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/26/p....

4) In 2003, it underwent a through reconstruction under the watchful eye of the City of Prague. It’s pretty conspicuous, and apparently even visible from the other side of the Vltava.

3) However, in the early 20th century, it was turned into a restaurant. In 1958, it was registered as a listed building. These days, it serves as office space.

2) In the late 1800s, a Neo-Renaissance chateau, with quite an irregular form, was built round here on the site of an earlier building; it was named Na Křížku (‘At the small cross’). It originally served as a farmstead.

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 219: Nad Křížkem, built in 1938.

6) As you can see, it’s now neither being used for anything nor in great condition. There’s been recent-ish (2019) talk of turning it into a magistrate’s court, or into a Waldorf school, but neither plan has materialised.

Just think how different this could be.

5) The Prague Brewers’ Association operated a brewery here from 1899 to 1907 (if these words sound familiar, it’s because of yesterday’s post); it was then the site of the Eden Cinema for fifty years from 1919.

4) Three of its four wings survive to this day; a bell tower was added in 1761.

3) However, Braník was outside the Prague city walls, and therefore suffered quite badly during the Thirty Years’ War (thanks, Sweden). By 1650, reconstruction was sorely needed – and this is roughly when the Dominicans started building a court (dvůr; ‘Ve dvore’ means ‘In the court’).

Prague 4, day 217: Na Mlejnku Na Mlejnku was named in 1938. In 1625, the Dominican Order of St Giles (see for a bit more about him and them) came to Braník and acquired the local fortified manor. At some point, they had a water…

2) As mentioned yesterday (whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2025/11/02/p...), the Dominican Order of Saint Giles was given part of Braník in 1625, as part of Emperor Ferdinand II’s re-Catholicisation drive.

1) What's in a Prague 4 Street Name, day 218: Ve dvoře, named around 1900.

(it also needs a redesign, which is very much on my mind)

I don't know who's going crazy for my website these last few days (those November stats are for a month that started less than 48 hours ago 😮), but I owe them a drink.

Oh, and you're welcome to visit it too. 867 street stories and counting.

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6) All of this went for good in 1978, when Barrandov Bridge was constructed.

There’s a great picture – and memories – of the swimming pool on blog.idnes.cz/vildomec/roz....

5) In 1919, a swimming pool was established round here by the river, and was called Na Mlýnku, and the mill was rebuilt (but didn’t serve as a mill any longer).