Prague - former Little Side brickyard
The Little Side brickyard originally stood along today's Vítězná Street between Újezd and Šeříkova Street.
The first mention of the brickyard dates back to 1406, when it belonged to the mother of Bishop Jan Naz. The brickyard (together with a lime kiln) appears again in records from 1446. Later it was held by the Old Town community itself until its confiscation in the 1640s, when it was forfeited to the imperial property.
The brickyard burnt down before 1655 and then the whole area with the dwelling house, lime kiln, forge, garden and the house with a shenk on the road to the ferry was bought by the Lesser Town municipality.
The brickyard was subsequently rented out. From 1707 the tenant was Christoph Dientzenhofer, after his death in 1722 his son Henry Dientzenhofer.
In 1839, it was bought from the then owner Leopold Jurain by the joint-stock company for the construction of the Chain Bridge, today the Legion Bridge. The company had the original buildings demolished, drew the building line of today's Vítězná Street in a straight line with the bridge and divided the land into 10 building plots in agreement with the municipality.
History
From Royal Prague in 1903 (prof. Ruth, 1903)
Chotkova Street (note: today's Vítězná Street) leads from the Emperor Francis Chain Bridge (note: the Chain Bridge was removed in 1898, today the Legion Bridge stands here) to Újezd. It was built almost entirely in the 19th century after the Chain Bridge was built. The corner house on Újezd No. 419-7 was then called At the Chain Bridge. Appropriately, it serves Chotek's credit for that bridge.
In the old days there was a lime kiln or brickyard, whose owner in 1406 was the mother of Dr. Jan Naz, Bishop of Chur. In 1446 it was bought by Hanušík, a maltster from Polná, later the village of Old Town. Up to now the corner of Újezd No. 420 serves as a brickyard and the next one No. 421 (on Újezd 8 n.) as a lime kiln.
There used to be a tavern with a large yard, once the property of the builder Kryštof Dienzenhoffer and his son Jindřich, who did not become a builder after his father, like his famous brother, but a beer loader, having bought a house at Splavín's. By the river there used to be mills of the Mělník provost's office, then of the Knights of Malta.
Sources
| Title / author | Date of citation | Place and year of publication |
|---|---|---|
| Umělecké památky Prahy - Malá Strana (Pavel Vlček a kol.) | Nakladatelství Academia / 1999 | |
| Vítězná ulice (Wikipedia) | ||
| Kronika královské Prahy a obcí sousedních (Ruth František) | Nakladatel Pavel Körber / 1903-1904 | |
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Plán Prahy J. D. Hubera z roku 1769 (J. D. Hubler)
HÚ AV ČR, v.v.i. |
HIU |