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Minnesota: New Prague — a Czech name on the American map
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czechsonline 10/01/2026 8 min read History and Heritage

Minnesota: New Prague — a Czech name on the American map

New Prague, Minnesota, is one of those Midwestern towns whose name is already a clue. Founded in the 1850s by Bohemian settlers, it grew around land sales, a parish anchored by St. Wenceslaus, and later the railroad, which connected local farming to wider markets. Today its Czech heritage is kept vi...
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Chicago’s Pilsen: A Neighborhood Shaped by Successive Migration Layers
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czechsonline 02/01/2026 10 min read History and Heritage

Chicago’s Pilsen: A Neighborhood Shaped by Successive Migration Layers

Pilsen is one of Chicago’s clearest examples of how migration can “write” itself onto a city map. The neighborhood’s name points to Plzeň in Bohemia and is commonly linked to a Czech restaurant/tavern that helped the label stick. Built as a dense working-class district after the 1871 fire, Pilsen la...
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