Priest street.
During the name revision in 1885, the name of this street was determined to be Prästgatan, but as early as 1586 the street was referred to as Prästegathen after the residences that were there for the city's chaplains. The four small houses in which the chaplains lived were demolished in 1708. Then the still remaining priest's residence was built. In the 1730s, the southern part of the street was called Stenbergs gränd after the German nobleman and court stable master Antonius von Steinberg (died 1675). He owned the entire block of Venus adjacent to the south end of the alley. From the middle of the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century, the same section is called Tyska Prästgatan, after the priests of the German Church, and during the same time the northern part was called Svenska Prästgatan, after the priests of the Great Church. The short part north of Storkyrkobrinken was originally called Helvetiegränden and that name came from an area called Helvetet. In 1451, an empty belæghin is mentioned in Helvite. There are different opinions about why the area was called that, possibly because the executioner lived there.
Priest street.
During the name revision in 1885, the name of this street was determined to be Prästgatan, but as early as 1586 the street was referred to as Prästegathen after the residences that were there for the city's chaplains. The four small houses in which the chaplains lived were demolished in 1708. Then the still remaining priest's residence was built. In the 1730s, the southern part of the street was called Stenbergs gränd after the German nobleman and court stable master Antonius von Steinberg (died 1675). He owned the entire block of Venus adjacent to the south end of the alley. From the middle of the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century, the same section is called Tyska Prästgatan, after the priests of the German Church, and during the same time the northern part was called Svenska Prästgatan, after the priests of the Great Church. The short part north of Storkyrkobrinken was originally called Helvetiegränden and that name came from an area called Helvetet. In 1451, an empty belæghin is mentioned in Helvite. There are different opinions about why the area was called that, possibly because the executioner lived there.