Street names as data in the case of Lviv

Data Documentation Sheet: Street names as data in the case of Lviv Bibliographic information Author Orysia Vira, Ukrainian Catholic University Title of the Dataset Street names as data in the case of Lviv Identifier of the Dataset 10.5281/zenodo.17512160 Type of dataset Dataset Publication date 03-11-2025 Licence CC-BY 4.0 Publisher Zenodo Version Version 1.0 Relations 1. Vira O. V. Hodonymia of Lviv: Genesis and development in the Magdeburg period. – On the rights of the manuscript. Dissertation for the academic degree of Ph.D. in speciality 032 - «History and Archaeology». – Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, 2023. Link 2. Vira O. Changes in the Perception of Space Based on Street Names in Lviv // Space in Historical Research: Collection of Scientific Papers, Issue 2, Pereiaslav, 2021, p. 100104.https://spacehist.wixsite.com/prostir/vira2?lang=en 3. Vira O. V. The Earliest Hodonyms of Lviv // NaUKMA Historical Sciences, Vol. 4, 2021, p. 80-90. http://nrph.ukma.edu.ua/article/view/245752 4. Vira O. The street names in East Central European cities and towns in the pre-industrial period in comparative perspective // Klio, 72(3)/2024, s. 17–35. https://apcz.umk.pl/KLIO/article/view/45778 5. Vira O. Beyond coordinates: Exploring street naming practices in contemporary Ukraine // Colloquia Humanistica, 2024(13), Article 3190. https://doi.org/10.11649/ch.3190 Content Description of the dataset This dataset documents historical references to street names, squares, and other topographical features of the city of Lviv, Ukraine, recorded in archival and published sources from the late 14th to the 18th centuries. Each record contains the original Latin/German/Polish name as it appears in primary documents, its English (and Ukrainian) translations, the date of mention, and bibliographical source information. The dataset and an interactive visualization are also available online at: https://map.humaniora.ucu.edu.ua/en/ Keywords historical urbanonymy; street names; toponymy; Lviv; early modern city; early modern history; medieval history Time period 1382-1768 medieval history; early modern history - late medieval period (1250-1500) - early modern period (1500-1789) Geographical coverage Europe - Eastern Europe - Ukraine Topics urban history; historical toponymy; spatial humanities; multilingual sources; digital mapping; digital history; local history; micro history Language Latin, German, Polish (original entries), English (translation), Ukrainian (translation) Data Collection Research project(s) The dataset was collected and analysed as part of the author’s doctoral research “Hodonymia of Lviv: Genesis and development in the Magdeburg period” on the historical urbanonymy and topography of Lviv, completed at the Ukrainian Catholic University. The dataset was prepared for publication within the NFDI4Memory FAIR Data Fellowship at the Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG) Mainz. Research question(s) The dataset was created to answer the following research questions: 1) How did the street naming in Lviv emerge and evolve from the late 14th to the 18th century? 2) What linguistic and cultural patterns can be observed in the historical urbanonymy (street names) of a multiethnic city such as Lviv? 3) To analyse the etymology and duration of the use of street names, identifying the stages of their development from descriptive phrases (which I call "proto-names," such as "the street going to the Armenian church") to established, proper names (like "Armenian Street") where possible. Sources The data is based primarily on archival and published Latin and Polish records of Lviv’s municipal documentation. A full bibliographical list of sources is included alongside the dataset. I. Archival Sources 1. Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lviv (hereafter CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv), fond 52 (Magistrate of the City of Lviv), inventory 2, file 8 — 955 folios. 2. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 9 — 1,014 folios. 3. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 10 — 1,466 folios. 4. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 769 — 148 folios. 5. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 770 — 436 folios. 6. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 771 — 375 folios. 7. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 772 — 329 folios. 8. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 773 — 741 folios. 9. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 774 — 198 folios. 10. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 775 — 347 folios. 11. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 777 — 952 folios. 12. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 778 — 316 folios. 13. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 779 — 486 folios. 14. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 780 — 714 folios. 15. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 782 — 619 folios. 16. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 783 — 169 folios. 17. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 784 — 700 folios. 18. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 785 — 673 folios. 19. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 786 — 724 folios. 20. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 786A — 48 folios. 21. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 787 — 509 folios. 22. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 788 — 1,022 folios. 23. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 789 — 397 folios. 24. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 790 — 652 folios. 25. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 791 — 812 folios. 26. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 792 — 57 folios. 27. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 797 — 811 folios. 28. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 798 — 509 folios. 29. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 799 — 51 folios. 30. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 801 — 364 folios. 31. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 802 — 495 folios. 32. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 811 — 676 folios. 33. CSHA of Ukraine in Lviv, fond 52, inventory 2, file 813 — 82 folios. II. Published Sources 1. Pomniki dziejowe Lwowa z archiwum miasta / Edited by Dr. Aleksander Czołowski. Vol. I. Najstarsza księga miejska 1382–1389. Lwów, 1892. 154 p. [Historical Monuments of Lviv from the City Archive. Volume I. The Oldest City Book 1382-1389]. Available at: http://ebuw.uw.edu.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=804 2. Pomniki dziejowe Lwowa z archiwum miasta / Edited by Dr. Aleksander Czołowski. Vol. II. Księga przychodów i rozchodów miasta 1404–1414. Lwów, 1896. 184 p. [Historica Monuments of Lviv from the City Archive. Volume II. The Book of City Revenues and Expenses 1404-1414]. Available at: http://ebuw.uw.edu.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=805 3. Pomniki dziejowe Lwowa z archiwum miasta / Edited by Dr. Aleksander Czołowski. Vol. III. Księga przychodów i rozchodów miasta 1414–1426. Lwów, 1905. 187 p. [Historical Monuments of Lviv from the City Archive. Volume III. The Book of City Revenues and Expenses 1414-1426]. Available at: http://ebuw.uw.edu.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=806 4. Pomniki dziejowe Lwowa z archiwum miasta / Edited by Dr. Aleksander Czołowski and Franciszek Jaworski. Vol. IV. Księga ławnicza miejska 1441–1448. Lwów, 1921. 361 p. [Historical Monuments of Lviv from the City Archive. Volume IV. The City Bench Book 1441-1448]. Available at: http://ebuw.uw.edu.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=807&from=publication Data collection process The dataset was compiled between 2013 and 2020 during the author’s BA and MA researches on Lviv’s street names, which eventually resulted in a PhD dissertation titled, “Hodonymia of Lviv: Genesis and development in the Magdeburg period”. The collection process involved systematic extraction and transcription of street names from medieval and early modern municipal and tax records, followed by their translation into Ukrainian and English. Each entry was dated and referenced. The data was subsequently cleaned, standartised, and structured for integration into digital formats, enabling its use in mapping and further digital humanities analysis. Data Structure Internal structure The dataset represents street names of late medieval and early modern Lviv in the 14th–18th centuries, recorded from various historical sources (mainly, city council books and tax registers). Each record corresponds to one street name (hodonym) as attested in a specific document, and contains information about its historical variant and reference to the archival or printed source. The data is structured as a relational table with unique identifiers for each record and normalized fields for comparison across different sources and languages. Data quality and cleaning The data was entered manually based on archival transcriptions and published registers. During the cleaning process: ·spelling variants and orthographic differences were standardized; ·uncertain readings or illegible fragments were added in brackets ([]); ·locations were verified against corresponding researches based on later (Austrian) registers and maps. Data Enrichment To enhance interoperability and accessibility, street names were transliterated and translated into modern Ukrainian and English; historical coordinates were matched with modern map layers using QGIS. For convenience, two datasets are provided: a bilingual translation (UkrainianEnglish) version and an English-only version, the latter ensuring compatibility in case of encoding problems with Ukrainian characters. Additionally, a geopackage file (Lviv_streets.gpkg) accompanies the dataset, containing spatial layers visualizing street names from the 14th–18th centuries. Variables and values Variable Description Type / Values str_id Unique record identifier Integer str_name Street name as it appears in the source *Standardized form (modernized spelling) Text str_date Street record date or year Text str_translate_eng/ua Translated street name Text str_source Archival or bibliographic reference Text source_page Page (in a published source), sheet (in archival sources) Text source_case The number of the court case in which the street name is used * The numbers of court cases in the folios were delivered in the 18th-19th centuries, so they are not authentic, but are nevertheless provided for ease of use and searching for street names, because several street names are often used on one sheet (especially in sources of this type). Integer fond Archival fund number Integer Variable Description Type / Values opys Archival inventory number Integer sprava Archival file number (storage units) Integer str_lang Language of record (Latin, Polish, German) Text comment If applicable Text File list ·Lviv_Streets_OV_ua_en.xlsx data table Excel (ukranian / english street names) ·Lviv_Streets_OV_ua_en.csv data table csv (ukranian / english street names) ·Lviv_Streets_OV_en.csv data table csv (english street names only) ·Lviv_Streets_OV_GeoPackage.gpkg GeoPackage containing shapefiles and data table Additional Information Using the geopackage To visualize these data in QGIS 3.34 using the accompanying geopackage Lviv_streets.gpkg, follow these steps: 1. Open QGIS and load the geopackage file Lviv_streets.gpkg. It contains two layers: ·Lviv_streets_str_object1 — visualization of street names from the 14th–16th centuries ·Lviv_streets_str_object2 — visualization of street names from the 17th–18th centuries 2. Join the table to the spatial layer: ·Right-click the layer (e.g. Lviv_streets_str_object1) → Properties → Joins → Add Join. ·Set Join field = id and Target field = id. ·Apply the join to link all records by their unique identifier. 3. To add a modern basemap: · Go to Plugins → Manage and Install Plugins... ·Find and install QuickMapServices. ·Then open Web → QuickMapServices → OSM → OSM Standard to display the modern city map under the historical layers. Ethical issues The dataset does not include personal data or sensitive information. All historical materials are in the public domain. Ethical considerations mainly concern: ·proper citation of archival and printed sources; ·transparent documentation of editorial interventions (translation, reconstruction); ·FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) applied to ensure responsible data sharing.