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24-1969: Kohoutov is a municipality and village in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic . It has about 300 inhabitants. This Hradec Králové Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Trutnov District Trutnov District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence : Trutnov, Dvůr Králové nad Labem and Vrchlabí. Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics : Batňovice - Bernartice - Bílá Třemešná - Bílé Poličany - Borovnice - Borovnička - Čermná - Černý Důl - Chotěvice - Choustníkovo Hradiště - Chvaleč - Dolní Branná - Dolní Brusnice - Dolní Dvůr - Dolní Kalná - Dolní Lánov - Dolní Olešnice - Doubravice - Dubenec - Dvůr Králové nad Labem - Hajnice - Havlovice - Horní Brusnice - Horní Kalná - Horní Maršov - Horní Olešnice - Hostinné - Hřibojedy - Janské Lázně - Jívka - Klášterská Lhota - Kocbeře - Kohoutov - Královec - Kuks - Kunčice nad Labem - Lampertice - Lánov - Lanžov - Libňatov - Libotov - Litíč - Malá Úpa - Malé Svatoňovice - Maršov u Úpice - Mladé Buky - Mostek - Nemojov - Pec pod Sněžkou - Pilníkov - Prosečné - Radvanice - Rtyně v Podkrkonoší - Rudník - Špindlerův Mlýn - Stanovice - Staré Buky - Strážné - Suchovršice - Svoboda nad Úpou - Třebihošť - Trotina - Trutnov - Úpice - Velké Svatoňovice - Velký Vřešťov - Vilantice - Vítězná - Vlčice - Vlčkovice v Podkrkonoší - Vrchlabí - Zábřezí-Řečice - Žacléř - Zdobín - Zlatá Olešnice Trutnov District borders Poland in

48-484: Is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic . It has about 12,000 inhabitants. It lies at the foot of the Giant Mountains on the river Elbe . The town centre with the castle complex, monastery complex and town park is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone . Vrchlabí is made up of the town parts of Vrchlabí, Hořejší Vrchlabí and Podhůří. The name of

72-780: Is the Les Království Reservoir. Most of the Giant Mountains area of the district is protected as the Krkonoše National Park and belongs to the most valuable area of the country thanks to a significant amount of rare flora and fauna. In the east, the Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area extends into the district. The largest employers with headquarters in Trutnov District and at least 500 employees are: There are no motorways passing through

96-489: Is the centre of culture. It is a place where all concerts, plays or balls are performed. Krakonošova stovka is a 100 km-long march that has been held annually since 1966. The local ice hockey club, HC Stadion Vrchlabí , plays in the 2nd Czech Republic Hockey League since 2022–23 season. The town has a rugby club called Vrchlabí Mad Squirrels. There are four ski resorts in the area: Kněžický Vrch, Kněžický Vrch – Kebrlák, Bubákov, and Herlíkovice. The Vrchlabí Castle

120-618: The Baroque style with Neoclassical elements and was finished in 1725. Nowadays the premises of the monastery house an exhibition of the Krkonoše Museum on the nature and history of the region, and the church is often used as a concert hall due to its great acoustics. The Church of Saint Lawrence on the Míru Square was built in the Neo-Gothic style in 1889. It replaced an old Gothic church from

144-557: The Giant Mountains , and its northern part lies in the Krkonoše National Park . The seat of the administration of the national park is located in Vrchlabí. The southern part of Vrchlabí lies in the Giant Mountains Foothills . The town is nicknamed the "Gateway to the Giant Mountains". The highest point is on the slopes of the mountain Žalý with an altitude of about 1,026 metres (3,366 ft), however both Žalý's peaks lies behind

168-546: The Lutheran reformation faith , which spread quickly in the region, supported vividly by Gendorf himself. In 1561, the estate was acquired by Gendorf's daughter Eustachia. She had three daughters, Barbora, Kateřina and Rozina, among whom the Vrchlabí estate was divided after her death in 1568, but in the end the entire estate was acquired by Rozina and her husband Vilém Miřkovský of Stropčice. At that time, flax weaving became another important industry for Vrchlabí. The weaving guild

192-429: The 14th century. It has 60 metres (200 ft)-high tower. Opposite the church is located a valuable set of four gabled houses where is located Krkonoše Museum and KRNAP infocentre. Next to them is one of the oldest monuments in the town, a house which served as the town hall from 1591 to 1737. Above the brick ground floor is the timbered floor supported by four sandstone columns with Ionian heads. The second square in

216-745: The Czechs regained independence. From 1938 to 1945 it was occupied by Germany , and was then administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland . During the occupation, the Germans established and operated a Gestapo prison in the town, and a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp for female prisoners in the Hořejší Vrchlabí town part. Nazi Germany also brought many Italian, French, English and Russian prisoners of war to work as forced laborers in

240-464: The border of Vrchlabí. Vrchlabí is located on the upper course of the Elbe River. There are two small fishponds in the territory of Vrchlabí; the larger one is Vejsplachy, used for recreational purposes. The pond Vrchlabský rybník, named after the town, lies outside the municipal territory. The history of Vrchlabí started with the colonization of the Giant Mountains. The first settlement called Wrchlab

264-572: The district's area. The most important river is the Elbe , which originates here and crosses the territory from northwest to south. The Úpa also originates here, flows through the eastern part of the district and flows into the Elbe outside the district. Other notable rivers that originate here, but soon after leave the territory, are the Bóbr and Bystřice . The area is poor in bodies of water. The largest body of water

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288-654: The district. The most important roads are the I/14 from Náchod to Liberec , the I/16 from Jičín to the Czech-Polish border, and the I/37, which connects Trutnov with the D11 motorway . The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments , are: The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument reservations and monument zones , are: Five of

312-482: The estate to Rudolf of Morzin. The Counts of Morzin owned Vrchlabí until 1881. Vrchlabí was known for manufacturing of organs in the 17th and 18th centuries, which was introduced into the town by the Tauchmann family. Textile production dominated the town's economy from the late 18th century until the 1930s and determined the industrial and craft development of Vrchlabí. In 1867, winter sports started to develop in

336-434: The north. The territory of the district has a highly fragmented terrain with large differences in height. The mountain massif in the north gradually turns into uplands that continues to the south of the district. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions: Giant Mountains (north), Giant Mountains Foothills (centre), Broumov Highlands (northeast), Jičín Uplands (south) and East Elbe Table (small part in

360-686: The region. The main promoter of skiing was Guido Rotter, a local factory owner. The town was part of the Kingdom of Bohemia , which itself fell to the Habsburg monarchy in the 16th century, and from 1867 to 1918 was included in Austria-Hungary . Administratively it was head of the Hohenelbe District, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia . In 1918, Vrchlabí became part Czechoslovakia , when

384-508: The second half of the 19th century. It was originally an ornamental garden, but after the moat was eliminated, the park was redesigned. In the southwestern part of the park is the castle chapel with the Czernin -Morzin tomb. It was built in the Neo-Gothic style in 1887–1890. The Discalced Augustinians Monastery was founded in 1705. The monastery complex with the Church of Saint Augustinus was built in

408-676: The south). The highest point of the district and of the entire country is the mountain Sněžka in Pec pod Sněžkou with an elevation of 1,603 m (5,259 ft), the lowest point is the river bed of the Elbe in Kuks at 264 m (866 ft). From the total district area of 1,146.7 km (442.7 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 495.4 km (191.3 sq mi), forests occupy 539.4 km (208.3 sq mi), and water area occupies 12.0 km (4.6 sq mi). Forests cover 47.0% of

432-650: The ten most visited tourist destinations of the Hradec Králové Region are located in Trutnov District. The most visited tourist destinations are Safari Park Dvůr Králové , Sněžka – Pec pod Sněžkou cable car, Krkonoše Tree Top Trail in Janské Lázně , Baroque complex in Kuks, and hiking trail from Špindlerův Mlýn -Jelení Boudy to Sněžka. Vrchlab%C3%AD Vrchlabí ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈvr̩xlabiː] ; German : Hohenelbe , Latin : Albipolis )

456-434: The town is ARGO-HYTOS , producer of components and systems for the hydraulic industry. Vrchlabí is also known as centre of tourism and winter sports, which significantly contribute to the town's economy. Vrchlabí is the terminus of a railway line heading from Trutnov . The beer festival Krkonošské pivní slavnosti ("Giant Mountains Beer Festival") has been held in the town every year since 1998. The Střelnice house

480-554: The town is closely related with the location on the Elbe River. The oldest name of Vrchlabí is Latin Albipolis ( Albi = 'Elbe', polis = 'city'). Both the Czech and German names can be translated as 'upper Elbe area'. Vrchlabí is located about 21 kilometres (13 mi) northwest of Trutnov and 48 km (30 mi) north of Hradec Králové . About half of the municipal territory lies in

504-725: The town. The town's Germans who had not fled in World War II were expelled according to the Potsdam Agreement and Beneš decrees . The town was restored to Czechoslovakia. Since the 16th century, Vrchlabí is an industrial town. Nowadays, it is known especially for machinery industry. In Vrchlabí there is one of three factories of Škoda Auto in the Czech Republic. The local branch employs about 1,000 people. From 1946 to 2012, it produced cars, and since 2015, it produces components for cars. The largest employer with its headquarters in

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528-454: Was built in 1546–1548 for Kryštof Gendorf and originally surrounded by the moat . It was one of the first Renaissance castles in Bohemia . The most valuable monument in the castle and the last piece of the original equipment is the Renaissance faience stove. Nowadays the castle houses the municipal office and some of the spaces are freely accessible. The castle is surrounded by a park from

552-528: Was founded in Vrchlabí in 1590, at the time of the town's greatest growth. Especially linen cloth was highly desired and it was exported to all over the world, including Italy, Spain , North Africa and overseas. In 1624, Albrecht von Wallenstein bought the estate from Vilém Miřkovský of Stropčice Jr. During the Thirty Years' War , the smelters in Vrchlabí became an important supplier of weapons. After Wallenstein's death in 1634, Emperor Ferdinand II donated

576-435: Was probably founded before 1300. The first written mention is from 1359. The most significant person in the history Vrchlabí was Kryštof Gendorf, a mining expert who developed the town into one of the most important metallurgy centres. Thanks to him, Vrchlabí was granted town rights in 1533, along with two annual fairs . Many people from German speaking lands came to work and live to the town during his rule and brought in

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