Úpice (german: Eipel) is a town in
Trutnov District in the
Hradec Králové Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 5,600 inhabitants. It lies on the
Úpa river, which gave the town its name.
Administrative parts
The village of Radeč is an administrative part of Úpice.
History
It is proven that Úpice existed already in the 11th century, however the first written mention is from 1358. It was a small town until the second half of the 19th century, when the textile and machinery industries developed.
Until 1918, the ''Eipel – Úpice'' town was a part of the
Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the
compromise of 1867), in the ''Trautenau – Trutnov'' District, one of the 94 ''Bezirkshauptmannschaften'' in
Bohemia
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In 1975, the village of Radeč was joined to Úpice.
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Economy
The largest employer based in the town is KASPER KOVO s.r.o., a metal processor.
Sights
The Church of the Saint James the Great was built in 1698–1705, after the old wooden church from the 14th century was burned down in 1625. The altar from 1730 includes image of Saint James the Great painted by Petr Brandl
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Notable people
* Josef Čapek (1887–1945), artist and writer; lived here
* Karel Čapek (1890–1938), writer; lived there
* Richard Sacher (1942–2014), politician
Twin towns – sister cities
Úpice is twinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:Piechowice
Piechowice (german: Petersdorf) is a town in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
It lies approximately south-west of Jelenia Góra, and west of the regional capital Wrocław.
, the town has a populati ...
, Poland
References
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Trutnov District