Borová Lada (german: Ferchenhaid) is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages and hamlets of Černá Lada, Knížecí Pláně, Nový Svět, Paseka, Šindlov, Svinná Lada and Zahrádky are administrative parts of Borová Lada.

Geography

Borová Lada is located about west of Prachatice and west of České Budějovice, on the border with

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It lies in the

Bohemian Forest The Bohemian Forest, known in Czech as Šumava () and in German as Böhmerwald, is a low mountain range in Central Europe. Geographically, the mountains extend from Plzeň Region and South Bohemia in the Czech Republic to Austria and Bavaria in ...

and mostly in the

Šumava National Park The Šumava National Park ( cs, Národní park Šumava, usually shortened as NP Šumava), or Bohemian Forest National Park, is a national park in the South Bohemian regions of the Czech Republic along the border with Germany (where the smaller ad ...

. The highest point is the mountain Světlá hora at above sea level. The Teplá Vltava River flows through the municipality. The

Volyňka Volyňka is a river in the Czech Republic in the South Bohemian Region rising on the hill called Světlá hora and flowing northeast to the city of Strakonice, where it merges with Otava River. Volyňka flows through towns such as Vimperk Vimp ...

River originates in the woods on the slope of the Světlá hora. The territory is densely forested. There are moors in the northern part of the municipality.

History

Borová Lada was founded around 1750, It was founded on the initiative of the owner of this territory, Prince

Adam Franz of Schwarzenberg Adam Franz Prince of Schwarzenberg (25 September 1680, Linz – 11 June 1732, near Brandeis on the Elbe), 3rd Prince of Schwarzenberg, was a Bohemian nobleman from the Schwarzenberg family and Austrian Obersthofmarschall. Biograph ...

. In 1855, the population comprised 230 people, and in 1930 384 people, most of them ethnic

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. After the World War II they were expelled.

Sights

Borová Lada is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is the house No. 11, a rural house from the first half of the 19th century.

Gallery

Borová Lada - Radnice.jpg, Municipal office Borová Lada, main street.jpg, Main street Vltava in Borová Lada.jpg, Teplá Vltava in Borová Lada

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Borova Lada Villages in Prachatice District Bohemian Forest