Malá Úpa () is a municipality in

Trutnov District Trutnov District () is a Okres, district in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Trutnov. Administrative division Trutnov District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with e ...

in the

Hradec Králové Region Hradec Králové Region (, ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové. The region neighbours the Pardubice Region in t ...

of the

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

. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Malá Úpa consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Dolní Malá Úpa (80) *Horní Malá Úpa (77)

Geography

Malá Úpa is located about north of

Trutnov Trutnov (; ) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Trutnov consists of 21 ...

and north of

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

, on the border with

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. It lies in the

Giant Mountains The Giant Mountains, Krkonoše, or Karkonosze (Czech: , , ), are a mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland, part of the Sudetes mountain system (part of the Bohemian Massif). The Czech–Polish bor ...

. The highest point is a contour line near the top of the

Sněžka Sněžka () or Śnieżka (, ) is a mountain on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland, the most prominent point of the Silesian Ridge in the Giant Mountains. At , its summit is the highest point in the Czech Republic, in the Lower Siles ...

mountain at above sea level. The Malá Úpa River originates here and flows across the municipality.

History

The Malá Úpa River was first mentioned under this name in 1537. The first settlement of the area began in 1566, when woodcutters from

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...

and

Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...

came here. The area belonged to the

Vrchlabí Vrchlabí (; , ) 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 c ...

estate owned by Kryštof Gendorf, who initiated the logging. The first written mention of the village of Malá Úpa is from 1650. The municipality of Malá Úpa separated from the estate in 1748.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality. On the Czech-Polish border is the ''Pomezní Boudy / Przełęcz Okraj'' road border crossing.

Sights

The most important monument of Malá Úpa is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It is a simple church, built in 1788–1799 and rebuilt after the fire in 1806.

Twin towns – sister cities

Malá Úpa is twinned with: *

Kowary Kowary () is a town in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, with a population of around 11,000. It lies approximately south-east of Jelenia Góra, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. The town is ...

, Poland

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mala Upa Villages in Trutnov District