Roudnice is a municipality and village in
Hradec Králové District
Hradec Králové District ( cs, okres Hradec Králové) is a district ('' okres'') within Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Cze ...
in the
Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region ( cs, Královéhradecký kraj, ; pl, Kraj hradecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec K ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is derived from the red shades of color (in Czech ''rudá'') of the water in the eponymous local brook, caused by the ore subsoil.
Geography
Roudnice is located about west of
Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...
. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the
East Elbe Table
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from ...
. There are several lakes created by flooding sand-gravel quarries. The Roudnický brook flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Roudnice is from 1384. At the end of the 14th century at the latest, a fortress was built north of the village. In 1513, it was acquired by the
Pernštejn family
The Pernštejn (german: Pernstein) was one of the seven Moravian dynasty families and the most important (uradel) family originating from Moravian nobility. The first mentioned member of House of Pernštejn lived in the 13th century. They took th ...
and merged with the
Pardubice
Pardubice (; german: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monu ...
estate. From 1560 until the abolition of
serfdom
Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which develop ...
in 1848, it was a property of the royal chamber.
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Notable people
*Franciszek Ksawery Matejko
Franciszek Ksawery Matejko ( cs, František Xaver Matějka) (1789 or 13 January 1793 in Roudnice – 26 October 1860 in Kraków) was a Czech musician, father of Polish painter Jan Matejko.
He was probably the son of farmer Josef Matějka and ...
(1789/1793–1860), musician and teacher
References
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Villages in Hradec Králové District