Královec () is a municipality and village 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

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. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Etymology

The German name Königshan was derived from ''Königshain'' (meaning "king's grove") and referred to a village founded on the site of a forest owned by the king. The Czech name was derived from the German name (from ''král'' = 'king').

Geography

Královec 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 ...

. The municipality borders

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 ...

on the north and east. It lies in the

Broumov Highlands Broumov (; ) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,100 inhabitants. There are three important historic buildings, protected as national cultural monuments: the Benedictine monastery, the ...

. The highest point is the hill Královecký Špičák at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of the village of Královec is from 1292, however, the woods in the area under the name ''Königshein'' were mentioned already in 1007. During its existence, the village was alternately part of the

Žacléř Žacléř (; ) is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Ža ...

estate, or it was owned by the town of

or by the

Krzeszów Abbey Krzeszów Abbey (, ) is a historical Baroque architecture, Baroque Cistercians, Cistercian monastery in Krzeszów, Lower Silesia, Poland. The Abbey, a 1242 Benedictine foundation, from 1289 to 1810 was run by Cistercians, until it was secularized ...

Demographics

Economy

There is a quarry in the municipal territory where solid

volcanic rock Volcanic rocks (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) are rocks formed from lava erupted from a volcano. Like all rock types, the concept of volcanic rock is artificial, and in nature volcanic rocks grade into hypabyssal and me ...

s are mined.

Transport

The I/16 road connects the Czech-Polish border with

. On the Czech-Polish border is the railway border crossing and road border crossing ''Královec /

Lubawka Lubawka () is a town in Poland, in Lower Silesia Voivodship, in Kamienna Góra County. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Lubawka. It lies in the Sudetes near to the border with the Czech Republic on the way across the Lubawka pass (516m) bet ...

''. Královec is located on the railway line Trutnov– Sędzisław.

Sights

The main landmark of Královec is the Church of Saint John of Nepomuk. It was built in 1924–1928. The only protected cultural monuments are a statue of St. John of Nepomuk dating from 1762 and a small medieval

conciliation cross Conciliation is an alternative dispute resolution process whereby the parties to a dispute rely on a neutral third-party known as the conciliator, to assist them in solving their dispute. The conciliator, who may meet with the parties both sep ...

Notable people

Mathias Czwiczek Mathias Czwiczek also Maciej Croiczek, Cwiczeck, Cwiczek, Cwiczeke, Czwiczeck, Czwiczek, Czwiczik, Schwetzge and Schwezge (1601, Královec – 1654, Königsberg), was a Bohemian painter active in Brandenburg-Prussia. Biography According t ...

(1601–1654), painter

Gallery

Kralovec tourist train 2017.jpg, Train station KrálovecDSC09463.JPG, Memorial to the Fallen in the World War I Královec, Socha svatého Jana NepomuckéhoDSC00152.JPG, Statue of Saint John of Nepomuk

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kralovec Villages in Trutnov District