Malé Svatoňovice (; ) 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 1,600 inhabitants. It is known as the birthplace of writer

Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel '' War with the Newts'' (1936) and play '' R.U.R.'' (''Rossum' ...

Administrative division

Malé Svatoňovice consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Malé Svatoňovice (1,197) *Odolov (307) *Petrovice (73) *Strážkovice (99)

Geography

Malé Svatoňovice is located about southeast 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 northeast 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 ...

. 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 ...

, in the microregion of

Jestřebí hory Jestřebí may refer to places in the Czech Republic: * Jestřebí (Česká Lípa District), a municipality and village in the Liberec Region * Jestřebí (Náchod District), a municipality and village in the Hradec Králové Region * Jestřebí (� ...

. The highest point is at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Svatoňovice is from 1357. From the 18th century, flax was grown in the vicinity of the village and the linen industry developed. In 1826, Svatoňovice was divided into

Velké Svatoňovice Velké Svatoňovice is a municipality and village in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Euro ...

and Malé Svatoňovice, but they merged again in 1850. Since 1880, they have been divided into two separate municipalities.

Demographics

Transport

In the municipality is a large railway station, originally built for use in the coal mining industry in 1857–1859. Malé Svatoňovice lies on an interregional railway line from

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to Trutnov and on a regional line from Hradec Králové to

Svoboda nad Úpou Svoboda nad Úpou () is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. It lies in the Giant Mountains in the valley of the Úpa River. Etymology Both the Czech name Svoboda and the ...

Sights

On the square of Malé Svatoňovice is the

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Church of Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary from 1734. The church was built on the site of seven springs with allegedly healing effects and became a pilgrimage site. The springs now rise in a chapel, which was built in 1732. The church was rebuilt into its current form in 1830–1831. In the upper part of the municipality are

stations of the Cross The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Via Dolorosa, Way of Sorrows or the , are a series of fourteen images depicting Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ on the day of Crucifixion of Jesus, his crucifixion and acc ...

with seven chapels. There is the Čapek Brothers Museum in the birth house of Karel Čapek. Karel's brother Josef was the first Czech

Cubist Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement which began in Paris. It revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and sparked artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture. Cubist subjects are analyzed, broke ...

and some of his work is also displayed in the museum.

Notable people

(1890–1938), writer

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Trutnov District