Trutnov District () is a

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in the

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of the

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. Its capital is the town 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 ...

Administrative division

Trutnov District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Trutnov, Dvůr Králové nad Labem and Vrchlabí.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Batňovice - Bernartice -

Bílá Třemešná Bílá Třemešná () 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 Eu ...

- Bílé Poličany - Borovnice - Borovnička - Čermná - '' Černý Důl'' - Chotěvice - '' Choustníkovo Hradiště'' - Chvaleč - Dolní Branná - Dolní Brusnice - Dolní Dvůr -

Dolní Kalná Dolní Kalná 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 Europe. ...

Dolní Lánov Dolní Lánov () 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 Europe. ...

- Dolní Olešnice - Doubravice - Dubenec - Dvůr Králové nad Labem - Hajnice - Havlovice - Horní Brusnice - Horní Kalná -

Horní Maršov Horní Maršov () is a municipality and village in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. It lies in the Giant Mountains. Administrative division Horní Maršov consists of six municipa ...

- Horní Olešnice -

Hostinné Hostinné () is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,200 inhabitants. It lies on the Elbe river. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Ety ...

- Hřibojedy - Janské Lázně - Jívka - Klášterská Lhota - Kocbeře - Kohoutov - Královec - Kuks -

Kunčice nad Labem Kunčice may refer to places in the Czech Republic: * Kunčice (Hradec Králové District), a municipality and village in the Hradec Králové Region * Kunčice nad Labem, a municipality and village in the Hradec Králové Region * Kunčice pod Ond ...

- Lampertice - Lánov - Lanžov - Libňatov - Libotov - Litíč - Malá Úpa - Malé Svatoňovice - Maršov u Úpice - ''

Mladé Buky Mladé Buky () is a market town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants. Administrative division Mladé Buky consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to th ...

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- Nemojov -

Pec pod Sněžkou Pec pod Sněžkou (; ) is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. The town lies in the Giant Mountains at the base of the highest Czech mountain, Sněžka. From the town a two-s ...

- Pilníkov - Prosečné - Radvanice - Rtyně v Podkrkonoší - Rudník -

Špindlerův Mlýn Špindlerův Mlýn (; , formerly also ''Spindelmühle'') is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It lies in the Giant Mountains and is one of the most frequented ski resort ...

- Stanovice - Staré Buky - Strážné - Suchovršice -

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 ...

- Třebihošť - Trotina -

Úpice Úpice () is a town in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,400 inhabitants. Administrative division Úpice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *� ...

- Velké Svatoňovice - '' Velký Vřešťov'' - Vilantice - Vítězná - Vlčice -

Vlčkovice v Podkrkonoší Vlčkovice v Podkrkonoší () 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 Ce ...

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 ...

- Zábřezí-Řečice -

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 ...

- Zdobín - Zlatá Olešnice

Geography

Trutnov District borders Poland in the north. The territory of the district has a highly fragmented terrain with large differences in height. The mountain massif in the north gradually turns into uplands that continues to the south of the district. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions:

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 ...

(north),

Giant Mountains Foothills In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: '' gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 from ...

(centre),

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 ...

(northeast),

Jičín Uplands The Jičín Uplands () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Hradec Králové, Liberec and Central Bohemian regions. Geomorphology The Jičín Uplands are a mesoregion of the North Bohemian ...

(south) and

East Elbe Table The East Elbe Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Hradec Králové, Pardubice and Central Bohemian region. The Elbe River flows through the territory, after which the plateau is nam ...

(small part in the south). The highest point of the district and of the entire country is the mountain

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 ...

with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Elbe in Kuks at . From the total district area of ,

agricultural land Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other organism, forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous ...

occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 47.0% of the district's area. The most important river is the

Elbe The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Ge ...

, which originates here and crosses the territory from northwest to south. The

Úpa The Úpa () is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Hradec Králové Region. It is long. Etymology The name is of the Illyrian language, Illyrian or Celtic languages, Celtic origin, from the wor ...

also originates here, flows through the eastern part of the district and flows into the Elbe outside the district. Other notable rivers that originate here, but soon after leave the territory, are the

Bóbr The Bóbr (; ; ) is a river which flows through the north of the Czech Republic and the southwest of Poland. It is a left tributary of the Oder. Its Polish name translates directly to ' beaver'. Course The Bóbr has a length of (3 in Czech ...

and Bystřice. The area is poor in bodies of water. The largest body of water is the Les Království Reservoir. Most of the Giant Mountains area of the district is protected as the

Krkonoše National Park Krkonoše National Park (, abbreviated as KRNAP) is a Protected Areas of the Czech Republic#National Park, national park in the Liberec Region, Liberec and Hradec Králové Region, Hradec Králové regions of the Czech Republic. It covers most of ...

and belongs to the most valuable area of the country thanks to a significant amount of rare flora and fauna. In the east, the

Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area The Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area (, abbreviated CHKO Broumovsko) is a protected landscape area in Hradec Králové Region in the Czech Republic, on the border with Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in ...

extends into the district.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Trutnov District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport

There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important roads are the I/14 from

Náchod Náchod (; ) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. It is known both as a tourist destination and centre of industry. The historic town centre with the castle complex is well preserved and i ...

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

, the I/16 from

Jičín Jičín (; or ''Gitschin'') is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservatio ...

to the Czech-Polish border, and the I/37, which connects Trutnov with the D11 motorway.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: * Kuks Hospital * Braun's Nativity Scene near Kuks in Hřibojedy and Stanovice * Dřevěnka Inn in Úpice *Les Království Reservoir in

and Nemojov *Hostinné Town Hall The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are: *Baroque complex in Kuks (monument reservation) * Dvůr Králové nad Labem *

* Pilníkov *

* Chotěborky * Jívka-Dolní Vernéřovice * Malá Úpa-Šímovy Chalupy *

-Modrý Důl *Pec pod Sněžkou-Velké Tippeltovy Boudy * Radvanice Five of the ten most visited tourist destinations of the Hradec Králové Region are located in Trutnov District. The most visited tourist destinations are

Safari Park Dvůr Králové Safari Park Dvůr Králové, known as Dvůr Králové Zoo until 2018, is a zoo located in Dvůr Králové nad Labem, Czech Republic. It is the second largest zoo in the country, showcasing a large open "safari" section. One of its most significa ...

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cable car, Krkonoše Tree Top Trail in Janské Lázně, Baroque complex in Kuks, and hiking trail from

-Jelení Boudy to Sněžka.

Notable people

References

External links

Trutnov District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{authority control Districts of the Hradec Králové Region