Male Svatonovice ( Czech Malé Svatoňovice , also translated as Male Svatonovice ) is a village and municipality in the region of Trutnov, Hradec Králové Region . The village is located next to the Giant Mountains .
| Municipality | |||||
| Male Swatonowice | |||||
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| Malé svatoňovice | |||||
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| A country |  Czech | ||||
| Edge | Hradec Králové Region | ||||
| Area | Trutnov | ||||
| Warden | Vladimir Provaznik | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| First mention | 1357 | ||||
| Former names | Studánka | ||||
| Square | 6.75 km² | ||||
| Center height | 441 m | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 1572 people ( 2005 ) | ||||
| Density | 233 people / km² | ||||
| Official language | Czech | ||||
| Digital identifiers | |||||
| Postcode | 542 34 | ||||
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| malesvatonovice.cz (Czech) | |||||
In the central square of the village is the Catholic Church of the Baroque of the Virgin Mary , built in 1734 .
In Male Свwatonyowice, mines mining rock were once active. Also at the beginning at the end of the XIX century - beginning of XX there was a resort with mineral waters. From 1850 until World War II , the city had a large railway station serving coal mines.
Karel Čapek (1890–1938) was born in Male Свwatonyowice. His older brother, the artist cubist Joseph Chapek (1887-1945) also lived here during this period. Апapek mentioned the village in some of his works (Nine Fairy Tales, 1933) [1] . Now there is a museum of the Chapek brothers (founded in 1946 ) [2] , where there is an exhibition of paintings by Joseph Chapek.
Church of St. Mary of the Virgin (1734)
Monument to the Chapek brothers
Notes
- ↑ Ivan Klíma. Karel Čapek: Life and Work . - Catbird Press, 2002 .-- 259 p. - ISBN 0945774532 .
- ↑ Malé Svatonovice, Czech Republic (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment June 26, 2012. Archived September 27, 2012.