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 Czec ...

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 ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. Th ...

. 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 a ...

. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the

East Elbe Table East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

. 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 urban monume ...

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 develo ...

in 1848, it was a property of the royal chamber.

Notable people

* Franciszek Ksawery Matejko (1789/1793–1860), musician and teacher

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roudnice Villages in Hradec Králové District